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Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: The Memory House by Jenetta James

Audiobook review: The Memory House by Jeanette James A current day London woman lands a position as nanny in a great situation and, with her employer, discovers a mystery in their own backyard, while in the past, a young heiress living in that very house is being pushed to accept an undesired suitor of her father’s making. […]

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Posted June 5, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Urban Fantasy
#Read-Along #Audiobook Review: Tricked by Kevin Hearne

Audiobook review: Tricked by Kevin Hearne NOTE: My review contains spoilers from Tricked and the previous three books in the series. Tricked opens with Atticus’s planned death so that he, Granuaile, and Oberon can move on and complete her training to become a Druid. However, Atticus must first fulfill a promise to help Coyote since Coyote literally […]

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Posted May 18, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Mystery-Cozy Fiction, Rating B
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Death Checked Out by Leah Dobrinska

Audiobook review: Death Checked Out by Leah Dobrinska In an attempt to leave a bad breakup behind, Greta moves to Larkspur, WI, a quaint, small town about an hour away from where she grew up. She’s not been there long, but she’s got a job she loves as the library director, and she’s made fabulous friends. However, […]

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Posted May 15, 2023 by B. in Historical Romance, LGBTQ, Listen Up!
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall

Audiobook review: Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall If pining for one’s best friend were a virtue, then Peggy Delancey would have been sainted by now—or whatever the non-religious equivalent might be. Unfortunately, being in love with someone who can’t love you back tends to put a strain on a person. Still, with some distance from Arabella Tarleton, […]

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Posted May 10, 2023 by Jen in Historical Romance, Listen Up!, Rating C, Reviews
#Audiobook Review: How to Best a Marquess by Janna MacGregor

How to Best a Marquess Author: Janna MacGregor Reviewer: Jen Rating: C What I’m Talking About: Note: I read the ebook version until Mid-CHAPTER 13, 41%. At this point, I finished the story via audiobook. Eight years ago, Beth Howell enjoyed the best night of her life when Julian Raleah, Marquess of Grayson, asked for her […]

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Posted May 8, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Urban Fantasy
#Read-Along #Audiobook Review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne

Audiobook review: Hammered by Kevin Hearne Having read the entire Iron Druid Chronicles before, this is my second time listening to Hammered. While I don’t give away any spoilers, I will note that my feelings about this one were definitely altered having listened to it and the entire series previously. That said, I actually enjoyed Hammered more […]

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Posted April 27, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating A, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Fiction
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews

Audiobook review: Sweep with Me by Ilona Andrews Picking up immediately after the conclusion of One Fell Sweep (book 3), and running parallel in time with Maud’s book (Sweep of the Blade, book 4) Sweep with Me takes readers back to Gertrude Hunt, the magical Inn for space travelers, where werewolf Sean is now an Innkeeper at […]

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Posted April 24, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Sci-Fi or Fantasy Fiction
Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: Myst and Ink by HD Smith

Audiobook review: Myst and Ink by HD Smith In a far distant future, humans have left Old Earth and established the Known Worlds. The planets are dominated by powerful familial houses, each with its own commerce specialty. And on these new planets, the humans discovered they can perform magic using a substance known as Myst. Genevieve (Gen) […]

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Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: The Wilhelm Conspiracy by Charles Veley

Audiobook review: The Wilhelm Conspiracy by Charles Veley For fans of the original Sherlock Holmes tales comes this interesting twist on what became of Holmes after his battle with Moriarty in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Final Problem.” Continuing the adventures of Sherlock, Dr. Watson, and newcomer, Ms. Lucy James, The Wilhelm Conspiracy picks up about a […]

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Listen Up! Audiobook Review: Talisman Tails by Danielle Garrett

Audiobook review: Talisman Tails by Danielle Garrett For all my issues with this series (Selene’s over-the-top snarky attitude, the fact that the last three books were actually one story), I really enjoyed how this one ended. Originally, the author had planned to wrap up Cora and Selene’s stories with Talisman Tails; however, she’s since told fans […]

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Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton

Audiobook review: The Secret Service of Tea and Treason by India Holton The Secret Service of Tea and Treason is the third delightful tale in Ms. Holton’s Dangerous Damsels series. Ms. Holton rounds out her magically-filled historical England by introducing listeners to AUNT: the Agency of Undercover Note Takers, a secret group of downstairs spies. They infiltrate […]

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Posted March 30, 2023 by Jen in Listen Up!, Rating B, Urban Fantasy
#Read-Along #Audiobook Review: Hexed by Kevin Hearne

Audiobook review: Hexed by Kevin Hearne Starting my re-listen of Hexed, the second title in Mr. Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, I realized I had the order of events wrong in my memory and enjoyed being “surprised” by what goes down in this one (I recalled it happened later in the series). The story expands Atticus’s world beyond […]

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Listen Up! #Audiobook Review: A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas

Audiobook review: A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas After the shocking conclusion to her previous adventure, Charlotte has been in hiding for months, recently reuniting with Lord Ingram (Ash). His brother, Lord Remington, needs Charlotte for a mission, and in exchange, he offers her protection against Moriarty. This eventually places Charlotte and Mrs. Watson in disguise […]