Listen free for 30 days
-
Mana Master
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 1
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wish list failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $31.27
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Buy it with
-
Mana Beast
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 2
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac's story continues. He knows being a mage is more than just simple luck. His mother tipped the dice in his favor. But that's ended. Lucky can only carry you so far. Arriving at the Ferrymen Sect, he hopes to ignite a war between the corrupt mages and those sworn to defend to the average person. But he finds the world of Sects more complex than he'd hoped. In order to direct the sects into a war with the corrupt mages, Isaac must first overcome genius mages even more blessed than himself. Join Isaac and his girls in their next adventure.
-
-
More Please!
- By Ray McLellan on 2021-06-28
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Mana Immortal
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac is back, and the sects are going to war. Leadership puts him in leading from behind a desk and negotiating deals with the Hua Family. That is, till another sect's mountain falls, and Isaac hurries to investigate. He takes Mei to investigate the fallen mountain. But even Mei isn't enough to stop what the fallen mountain brings.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Mana
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 4
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac sets off ahead of the rest of his family with Kat and his mana beasts. No matter how much he'd practiced with immortal mana before venturing into the immortal world hadn’t prepared him for it, and his first bumbling steps into the new world have him collared and sold to a brothel. Those who did this to him will pay dearly for underestimating him. Isaac plots his escape and the new path in cultivation as he makes plans to break through to his fifth ring and seek revenge.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Blood
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 5
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac and company head off to Blueheavens to join the Su family and seek revenge against Hendrick and Fairy Su. Unfortunately, the Su family isn’t receptive to more internal competition, and Isaac’s use of his bloodlines in the city draws more attention than he bargained for. Mistaken for an expert from a foreign ancient family, he’s invited on a trip through the void to a shard of the shattered world where opportunity abounds both for his cultivation and his revenge.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Family
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 6
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac has one last step to reunite with his family. Politics aside, it is everything he could have hoped. Only he won’t allow them to define his life. Despite their wishes for him to rest and raise a family, trouble springs anew. He isn’t one to let things go when one of his women is in trouble. Isaac sets off on one last mission against the wishes of his family—only to find more than he could have ever expected. The fate of his family rests in his hands. If only he can put all the pieces together and come out on top of one last adventure.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Dragon's Justice 5
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Actors Everywhere
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Heavy is the head who wears the crown. That goes double for the dragon king. Zach is wrapping up the end of the school year, trying to juggle his new independent study, where Sabrina and the dragons teach him magic while also being the king of dragons, a sitting member of the Philly Council, and a good mate to six. But the dragon king doesn’t sleep, not when Silverwing Mercenaries has a case from the council. Vampires have had some change in leadership in Philly, and trouble is brewing.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Mana Beast
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 2
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac's story continues. He knows being a mage is more than just simple luck. His mother tipped the dice in his favor. But that's ended. Lucky can only carry you so far. Arriving at the Ferrymen Sect, he hopes to ignite a war between the corrupt mages and those sworn to defend to the average person. But he finds the world of Sects more complex than he'd hoped. In order to direct the sects into a war with the corrupt mages, Isaac must first overcome genius mages even more blessed than himself. Join Isaac and his girls in their next adventure.
-
-
More Please!
- By Ray McLellan on 2021-06-28
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Mana Immortal
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac is back, and the sects are going to war. Leadership puts him in leading from behind a desk and negotiating deals with the Hua Family. That is, till another sect's mountain falls, and Isaac hurries to investigate. He takes Mei to investigate the fallen mountain. But even Mei isn't enough to stop what the fallen mountain brings.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Mana
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 4
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac sets off ahead of the rest of his family with Kat and his mana beasts. No matter how much he'd practiced with immortal mana before venturing into the immortal world hadn’t prepared him for it, and his first bumbling steps into the new world have him collared and sold to a brothel. Those who did this to him will pay dearly for underestimating him. Isaac plots his escape and the new path in cultivation as he makes plans to break through to his fifth ring and seek revenge.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Blood
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 5
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac and company head off to Blueheavens to join the Su family and seek revenge against Hendrick and Fairy Su. Unfortunately, the Su family isn’t receptive to more internal competition, and Isaac’s use of his bloodlines in the city draws more attention than he bargained for. Mistaken for an expert from a foreign ancient family, he’s invited on a trip through the void to a shard of the shattered world where opportunity abounds both for his cultivation and his revenge.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Immortal Family
- A Mage's Cultivation, Book 6
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Isaac has one last step to reunite with his family. Politics aside, it is everything he could have hoped. Only he won’t allow them to define his life. Despite their wishes for him to rest and raise a family, trouble springs anew. He isn’t one to let things go when one of his women is in trouble. Isaac sets off on one last mission against the wishes of his family—only to find more than he could have ever expected. The fate of his family rests in his hands. If only he can put all the pieces together and come out on top of one last adventure.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Dragon's Justice 5
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Actors Everywhere
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Heavy is the head who wears the crown. That goes double for the dragon king. Zach is wrapping up the end of the school year, trying to juggle his new independent study, where Sabrina and the dragons teach him magic while also being the king of dragons, a sitting member of the Philly Council, and a good mate to six. But the dragon king doesn’t sleep, not when Silverwing Mercenaries has a case from the council. Vampires have had some change in leadership in Philly, and trouble is brewing.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Dragon's Justice 3
- Dragon's Justice, Book 3
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Actors Everywhere, Jack Douglas, Jessica Threet
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zach is on the hunt for Morgana, who’s hidden herself in Sentarshaden, the secret city of paranormals. The elven city is celebrating the time of rebirth and nurturing their root trees. His secret is slipping, and he sees just what is in store for him as a green dragon becomes known to the city. The new dragon is both revered and hunted. But keeping himself hidden becomes impossible as he finds Morgana in a terrible state and needing his help.
