Excellent story but ……

Loved the storyline and it has such potential. I was initially looking forward to ready the whole series but then found all the sex scenes to be too many. Sure, I enjoyed the scenes that pushed the story and showed the characters blossoming attraction but many, many of the sex scenes were repetitive and didn’t add much but took away from the story flow. My comments don’t take away from the quality of the writing which is excellent and the narrator who did a great job as well. So disappointed that I doubt I will listen to remaining books in this series. Such a pity as I do want to know what happens in the storyline but not sure it is worth it when a third of the book is sex scenes.

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great to discover another paranormal author

Where does Shadow Game rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I really enjoyed this book, and was glad to have found it. The paranormal genre is a favourite of mine and I'd rate this book above average, but it's just flooded now with so many trashy (not all), vacuous teen vampire, werewolf and zombie novels (V,W,Z), so it was a delight to find something so very original. It's getting hard to find books like this because they get so lost so amongst this genre that don't really belong here and you miss them due to trudging through masses of crap, PLEASE put the VAMP's or make a new genre (V,W,Z) etc.... or put them back in horror where they used to be and belong, PLEASE!!!. I was surprised by the high raunchy steam factor but to me the circumstances of the plot warrant it. It's not something I'd normally read but the story goes there in detail but you can understand why and it's a going to be a great series if they keep up the pace like book one. Funny, heart wrenching, witty and intense in both the thriller and sex factors. Well written paranormal thriller/love story that doesn't hold back. It's raw emotion and a great listen.

What other book might you compare Shadow Game to, and why?

Hard to say because I haven't been able to read for 6 years and finally dived in the deep end with Audiobooks and love them. This to me was "very loosely" along the lines of something that say Stephen King or Dean Koontz might concoct in cohorts with a tamer Jackie Collins, so yes, it makes for a very interesting plot!

What does Tom Stechschulte bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

I really like him, I think he's great, I didn't realise how much the standard of voices varies, and I think Tom's right up there. I didn't know I was picky with voices but I am now.

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

Well I've read 1 and 2 now and I have to say that the way Christine takes very strong powerful male characters and swings the balance of having men being desperately needed to be loved more so than the lead women in the two I've read so far, is done very well and is quite endearing.

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first listen of ghostwalkers

i listened to a couple of the torpedo ink series and had to pull up for a break as there was some dark and gritty plotlines.
I love Ms Feehans writing so I thought I'd try this series before I head back to torpedo ink.
this is a great story and the paranormal is a wonderful twist to read/listen to.
the angst isn't as high as some books but the trauma to the characters was gut wrenching....there was an insta love/lust between hero and heroine but you could accept it as the paranormal comes into play.
Ms Feehan has written gutsier and more traumatic books but this series is earlier in her novels.
In saying that this story was well put together and sets the scene to play out for more books. there is a lot of steamy scenes and comments have been made that it takes away from the great plotline....
there is a lot of descriptive attraction and hot and steamy, but I kinda let it move the book along and everything tied in nicely. there is also some humour slotted in and lightens some chapters nicely.
as for the narrator, it's a first time listen for me and I loved his voice. he has great tone and inflections which brings the characters to life. looking forward to nicolas and his story....

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Great Story, Great Narrator

The more you read, the better it gets. True loyalty, unique approach to mind control and the narrators voice is very enticing!

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Storyline would be so much better without all of the long winded sex scenes

The Storyline would be so much better without all of the long winded, and over dramatised sex scenes. There is nothing wrong with a good sex scene in a story but these were all too often, over described and utterly cringe worthy, taking away the rest of the storyline which was quite intriguing.

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story was okay

too many sex scenes and they were repetitive, they didn’t add anything to the story. i ended up fast forwarding when they started.

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I really wanted to love this, but it's too sexual

I loved the synopsis, and it sounded very promising. I enjoyed the mind speak and psy elements. I even enjoyed the extreme bond created between the 2 main characters. But there were just too many sexual scenes for me to get into it fully. Had to stop halfway through. Definitely had promise, just missed the mark a little for me at the moment.

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