Whaaa!?!

I LOVE every MK Eidem book I've listened to so far, and this was no exception. Unfortunately, (for me), I'd have to call this a prequel rather than a full length book though. What I love about MK's style is her thoroughness, (all killer, no filler, and lots of it!), and this book ended just when things were getting good! I'm totally left hanging here! Hopefully it won't take long for the next book in the "series", so I can hear the rest of the story.

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Minority report: Terrible Heroine - Skip This One

Let me start by saying, I am an M.K. Eidem fan. Her novel, Grim, is one of favorites of the “Mars Needs Women” trope. So, like other fans, my expectations were high. Unfortunately, Nikhil isn’t worth a credit. Skip this book and hope for the next.

The heroine has no redeeming qualities. She berates her true mate for the same actions (lying, keeping secrets, withholding) she commits. Throughout the story, she acts stupidly – liking slapping a warrior for a perceived insult. The likeable hero’s theme of, “you are safe I will protect you” is said over and over and over..Side note: I also didn’t like the plot line of the DD curvy heroine being starved in to a drop-dead gorgeous skinny b***h. Maybe if she had some donuts her personality would improve.

I also have a minor issue with the narration. The voice actress for the fearful, self-pitying minor character of Jen needs to be recast. The actress’ almost underage, monotone interpretation of Jen’s dialog did not help the character at all.

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Loved Nikil, but...

I must say, I really enjoy listening to these productions. It's like listening to an old time radio show or something. The only problem with the story was Mac's hypocrisy and her justification for it. Not only does she rag on their beliefs (even after these are explained to her); but she holds back aiding her friend. She will help and stand up for others, but she lets her nearly suicidal friend suffer needlessly. This is excused as not telling someone else's secrets. This stance poses the question: will you allow someone to die or be abused or suffer when they are clearly suffering mentally and emotionally? Mac berates others for not being forthright and therefore lying by omission. REALLY? Still a great listen/read. It will make you think and entertain you, as well.

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Fantastic book

What made the experience of listening to Nikhil the most enjoyable?

The story was never slow.....I loved that the love interests did not wait till middle of book to get together.

What did you like best about this story?

Though there were misunderstandings between Mac and Nikhil...neither acted stupid...they talked and worked things out!

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I loved the sound effects and the use of more than one narrator. I felt by listening I was in the story.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

All of the book moved me!

Any additional comments?

Only bad part? The next book was not available to start. The story ended abruptly and it seemed it should have continued.

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sound effects galore !

I first read this book about a month ago, it was my first time reading anything by this author. I loved the book, it was a very interesting storyline. If I like the book enough, I'll always try and listen to the audio, so when I listened to the sample and realized it's the kind that has duet narration, as well as sound effects, I was really excited.

Now, I absolutely don't mind sound effects, I don't feel like they take away from the narration at all. This particular book has 4 different narrators. I don't have a problem with the male narrators at all, It think they did a great job and I truly enjoy Griffin Murphy. However, I do not like the female narrators at all. I feel like I've heard them before in Michelle Howard's books (possibly using a pseudonym) , and I didn't like them either. I just don't think that they convey emotions well, their tone of voice doesn't really match to what they're saying. I don't know how to explain it, I feel like they could inflect more emotion in their voices when in dialogue, it feels stunted and forced, too casual when it shouldn't be. I'm pretty sure I won't be listening to more audiobooks in this series if they're using the same female narrators.

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Unlikeable female lead

I really love all of M. K. Eidem’s books except this one. I love poor Nikhil and I felt so bad for him that he got stuck with such a lying b*tch! Seriously this character was so ungrateful for everything that was done for and constantly demanding more, more, more. She was constantly holding him to standards she refused to hold herself to and made everything all about her. Poor Nikhil. I would have treated him so much better. If you are new to this series don’t start with this book. Start with Wray. The first two female leads are kind caring people who deserve their happiness. This one deserves to have her selfish butt plopped back on earth where she can stay all alone and have her whole life be all about her.

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Take a chance

I confess I was hesitant to listen to this book since I was TOTALLY stuck on the Tornians series, but I'm glad I took a chance and enjoyed the book very much and the music was a nice touch!

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Love MK Eidem books; audio great!

I love all the MK Eidem books I've read so far. Can't wait to find out if Jen meets Kim again (see Wray); time to ck the author site for her next release. The narration team is great! So very much hope we'll get Victoria's Challenge & Jacinda's Challenge in audio soon!!!

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another great one

I love the sound effects and multiple narrators in all of M K Eidem's audios. I cannot wait for the next one

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Best series <br />

I most admit Im obsess with these series. The caracters are so well develop that you feel like you know them to the point I catch my self correcting the narrator pronunciation of names. But the narration is really good and in this book they use more voices for the dialogs.Amazing.
Though this book make me realize human woman are very selfish, lol.
I cant wait for Ull story that MK say she is already working on, and Trevon.
My other fav caracter ia Vali and Paganos.
Im a latin woman that adore tall strong man that have a soft voice I hope that in that bunch of woman theres a latin woman that fall's crazy in love with him, but thats me with wish full thinking.

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