Reader Favorites – Stacey’s Favorite Audiobooks

Stacey sent us her favorite audiobooks, and she’s obviously an AVID fan of books in this format. In fact, I think I’d go so far as to say she’s our “resident” audiobook “reader”. 😉 She sent me a whole spread sheet with her ratings and mini-notes letting us know what each one is “about”.

THESE are the ones that are her absolute favorite of the bunch, and going through her notes was quite fun!!!

She says:

I have been a MBB voyeur dating back to the “what to read after Twilight” days (thank you for Sookie and BDB!) Just thought I’d offer some input from my self-proclaimed-area-of-expertise: Audiobooks. I have listened to over 500 books, many based on recommendations from your website. The following titles were SO FREAKING GOOD as audiobooks – worth listening to even if you’ve already read the Kindle/book edition!

I am attaching some details – which may be helpful. I have both read and listened to the majority of them (many are offered at a reduced price if you own the Kindle version). The titles on my recommended lists are enhanced with narration, and SO worth listening to – even if you’ve already read the book!

Hope my notes are useful…

Dark:

• You /Hidden Bodies (Kepnes, Caroline) <— 5, OMG (AMAZ Narr!) (♥Narr=S.Fontan) Sociopath/serial killer/NewYorker/finds true love (and she personally told me:

“Even though you’ve already read it old-school, Hidden Bodies is an Audible MUST LISTEN!! Narrator, Santino Fontana, nails Joe-the-sociopath, giving him depth and humor as he moves to LA in search of true love and some honesty. Seriously, give it a listen – you will not be sorry!!”

• Nine Minutes: Nine Minutes Series #1 / Out of Time: Nine Minutes Series #2 (Flynn, Beth) <—  Taboo;15 yr old kidnapped by obsessed/brutal MC prez
• On Every Street: The Artists Trilogy / Sins and Needles: The Artists Trilogy, Book 1 / Shooting Scars: The Artists Trilogy, Book 2 / Bold Tricks (Halle, Karina)
• Insidious (Romig, Aleatha) <— OMG!!! (♥ narrator) (♥Narr=Savannah Richards) He kidnaps/abuses her as revenge
• The Contract: Uncovering You, Book 1 (Edwards, Scarlett)
• Debt Inheritance: Indebted, Book 1/First Debt: Indebted, Book 2 (Winters, Pepper) <— (♥ narrs!) 5, 5 (♥Narrs=Watt/Stewart) Female decendents are owned/abused/killed
• Pretty Girls / Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes (Slaughter, Karin) <—  Crazy-EVIL men & connected to kidnap/murder of her sis
• Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns: Dollanganger, Book 3 / Seeds of Yesterday: Dollanganger, Book 4 / Garden of Shadows (Andrews, V. C.) <— Taboo; mother stashes 4 children in order to inherit parents’ money

Angsty:

• Drowning Instinct (Bick, Isla) <— “Both are coping with traumatic family issues;”
• One True Loves (Reid, Taylor Jenkins) <—  OMG (♥ narrator) (♥Narr=Julia Whelan) Triangle
• Breaking Him: Love Is War, Book 1 / Breaking Her: Love Is War, Book 2 (Lilley, R.K.) <— OMG!!! (♥ narrator) She’s trailer park; he’s weatlthy/dumps her/is obsessed w her
• One Day (Nicholls, David) <—  Brits go thru life ala When Harry Met Sally on steroids
• The Last Anniversary (Moriarty, Liane) <— Aussies/She inherits house from ex-bf’s family
• The End of Feeling (Bennet, Cindy) <—  5 (♥ him narrator)
• Bared to You: A Crossfire Novel, Book 1 /Reflected in You: A Crossfire Novel, Book 2 /Entwined With You: Crossfire Series, Book 3 /Captivated by You: Crossfire Series, Book 4 (Day, Sylvia) <—  (♥Narr=Jill Redfield) Childhood abuse/complex love affair;
• Left Drowning / Restless Waters: A Left Drowning Novel, Book 2 (Park, Jessica) <—  Both are coping with traumatic family issues;
• The Opportunist / Dirty Red / Thief (Fisher, Tarryn) <—  (♥Narr=Andi Arndt) Major triangle!
• Bad Things: Tristan & Danika #1 / Rock Bottom: Tristan & Danika, Book 2 / Lovely Trigger: Tristan & Danika, Book 3 (Lilley, R.K.)
• After: After, Book 1 /After We Collided: The After Series, Book 2 / After We Fell / After Ever Happy / Before: After, Book 5 (Todd, Anna) <— Angry-English-JERK Hardin TORMENTS
• Fixed on You /Found in You / Forever with You / Hudson (Paige, Laurelin) <—  She becomes obsessive in relationships & he’s a manipulator
• This Man: This Man Trilogy, Book 1 / Beneath This Man /T his Man Confessed: This Man Trilogy (Malpas, Jodi Ellen) <— Brits; shady dude/wants her/hires her as his interior designer
• Down London Road Series (Young, Samantha) <— American girl and her Irish clan;
• Gone Girl: A Novel (Flynn, Gillian) <— OMG!!! (♥Narrs=Julia Whelan,Kirby Heyborne) Twisty!!
• Hate to Love You (Alden, Elise) <— Angsty! Brits; black sheep sister has sex/baby w sister’s fiancee; HEA
• Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel (Knoll, Jessica) <—  OMG! (♥ narrator) (♥Narr=M Maby) She’s a bluebloood-poser
• The Unwanted Wife: An Unwanted Novel, Book 1 (Anders, Natasha) <— Angsty! He thought she had her father force him into marriage

Paranormal:

• Sweet Evil / Sweet Peril: Sweet Evil Trilogy, Book 2 / Sweet Reckoning: Sweet Trilogy, Book 3 (Higgins, Wendy) <— Good girl encounters evil & charismatic teen children of fallen angels
• Black Dagger Brotherhood Series (Ward, J. R.) <— Amazing, AMAZING narrator does hip vamps!
• A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 (Martin, George) <— AMAZING narration of multiple characters/accents

Funny:

• Single White Vampire: Argeneau Vampires, Book 3 (Sands, Lynsay) <— OMG! (Hilarious!) Narrator does an excellent uptight Lucern!
• The Care and Feeding of Stray Vampires (Harper, Molly) <—  OMG! (Hilarious!) Narrator does awesome Cal voice/accent
• Playing for Keeps / Perfection / Checkmate (Mathewson, R.L.) <— OMG! (Hilarious) Family of hot/obnoxious/male/gluttens!
• The Rosie Project: A Novel (Simsion, Graeme) <— Uptight Aussie looking for perfect girl meets hippie chick
• Tangled: The Tangled Series, Book 1 / Twisted / Tamed / Tied (Chase, Emma) <—  Hilarious; Jerk convinced he has the flu when she goes back to ex