-
-
it got good fast and stayed good the entire way
- By Ray McLellan on 2022-06-19
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Saving Supervillains
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A former villain is living a quiet life, hidden among the masses. Miles has one big secret: He might just be the most powerful super in existence. Those days are behind him. But when a wounded young lady unable to control her superpower needs his help, she shatters his boring life, pulling him into the one place he least expected to be—the Bureau of Superheroes.
-
-
As expected
- By Doug Ross on 2023-01-25
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Dragon's Justice 4
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Jack Douglas, Jessica Threet
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zach and his ladies are packing up for the dragon conclave. He has enough on his hands trying to impress centuries-old dragons that he’s their new king. But when a dragon arrives injured and another dies at the conclave, things grow tense at the conclave. Zach will need to step up as their new king and solve a problem so old it’s been forgotten. As if he doesn’t have enough to deal with, as pushy dragons vie for his attention, he’ll have to solve a murder as well.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Dragon's Justice
- Book 2
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Actors Everywhere, Jack Douglas, Jessica Threet
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Zach is back. Life has been good since they dispatched a rabid, alpha wolf, tricked into dark power. His hoard is growing steadily, with odd jobs working as Morgana’s partner, and they’ve been hired to deal with the swamp troll migration, as the trolls pass through Philly on their way to Florida for the winter. As if he doesn’t have enough to deal with, the Order of the Magi come to town for a convention, and tensions grow taut between magi and the paranormal council.
-
-
I might be biased as a dragon spirit
- By Ray McLellan on 2022-04-06
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Saving Supervillains 2
- Written by: Bruce Sentar
- Narrated by: Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Miles has enough power to take down even a titan, but is that enough to prepare him for what’s coming? His new job as the deputy director is at odds with his desire to start using his powers to make a greater difference. He has to balance his secret while going above and beyond his role at the Bureau of Superheroes.
Written by: Bruce Sentar
-
Herald of Shalia 3
- Written by: Tamryn Tamer
- Narrated by: Amber Lee Connors, Kieran Flitton
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
He was the Herald of Shalia that married a demoness, invited hundreds of Arachne to live in his territory, and married a princess of Zira all in the same week. All while securing peace and trade agreements with the two largest countries on the continent. Herald Frost wasn’t merely a deviant herald that laid with demihumans. He was a highly capable deviant herald that laid with demihumans.
-
-
We all want a harem right?!
- By Doug Ross on 2021-06-11
Written by: Tamryn Tamer
-
Growth Hero 3
- Written by: Brent Tyman
- Narrated by: Christian J. Gilliland, Hazel Cohen
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Alex has made some staggering progress in the fantasy world, with his growth skill continuously expanding his stats to some truly overpowered heights. The more he grinds in the Dungeon, the stronger he becomes, and that also rings true for the three stunning mages with him.
Written by: Brent Tyman
-
Coming Together
- Descend, Book 2
- Written by: David Burke
- Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Jay and company have survived the initial stages of the experiment. They have had to overcome everything from their dinner trying to eat them to murderous psychopaths trying to carve out a private fiefdom. Worse, they aren't even aware of the impact the dissent among the aliens running this experiment are having on them. Now, all the survivors seem to want a piece of Jay, which when they are a bunch of hot girls, doesn't seem entirely bad. He just has to sort out who is trying to manipulate him and who wants to be on Team Jay....
