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Shadow Kissed

By: Sarah Piper
Narrated by: Aletha George, Tristan James
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Summary

A witch outrunning her past. Five smoldering-hot guardians. And the dark secret that could destroy them all....

Blackmoon Bay is a city of monsters. Surviving here means never leaving home without a sharp stake. It means keeping secrets, even from friends. And unless I want the Hunters finding me again, it means my witchcraft stays on permanent lockdown. Good policy - until the night I accidentally resurrect a dead girl, rekindling my magic and drawing the Bay's most dangerous men to my doorstep.

Asher, the bad-boy incubus. Darius, the cunning, oh-so-sexy vampire. Emilio, the wolf shifter with a big heart and a treacherous past. Ronan, the only demon I trust with my soul. And Death himself, bound to my magic for reasons I don't understand. Together they've sworn to protect me from the evil out there, but it's not the evil out there I'm worried about. 

A shadow lurks inside me, black and deadly as a bomb. And I'm pretty sure my magical mishap just lit the fuse. I'm Gray Desario. Witch. Survivor. Occasional bringer of chaos. And tonight? The darkness is coming....

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Sarah Piper (P)2018 Tantor

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Enjoyable series so far

I've listened to all three books that are currently available. So if you are wondering if this is worth your time I would say go for it.

I consider myself a casual listener/reader. I don't try to pull things apart too often or over analysis. So when reading my review take that into account.

Anyway to my review of this series so far. I think the first thing I should mention is the narrators. I agree with whoever said the lady could have voiced the whole book. When I read that at the time I didn't think it would be that bad. So fore warning when the guy takes over story telling it is jarring. My first thought was "I really hope he doesn't narrate any of the erotic sences"and I didn't feel his voice fit the genre. However you do get used to his voice and I felt his voice acting improved throughout the series. So don't let it put you off!

I really enjoyed the story overall. It's not just about romance and hot erotic sences. There is a whole world and plot driving these characters. As to why all these guys are after one girl and there's no real jealousy. I'm happy to just call it magic. Although there is a sense of realism to the relationships, while Grey explores her feelings and the guys do the same.

Lastly the characters. I found Grey to be relatable. She's a strong woman and always wants to do her best. Sometimes it's not enough/she lacks the resources or skills. She tries to get better at what she feels lacking in. As for the romance side of things, each one has it's own development and the erotic sences are great.

To summarise the guys, I think there's something for everyone. I do feel they need more character development individually, but bare in mind there are currently only three (short) books. You do start to get back story on all of them, but it's kinda brief. I hope they'll be more in future books as they are interesting stories as well.

Any whom I hope this helps anyone deciding if they should give this series a try.

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This review is only of the voice actors

This review is only of the voice actors. Both the actors were good at their jobs, each of them were able to make their characters believable. My issue is that they divided up the book by chapter instead of each one voicing their own gender/character and narrating the point of view of their character. It took me out of focus on the story and as a result I'll read the book instead. I really enjoy when an audio book is properly narrated by two or more voice actors.

To reiterate, I consider both voice actors good. My issue is with the choice to narrate it this way.

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Well written & good story

Well written and a good story, with great imagination.

It’s definitely worth a listen for sure.

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nice story, but not very cohesive

I really feel that the story is like loose sand, no real direction to it. and the male characters are annoying, their inner thoughts do not seem to match the character. femal voice is fine, but the male narrator does not fit the characters and that makes it a lot less enjoyable. but I still want to listen to the next book 😊

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Good story over 6 books which was a good lisen but be warned there is no conclusion story just stops

6 book series free to listen so thanks... hugely disappointed after listening to all 6 books there is no conclusion .... a legend, a fight for freedom against dark forces which is just left up in the air, so much so I checked the authors own Web site to see if there where any further books in other formats to complete the seriers .. but no . A good listen but hey how can you lead the listener on for 6 books can have no conclusion ?????

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what was wrong with it

what was wrong with it was very repetitive and slow story although the narrator was clear and voices.

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The general story was good but too much eroticism and not even with the same guy, urgh!

The general story was good but too much eroticism and not even with the same guy, urgh!

In addition, the narration was slow and uninviting. It was almost robotic. The change in voices of characters at times was inconsistent and ruined the effect.

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Magic

There is a lot going on in this first book, a lot of it becomes very clear near the end of the book and the journey is well worth it. Gray is a witch that believes her magic has failed her in the past and has refused to practice magic for years until one night it overcomes her. Gray gains an unlikely group of friends, a shifter, a vampire, 2 demons and death himself. I look forward to seeing how their story unfolds. I really enjoyed they narrative and glad I decided to purchase this book.

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Should come with a tackyness warning

The narration is great - It's such a pity they were given such pap to read.

Basically it's the story of a girl who is panting for intimacy with any good looking man she happens across with a background story to link the dreadfully overblown porn descriptions together.

The real shame is that the background story would be quite good if the author weren't so intent on throwing the main protagonist into sexually charged (and overdescribed) situations with stunningly good-looking men. I mean its so badly written that EVERY SITUATION she is in with any of the men (including a trip to the morgue), she's gets distracted by her lust for them. You could probably play bingo with each scene... Lost in his eyes - check. Wet knickers - check. Distracted by thoughts of him - check. Mind-blowing kiss - check.

I really tried (largely because I didn't have anything else downloaded to listen to) but by the time I got two-thirds of the way through I was no longer interested in the background story or the outcome of the book, I just wanted someone to appear with a job-lot of libido suppressant and force-feed it to everyone in sight.

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Good book

A slow start and took me awhile to get into it but started to get better near the end, will be getting the second one just to see if I can continue, good narrator also.

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