Accent challenges!

Got this as a free addition to the kindle purchase so thought I'd listen instead.
I really enjoyed the story and liked the way the author described the changes and shifts in the time line. I can see how this world building will develop and I'm looking forward to the next books in the series. One thing that let the book down though was the romantic story lines. I know teenagers feel things more strongly, but all consuming love after knowing someone for less than a week? Unlikely. And how easily everyone embraced the concept of time travel felt fairly rushed.
I'll probably be reading rather than listening to the next book though, on the basis of the narration of this one. The narrator has a very strange inflection and almost over-pronounces some words, which makes it a tough listen. The worst part though was the truly horrendous attempt at an Irish accent. It seemed to veer from Irish to Indian to who knows all the time and every single sentence sounded like a question. I'd like to know which director allowed the narrator to put it on tape and would recommend the narrator take accent classes or stick to books with only American characters if she's going to make a career out of doing audiobooks!

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Looking forward to the next installment

I was impressed with the this book which I presume is a series of YA books about time travel. I found the main protagonist easy to relate to and a good role model for young women in terms of not only being able to take care of herself but also thoughtful and considerate of the consequences of her actions. There is of course the inevitable 'torn between two hot guys' scenario and a element of danger - but the time travel aspect and the idea of how different timelines are be real to different people is enough to make it special. The narrator is excellent even the Irish accent which, although not very Irish, is at least soft and consistent - often Irish accents by Americans are like nails down a chalk board to those who know what it is supposed to sound like.

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Saving the world from a evil time traveller

A new twist in time travel. Kate Struggles with different time lines trying save her existence along with her grans & mums. while she struggles with the fact if she does her first love will not remember her

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Slightly strange voice

The story was great. It might just be me but the narrator's voice was quite distracting at first as it sounds a bit robotic in the way her speech patterns go. As a Brit I found it odd. You get used to it though and she is good at doing different voices for the different characters (although some Irish may be a little offended by her attempt at an Irish accent!!)

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Interesting Storyline

Interesting storyline, reasonabky well-paced but the narrative was a little behind at times and the narrator quite stilted which affected the story for me.

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fun time travelling teen adventure.

it's a time travel story with a teenagers first love woven in. it should be nonsense but it's a strong sci-fi with quality voice performance.

at times it can be a little hard to follow but it's well worth the effort. I look forward to starting the next book.

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Meh

They story was okay-ish. There was nothing about it that really grabbed me though. I wasn't that fussed about any of the characters, and while I did finish the book, I did often find myself looking to see how long it was until the end and wishing it would just hurry up and finish.

The narrator wasn't great. I've had books narrated by her before and she's not the best narrator. Her foreign accents are dreadful, but thankfully there weren't many foreign characters in this book.

Will I bother with the second book? No, I really don't think I will. This book didn't inspire me to care enough about the characters or the story to care about what happens in the next book.

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