Girl Gone Nova

Establishes A Few Bits of Interesting Sci-fi

*This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.*

With an under a 3 hour run-time this short story created a light fun earth tour ride involving a spoiled princess with the universe ending exploding power. I went in knowing it wasn't going to have enough time to fully flesh out the characters story arc but I still highly enjoyed it. There's 30+ short chapters that move the story along, world build, or simply develop one of the few characters. The tone was never overly serious and that was the right choice here. You have characters easily cursing like sailors and those humorous as intended.

Our Cast:
Our MC Guillermo is a cool collected experienced handler that typically deals with spoiled rich kids but he seems to be able to handle himself in all kinds of situations. He's cool headed UNTIL he meets our red skinned princess.

Kaiveli - The princess is spoiled, demanding, and short tempered. Her meeting someone like Guillermo who stands up to her but also tries to please her gives her pause to change even just a bit. Her rendition on the front cover instantly grabbed me.

Teddy - You have snarky AI's in a lot of Sci-fi stories but Teddy is upfront murderous. The contrast of a teddy bear to a outright hostile princess protector was a nice touch. You can see the change in his attitude towards Guillermo in the last bit, growth is there but light. Teddy grew on me quickly.

Narration: Shannon Vendemmia did a good job with distinct voices for enough of the characters. This is always an important factor in narration and I'm glad in how it was handled. Clean and easily understandable.

Everything happens lightning quick so as long as you keep that in mind I could see you enjoying this bite size short. Strong language and one adult situation.

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Good Short Story That Could Be Expanded Upon

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
Girl Gone Nova was a really good short story, although it ended somewhat abruptly. The concept of a spoiled brat princess isn’t necessarily unique but the sci-fi aspect that she’ll unintentionally blow up a universe if she gets upset is something new. I’d like to see this book expanded upon or sequels be made in this universe as there’s not much room to explore in the span of just over two hours. I was really intrigued by the world the author built and it sounded like there was a lot more to this universe than just the portion we were given a glimpse of in this novella.
Overall this was a really good short story that I’d listen to again with a group on a short drive. If there are sequels released I’d definitely be interested in checking them out. I think there is a lot of room for character growth and world building.
I thought the narrator was good, she did accents and changed tone for the characters, but the audio was a bit off. It sounded like there was an echo as if this was recorded on an omni-directional microphone in an open room. Since it was only a short story I was able to deal with this but in the future I’d suggest they adjust their microphone settings.

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Interesting!

Interesting book! The only strange part for me was the robot teddy bear! Cool story and great narrator!!! Would love to listen to another book by this narrator.

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I LIKED IT!

I liked it! The narration was good! The author did a good job with the characters. I look forward to reading more of his books. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

great story!

the narrator did an amazing job with the characters. the story was amazing and fast-paced. I just wish there was more of it.

Explosive romance

What do you do with a spoiled alien princess who's the slightest displeasure could lead to the destruction of your world? You give her to the world's best agent and pray she doesn't cause the end of all things! Great short, so much fun. Hope there is a sequel.

Another quirky, amusing short story

This is the fifth book I’ve read/listened to by this author and I would listen to another. Each one has been a short story and I have enjoyed them all.
Guillermo is a human charged with the protection of an alien princess during her visit to Earth. The princess was spoiled and naive, and Guillermo learns that if she becomes upset or angry she could explode, destroying the earth. Her ship’s AI, who was a teddy bear, is just as dangerous as the potentially exploding princess. The name of the ship was funny. I enoyed the way Guillermo did not put up with any of the princesses antics. With rebels trying to assassinate her, he has his work cut out for him. The ending is quite abrupt, but I think appropriate.

This is the first book I’ve listened to by this narrator ( Shannon Vendemmia ) and I would listen to another. She does okay narrating. Her style makes it obvious you’re being read to, yet it was still a good listen. She does have a few distinct character voices, but several are very similar.
The audio quality was not up to par. It was like listening to her in an echoing room (tinny sound-kinda hard to describe).

There is no excessive violence. There is swearing and one sex scene.

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a very good short story

a very good and very fast short story it was very enjoyable I liked it a lot the narrator was very very good and overall it was a great listen

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its ok

the story is fun and action packed but too short. There is not enough time to develop characters or care about them.

Good, quick read.

First, I have to start off by stating that I got this book free of charge in exchange for a review, but as I always state, this does not in any way impact my review. My reviews are always honest and my own.

I enjoyed the mini book. I would have liked it to be longer so we can really experience the fullness of the novel.