Written by: David Burke
-
Heretic Spellblade
- Heretic Spellblade, Book 1
- Written by: K.D. Robertson
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
- Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Before the demons invaded, Nathan had everything he ever wanted. Women, power, magical talent, wealth, a fortress full of loyal soldiers. Now, a beautiful demonic general offers him a choice: Die; or start a new life with her in the past and rewrite history. Nathan accepts and is sent back in time to before the end of the world.
-
-
reincarnated but still the same age
- By Riger1 on 2021-06-11
Written by: K.D. Robertson
-
First Steps
- Descend, Book 1
- Written by: David Burke
- Narrated by: Daniel Wisniewski, Rebecca Woods
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Boredom was killing Jay, not in a dramatic way, but in the life of stifled potential way. He wanted more out of life. Then, without any warning, he found himself part of an experiment with not even so much as the courtesy of a "how do you do?". It wasn't really all bad, though. The fit, busty babes outnumbered him 30 to one. Now, Jay has to fight to survive. He has to conquer the dungeon or die. On top of that, he has to juggle a bunch of gorgeous women who are all stuck in the same life or death fight as him.
-
-
I was not ready for this!
- By Eric on 2022-01-07
Written by: David Burke
-
Herald of Shalia 2
- Written by: Tamryn Tamer
- Narrated by: Amber Lee Connors, Kieran Flitton
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Sebastian Frost was a man with an interesting reputation. He’d killed 12 giants, eight heroes, a duke, and even a prince. But nobody ever talked about any of that. All they talked about was the deviant, disgusting, detestable Herald of Shalia that shamelessly laid with elves. That was because in the strange world based on game mechanics Frost found himself in, laying with elves was somehow treated like laying with animals. Naturally, they weren’t calling him Herald Frost the giant killer....
-
-
great follow-up
- By David on 2020-12-15
Written by: Tamryn Tamer
-
Demon's Throne
- Demon's Throne, Book 1
- Written by: K.D. Robertson
- Narrated by: Stephanie Savannah
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Rys awakes to the smell of blood and nearly two thousand years of dust. Maybe he overslept a little too long. Once, he was a great champion and general in the demonic empire that ruled the world. Now, he’s been erased from history. He’ll need to remind the world of the price of forgetfulness. Now is the time to build his own empire, as the ancient powers of his time are long gone. Rys has an archipelago to conquer, women interested in extending their bloodline with him, and a mysterious labyrinth that holds the secret to why he was sealed away to begin with.
Written by: K.D. Robertson
Publisher's Summary
In a world where mages and monster grow from cultivating mana, Isaac joins the class of humans known as mages who absorb mana to grow more powerful. To become a mage, he must bind a mana beast to himself to access and control mana. But when his mana beast is far more human than he expected, Isaac struggles with the budding relationship between the two of them as he prepares to enter his first dungeon.
Unfortunately for Isaac, he doesn’t have time to ponder the questions of his relationship with Aurora. His sleepy town of Locksprings is in for a rude awakening, and he has to decide which side of the war he is going to stand on.
More from the same
What listeners say about Mana Master
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
- Trent
- 2021-02-16
worth a credit
The story was wonderfully developed and I enjoyed the characters. The female voice actor has a lovely voice but she must be new to it. Several times the female voice actor reads a line without proper inflection and over uses her "sexy" voice, having the emotions matchup with the dialog is what makes amazing content. I look forward to heating more from this book and voice actors 👌.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Blindsite
- 2021-06-28
Sounds like high school fan-fic crossed w/ erotica
The story isn't bad per se but isn't anything impressive either; generic is more the word that comes to mind. it's a decent hack and slash sword and sorcery story with some fairly explicit romance sex scenes. But the whole style reminds me of a high school teenage writer obsessing about sex and action but neglecting depth of character development and setting the mood of the world. I can never quite tell what technological level this society is in. Though it doesn't seem to follow our history at all it does maintain many of our metaphors which totally threw me. Little things like that is one reason It lost a star for me. If you're going to create a universe then be logical about it. Also the main narrator has no real inflection and reads off the story totally flat. The side characters have more dimension than he does most of the time. So yeah it's not so much a bad book or story, it just seemed.... rushed and cheaply made. It has potential and I'm hoping the next few books get better but for now it's between a 3 and a 4 star to me.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon_Canuck 8148
- 2022-07-07
Bruce Sentara delivers an unique twist to cultivat
An interesting twist on cultivation with good narration. The MC is on his way to being OP at least among his peers.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Doug Ross
- 2021-07-29
Wow what a great series
Bruce my man where did you come from? I mean what a great story you have created. Im coming back from Book 3 to leave a review.
