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★★★☆☆ Review: First, I would like to thank Inkubator Books for providing me with a free advanced reader copy of this book. This is my honest review. Fiction or rehearsal? Taking a job on a homestead owned by a thriller author and her husband seems like the ideal fresh start for Brie, who is escaping a controlling relationship. But being barred from using internet-enabled devices is unsettling, and is the author contemplating new twists for her next novel, or something more sinister? Brie’s entanglement in the couple’s lives leaves her questioning who can be trusted. All Her Lies starts out strong, and I quickly became engrossed in the plot. Brie is an unlikeable protagonist, but it’s hard not to root for her. As the novel progressed, though, I began to lose interest. Not only was the romantic subplot rushed and unbelievable, but the twists began to feel overdone. The story has good bones but lacks depth. Audience : adult Trigger warnings : violence Recommend...
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Wished by Sarah Ready


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Series: Ghosted, Book 4

Listen to a sample of the audiobook below!

Review:

First, I would like to thank the author and NetGalley for providing me with an advanced listener copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Anna has been in unrequited love with the owner of the mansion that she has been cleaning for three years. To Max, Anna is invisible. As a child, she always dreamed of being a genie–of being able to grant the wishes of all her loved ones. When she finds a necklace believed to hold the power to grant a wish, she discovers that wishes do come true. She and Max wake up to a world where everyone else insists they have been married for years, even her own mother. Anna has everything she thought she wanted…but maybe wishes are more trouble than they’re worth.

Wished is the fourth book in Sarah Ready’s Ghosted series. This is my favorite book of hers so far! Anna is a sweet do-gooder, always going out of her way to help others or set things right. In contrast, Max is serious and brooding. Licking his wounds after his marriage proposal was turned down, he has little faith in people. The character development of Anna and minor characters such as her boss was great, but I felt Max’s character could have been explored more.

The audiobook is narrated by Will Watt and Amanda Ronconi. Will Watt narrates only the prologue and the epilogue as Max. His voice is extremely deep, and while he has a very nice voice, I felt the contrast between his voice and Amanda Ronconi’s was a bit harsh. This is especially true considering that it is not narrated as a duet, so Amanda Ronconi must lower her voice throughout the book to speak Max’s lines, and when Will Watt returns for the epilogue, it’s a bit jarring. Overall, the sound production was great and both actors are skilled in using the various regional accents in the book.

I love the touch of magic in this story, and I’m looking forward to reading the other books in this series!

Audience: adult
Trigger warnings: none
Recommended for fans of: romantic comedy, grumpy/sunshine, magical realism

 Publisher's Synopsis:

When Anna Benoit wishes she’s married to the enigmatic owner of the chateau she cleans, she wakes up in a topsy-turvy world where she’s Max Barone’s wife.

Anna is a romantic who believes in The One and Love at First Sight. Why? Because it happened to her. The second she saw Max Barone she fell desperately, hopelessly in love.

It didn’t matter that they were from completely different worlds—he owned a jewelry empire, she cleaned houses—love had no barriers.

Except one.

Max didn’t know Anna’s name, much less that she existed.

Then one day Anna made a wish. Suddenly she was in an upside down world where everyone believed she and Max had been happily married for years. It was passion. It was romance. It was love. It was everything she’d ever wished for.

Wasn’t it?

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Swift & Lewis Publishing LLC: October 1, 2024
Edition: Audiobook ALC
9 hours, 36 minutes


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