Rachel Schmidt

Great story but didn't feel "cozy" to me.

Reviewed: 11-01-24

I don't normally read "Cozy" romance because I like smut and I'm not ashamed, however the cover and blurb won me over. I enjoyed the story and the narrator killed it. I loved the magic system and the characters. The problem for me is that I thought "Cozy" meant there would less of the drama and high-stakes. Briar's stubbornness and bad decisions almost made me quit a few times.

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Interesting take on the Omegaverse trope

Reviewed: 05-06-24

This was a sad story with a happy ending and an interesting take on the mpreg / Omegaverse trope. With out spoiling anything I will say there was a part near the end that I really didn't like but it wasn't enough to ruin the book for me. I was scared going in about a 12+ hour MM Omegaverse but once it was over I felt like it was the right length to wrap up the story in a satisfying way. I don't remember if there were trigger warnings, so for give this next part if there were and I forgot. The book talks about abuse quite a lot, physical, mental, and sexual abuse readers / listeners should be aware.

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Best Epilog Ever. *No Spoilers*

Reviewed: 05-06-24

This story had all the feels, two great narrators, and just enough spice.
If you are sensitive about drug abuse / addiction and or violence this may not be the story for you. The happy ending is hard earned in this one but the author wraps everything up well and then delivers the best epilog I've ever heard. Iggy Toma is the reason I picked this up, he is one of my favorite audio book narrators. Tristan Josiah was new to me but he was great and I'll be looking for more things narrated by him. There are some sex scenes and in case you didn't figure it out by the title the book they're MM sex scenes, but there weren't so many that I felt the need to bleach my ears afterword. (I like my smutty books, but some authors go too far.)
All in all it was a great, sad, happy, funny story that was well worth the credit and I will be looking for more from J. Daniels.

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An interesting take on the fated mates trope.

Reviewed: 04-22-24

I really liked this story, despite being a bit to short. The take on fated mates is different, and I liked how fated mates didn't equal insta* love. I was also pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a s3x scene every other chapter like some fated mates books. The narrator is new to me, but he did a very good job in my opinion.

**Spoilers incoming**

*They do fall in love quite fast, but it wasn't so fast as to feel like insta love.

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Good Story but Virtual Voice did it no favors.

Reviewed: 04-21-24

I understand that not everyone can afford a human narrator and I appreciate getting to hear this story since I have a hard time reading a book with my busy schedule. That being said, the AI narrator can only do so much. There is no tonal inflection or change of voice to differentiate one speaker from another.

With the complaining out of the way, I will say that after reading the blurb I wanted to read / hear this story and was willing to deal with the AI Narrator. I truly enjoyed the story and am looking forward to where it goes in the next book. I wished Hunter and Cal would have had better communication, especially Cal who is an FBI agent. But, miscommunication is something I'm used to reading in romance novels. I liked that the authors seemed to know what they were talking about with the technical stuff. As an IT professional myself I was impressed that they came pretty close to how things work in reality.

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Narrators kept me listening when I wanted to DNF

Reviewed: 01-28-24

This story had potential. Unfortunately it missed the mark. All the character development happened at the end. They couple doesn't communicate at all so there are a lot of dumb misunderstandings. The spicy scenes are unbelievable and I don't mean that in a good way. There was no prep for the poor bottom and almost no fore play.

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Well, that escalated quickly.

Reviewed: 11-25-23

The way it ends came way out of left field. I don't know where the relationships are going or even if l like any of the characters but I'll give book 2 a try just out of sheer morbid curiosity.

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I forgot how much the author uses the word lush.

Reviewed: 07-31-23

I knew the story would be good, I liked it the first time. I forgot how much Jennifer uses certain words and phrases adnauseam.

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An Ace character that isn't just a side note. <3

Reviewed: 07-03-23

I love this author and the way he rights the LBGTQ+ and people of color in his stories. Ricco is by far one of my favorite characters in this series and Kelly being Ace and still making it work with Robbie, makes me so happy. I started listening to Wolfsong four days ago and when I was done with it I had to by the next on right away. I lost a night of sleep with that one and it was worth it. Heartsong made me cry more than the first too and when it was over it left me feeling blue blue blue...

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This one hurt broke me and put me back together.

Reviewed: 07-03-23

Oh Gordo. Kirt Graves made this very special story even better with his excellent narration. I couldn't stop listening and lost a night of sleep, Worth it.
*Spoiler*

I was afraid that Gordo's story would have too much road trip for my liking. While that was a big part of the first 25% it was handled very well and I never got board.

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