I don’t even know where to start. Amazing, this book hits all the sweet spots for me, Great MC, Amazing Story, Very well written side characters and yes they are very sexy and stubborn haha. Love scenes are tastefully done and not drawn out, and the world building is so good for this type of book, story flow and progression are top notch, id say among the top authors no kidding. Bruce has the potential to be one of the great authors if he keeps putting out quality work such as this series. I only have one complaint that any sane person would have, the series needs to come faster to feed my addiction with audio books haha.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Ray McLellan
- 2021-06-28
a good listen. And a unique story
at least me The two narrators worked well with each other. but could definitely use a little work on altering their voices for certain characters. And both wound up using little too similar voices for certain characters.
but the story was unique and engaging. And to me I could see what was going on. I will definitely be looking forward to the rest of the series.
The hometown is well presented. The groups are well defined. You can feel the camaraderie between the MC and his buddies. And the character you see on the front page. Oh damn she is a beauty.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Cody
- 2021-02-15
I don't understand all the 5 star reviews
Seriously, how can people compare this to Cradle? The MC has natural talent, is born with a power he didn't earn, and can get advice directly from a beast, that also wants to jump his bones.
He's not relatable at all. The SAME DAY his girlfriend leaves, the one he himself calls his other half, he's looking to find a new junior in class to impress and bone. Then a tsundere almost kills him and he finds out he has a supernatural stalker that's been watching and listening to everything he's done for 13 years. Since he was 5! And he's like, yeah, she seems fu¢kable. Then, he puts it off over and over again because he's suddenly concerned she only wants him because she's bound to him. Like it wasn't her CHOICE to bond in the first place.
When she tells him why she chose him, I got red flags immediately. His bloodline was 'dominating' and made her 'want' to 'submit'? That's harem vibes if I've ever heard it. Sure enough, the tsundere finally gets over herself and tells him how she feels. And she's cool with sharing him with Aurora. The supernatural stalker I talked about. He's also, probably, going to find other beats like Aurora because of his bloodline so the herem is only going to get bigger.
Putting aside all that nonsense, the cultivation is lackluster to. Barely even touching on the how, spending more time on the why. Though the why is sorta vauge to. "well, suddenly dungeons appeared, spewing monsters that infected our world with Mana." that's about it. The how isn't much better. "Absorb mana, make circles, kill things to absorb more mana, grow faster."
I like that the MC is smart, and level headed, I do, but. He just doesn't feel relatable. By contrast, his friends the healer and hunter are much more human.
I suspect MC is half beast since his Mom isn't really dead.
All in all, it wasn't horrible, but I won't be continuing with the series or ever re-listening to it.
56 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Amazon Customer
- 2021-02-19
Mana Master starts strong, but falls to pieces.
The first 5 - 6 hours set up an interesting character, world, and clear path of progression. I think I would best compare it to the better episodes of a your standard anime, complete with cheesy Saturday morning cartoon villains and obvious lead romances. Then it starts to shit the bed, with about a dozen plot threads get touched on before quickly resolving with minimal effort (thus making them pointless) or going unaddressed/uncompleted. To continue the anime parallel, it feels like a dozen 'filler' episodes one right after another that honestly should have been cut on the first round of editing if for no other reason than to prevent the feeling of 'whip lash' one feels when listening to it and to not waste the readers time with nonsense. The love interests are also rushed in their development with most simply loving the main character from the start or at first meeting.
Further use of 'Chekhov's gun' would have served the author well... if an introduced plot element isn't going to be immediately useful or impactful consider cutting it or making it more useful/impactful. Having the main character show the reader instead of being told that they grew more powerful would have also proven useful, as would having whatever trials or tribulations they defeated actually matter, and not be defeated in the span of 30 minutes.
The story aside, the writing itself isn't great with a limited vocabulary of words chosen together which made the dialog a bit clunky in places. The "adult" scenes were honestly boring and lacked a certain degree of passion and depth or were absolutely dripping with teenage angst, fortunately it didn't become overly annoying.
The performance wasn't great either, not terrible or anything... but I felt Hazel was clearly bored/tired through many of her lines (understandable as the lines for the ladies were often cheesy or comically bad to say the least). The sound quality was below what is common in the industry now a days, and there was at least 1 botched word that could and should have been edited in post.
Overall this is a subpar harem adventure story, and a below average cultivator story (the worst I've read so far in fact). I will probably not refund the credit (though it is on the line for what I would consider refunding for), but neither will I continue the story. I think if the author went back to this book and started again focused on the first half and stuck to 1 or 2 of the threads introduced in the second half he would have had an above average book for the genre... sadly it wasn't meant to be this time.
