a fun adventure romance

well it is a good time and the story is quite fun the only thing I think that the tracks from this as an audible book is the points when the male narrator goes strangely monotone there's a level of disconnect periodically that's almost comedic when it shouldn't be but aside from that this is actually a really good story and quite fun and it being better than I thought it would be I definitely recommend and look forward to the next ones.

the depiction of caring for children in particular is very well done in this book and the way that they address how a power dynamic can really become a problem when you value one gender over the other is quite well done in this particular series so far excellent book one and probably just stand alone.

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Entertaining story, terrible narration

Though the book could definitely use better editing, overall I found this story an entertaining way to pass some time. The narration and sound quality and/or effects however, are awful- the worst I've ever come across. The various male 'voices' were so bizarre as to be almost comical, and almost always seem to echo. I guess the best description would be 'tinny'? And then there are the sound effects which are so, SO cheesy! I found them more distracting than anything and at times, unintentially funny.

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Favourite

I have listened to this story many times and always enjoy it. Some of the voice casting (example Ynyr) is not appealing, but I like the story line.

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Great story but mediocre performance

This story is one of my all-time favourites and I have read it many times. However the performance of the narrators was lackluster at best.

It was as if the narrators hadn't read ahead and rehearsed what they were about to read. Their emotional emphasis was off on many of the speeches. When a character was supposed to be shouting or screaming you can’t tell this from the narrators’ voices. It is possible to do this well because I have listened to other books with the narrators shouting and screaming to add the proper emphasis without hurting the listener’s ears. In this story, if you based it on the narration, many characters didn’t seem to have any emotional involvement in what was happening. One example is Callen, who sounds like he’s been sedated and that he’s just cruising through life without a care.

Also, the narrators didn’t have much variety in the voices for the characters. It was hard sometimes to tell which character was speaking based on voice alone. There were instances where two or three characters had almost the same voice when they shouldn’t have. Grim and Wray should have voices that were similar because they were brothers but not other unrelated characters. Lisa and Isis are speaking to Abby and if you don't pay close attention it can be hard to determine if it is Lisa or Isis talking.

All this being said, I would still recommend purchasing this audio book. The story makes up for the deficiencies of the performance. Maybe someday the author will have this book redone with much better narrators.

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Story time in the classroom

I think it would have read way better if it was written in first person perspective. I do like that they change the voices and don’t have the male pretend to be female, but I’m not a fan of his interpretation of the grim’s voice.

The reading of this book reminds me of being told to sit on the carpet for story time as a kid. (Not really what you want from this type of book)

I do like the foundations of the story though and for that reason alone am finishing it.

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Not for me

I am a fan of sci-fi romance, so I really wanted to like this book. I was swayed by the five-star reviews to give Grim a try. I would have loved to find another series to plunge into. Unfortunately, I could only get a third of the way through. (I’m an avid reader, and it pains me to give up on a book.) In that third, the story got lost in the minutia — which is not the same as a good slow burn or painting a word picture of place and time. It didn’t help that the production used sound effects like a radio drama, i.e. the white noise crackle of engines rumbling, doors opening and closing, birds chirping, etc... Very distracting. Ultimately, however, it comes down to the story. While I know other people highly enjoyed Grim, this was not for me.

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