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  • Written by: K.F. Breene
  • Narrated by: Nicole Poole
  • Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (158 ratings)

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Magical Midlife Madness

Written by: K.F. Breene
Narrated by: Nicole Poole
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Publisher's Summary

"Happily Ever After" wasn't supposed to come with a do-over option. But when my husband of 20 years packs up and heads for greener pastures, and my son heads away to college, that's exactly what my midlife becomes. 

A do-over. 

This time, though, I plan to do things differently. Age is just a number, after all, and at 40 I'm ready to carve my own path. 

Eager for a fresh start, I make a somewhat unorthodox decision and move to a tiny town in the Sierra foothills. I'll be taking care of a centuries-old house that called to me when I was a kid. It's just temporary, I tell myself. It'll just be for a little while. 

That is, until I learn what the house really is: something I never would've thought possible.

As my new life begins, a couple of things become immediately clear: Forty isn't too old for adventure. Not by half. It is too old to take crap from anyone, however, or care what people think.

I had no idea how incredibly freeing that could be. Or how dangerous this new life would become. 

I have a chance to start again, and this time, I make the rules.

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Very entertaining!

I approached this story with trepidation because of some of the bad reviews, and because I am generally picky & hard to please when it comes to audiobooks. So my expectations were pretty low. However, I really enjoyed this.

The narrator did a more than passable job of all the different characters and accents, and I enjoyed the storyline and the main character, who even made me laugh out loud at a few points along the way. Yes, the main character maybe does go on a bit too much about her aching joints and popping knees, but it's not really that bad. And yes she's only 40, and from the perspective of someone who is almost 50 (me), her complaints about being "old" seem a bit silly. However, those things were mild and easily forgotten, and outweighed by how entertained I was by this story.

It's a lightweight, humorous take on aging and magic, and I'm definitely going to be listening to the rest of the books in this series right away.

My only real complaint is that the editor (not the audio editor but the actual book editor) didn't do an excellent job. There were definitely a few sentences here and there where adjectives were repeated in the same sentence and the editor should definitely have caught that.

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I dont know where to start!

I loved this book, the narrator is great. Great charater voices. I laughed out loud and was on to Book 2 as soon as I completed it. This is my first series with K.F Breene. Good charater development and really interesting. Enough to keep me on the journey with Jess.

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Amazing!

Finaly a good book with a main caracter of 40 years old! Refreshing and funny story !

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I feel your age, bro

I really, really liked this book.

Urban fantasy/Magical Realism whatever you want to call it, it's one of my favourite genres, and this book hit it out of the park.

I enjoyed the fact that the characters were all past their prime because heck, I'm past my prime and reading about characters that are aged is comfortable.

It was much more relatable than the 'chosen one' books about young heroes, or the 20-30 somethings dressed in leather kicking butt and taking names without pain or care in the world.

I will admit that the author did go overboard sometimes with the constant reminder about their ages, and there was the urge to skim some of it, but for some people, it might be reassuring.

The characters were all likable, although Edgar rode the cusp some of the time. Still, I thought it was a really good dynamic, whether they were sorta flirty, or sorta killy towards each other, the connection was there.
I would have liked for the author to go more in-depth with the power of the house. I do not feel like I got the full understanding of how powerful the house is and what the magic that is given to Jess actually entails.
There are very few people I would not recommend this book to, it was just really, really good.

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Super funny and refreshing!

This is the first book I’m read by this author and it was terrific! I literally busted out laughing many time. The narrator was absolutely fabulous and I think was a big part of why I liked this book so much. I’m definitely looking forward to “reading” the rest of the books in the series.

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Hilarious

Excellent story that made me laugh hard, read extremely well. Just a few glitches with the recording.

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Fun

Such a fun listen. Great narration! S o good I bought the next two in the series :)

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Absolutely a wonderful series

K. F. Breene brings us a delightful cast of quirky, mature characters, not only dealing with magical mayhem but with mid-life. Nicole Poole brings their personalities to life with her excellent narration.

It is so rare to have characters who are not in their 20's or 30's and unrealistically beautiful. I love that the main character embraces and acknowledges her mid-life reality.

I hope we see a saga in this series and not just a trilogy.

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Simply Amazing !

I originally hesitated purchasing that series, partly because of the narrator which I hadn't like in previous book.

How wrong I was. Narration is simply put, fantastic ! bring the story to life which help getting immerse in the story.

The story itself is great outside of the box and each character will make you fall in love with them, despite (or maybe because) of their quirk.

100% recommend

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Repeat listener

This series always makes me laugh-out-loud, and that’s no mean feat!. A real joy

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