16 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Joseph
- 2021-05-16
I didn't make it too far
Nothing is worse than a cocky protagonist without the skills to back it up. It's even worse in a society where one's 'power status' is so easily apparent.
Frankly, the protagonist just isn't likeable in general. If the cockiness isn't enough, being an outlet for exposition just makes him appear stupid too.
I think it's a pretty bad sign when you see no clear difference between the cliche 'bully antagonist' and the protagonist himself.
Don't even get me started on the relationship nonsense. It's like the author studied anime for tips on interpersonal relationships and just implemented them one to one without ever speaking with a real human themselves.
I'll be returning this.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- casey
- 2021-01-21
Epic
I have over Seven hundred books. I don't comment alot but this book was epic. reminds me some times of the Unsouled series. Narration was good as well.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Mr. Lee
- 2021-01-19
Fantastic Story and Excellent Dual Narration!
This was a great take on cultivation. There wasn't a dull moment in the story. It flowed really well. They characters were great. Cant wait for the next one.
The narration was really good. I've been waiting a long time for Christian to work with a female narrator and I wasnt disappointed. Hazel did a pretty good job. She has a lot of potential. Im guessing she will get better and better with each book she records. She has a really pleasant voice. I'd just like to hear a little more emotion in the characters.
On Christians end of the narrating. He did great as always. The different voices he uses for the individual characters was great.
The only issue I had with his narrating is the whistling S's. They are vicious if you're wearing headphones. I don't know if there is a way to stop it? but it would make listening a lot more pleasant if there wasn't whistling when saying a word with a S in it....
On the whole production end. Overall it was good. I cant wait to hear more from this duo. The only thing I would suggest to the recording/editing peeps. Is get some beta listeners. There are a lot of errors throughout the book. Repeats, changes in audio levels, clicks, and background noises. It felt like the first edit. maybe it's just getting the kinks worked out on a new dual narrating team.
All that being said. It's definitely worth a credit. The story is great and so is the narrating. I hope this pair keep working together and making more worlds come alive!
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Chris
- 2021-02-18
Started great but lacked refined me t
This started great as a book however, once into the story the pacing fell apart. The story sped up the point where it was hard to follow and unbelievable things happened per the define world rule. For instance our hero advances so fast that it doesn’t seem realistic. Once in the dungeon portion I feel that this book falls apart. Overall great world building g but the rush at the end made it a poor story.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Kindle Customer
- 2021-02-10
needs a new editor
the book was great, the narrators were good too. however whomever had the job to edit the audio probly needs to either a) get a pay cut. or b) redo it entirely. there were many times were the narator would say a sentence and then say it again but with different emphasis or inflection.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Alex M Baker
- 2021-03-05
Great, just a few minor gripes.
I really did want to give this five stars, but a few compounding things held me back. First, however, let me preface this by saying that this is my first foray into a cultivation story, so I have nothing of its like to compare it to...but I do know what a good book looks/sounds like.
1. The Narrator sounded kinda...bored. His male voices were alright though which kinda saved it for me in that aspect. On the flip side, the female voice actor was great overall (especially Aurora, the main Mana Beast; she sounded like a goddess), though her portrayal of older women all kinda sounded the same. The characters themselves were all lively enough to mostly offset this.
2. The story itself was great, somewhat fast-paced as it was. With that said, some things were left pretty vague and it felt like we (the readers) were just supposed to let these things slide without any explanation. This is the first book in the series though so I won't knock it too much for that; plenty of time to flesh that out later.
3. The need for editing is obvious. It's not so bad that you are totally taken out of immersion, but you will definitely notice it.
4. This goes along with #3 and is less a gripe and more funny, but I have to mention it. There is a point later in the book, during a somewhat steamy session that the Narrator repeats the same sentence twice, pauses, seemingly (and I swear audibly) turns the page on his script, and then keeps reading like nothing happened. OMG, it was so worth being torn from the scene in my mind for that laugh I let out! Others might call that unprofessional or something, but God damn was that funny in the moment!
Overall, I still loved the book and I hope to see the next one on Audible soon so I can snatch it up!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Al
- 2021-02-08
Awesome. New twist on old theme.
I totally enjoyed this book. The characters are intriguing and I liked the supporting characters as well. The world building is interesting and I look forward to seeing what happens in future book's.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- kevin
- 2021-02-01
needs some editing
chapter 23 22:15 bad edit.
the rest is pretty good its nice that Hazel Cohen co narrated the female parts for this kind of book.
1 person found this helpful