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leelee68's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this one. I loved Jason and Keith. I also enjoyed some of their family and friends, I enjoyed the author's take on her shifter world. I really hope this is going to be a series...
teresab78's review against another edition
3.0
****Reviewed for Prism Book Alliance®****
Story Review:
Despite the narration (see below) I was entertained by Whiskers of a Chance. I love kitty shifters and Lynx are ones I haven’t read about before.
The world was interesting and I quite enjoyed the characters that inhabited it. Brandilyn said most of how I felt. Read her review here.
I would happily read more if this became a series, just not with this narrator.
Narration Review:
The narrator had a pleasant enough voice, however, just as books set in England should be narrated with an English accent, books set in America should be read with an American accent. This was not the case with this book. I didn’t even realize it was set in the states until I double checked the blurb and they finally said so in the narrative. It was very disconcerting.
As well, although the narrator attempted to have different voices, they weren’t distinct enough and some dialog was hard to follow as I didn’t know who was speaking. He also didn’t do a good job of following dialog tags as a character squealing or muttering sounded the same as all the other speech. His attempt at a Russian accent sounded like a deep Scottish one at times and didn’t add anything to the character that giggled and squealed.
On the whole, I did not like this narration at all and if I wasn’t enjoying the story, would have DNF’d it.
Story Review:
Despite the narration (see below) I was entertained by Whiskers of a Chance. I love kitty shifters and Lynx are ones I haven’t read about before.
The world was interesting and I quite enjoyed the characters that inhabited it. Brandilyn said most of how I felt. Read her review here.
I would happily read more if this became a series, just not with this narrator.
Narration Review:
The narrator had a pleasant enough voice, however, just as books set in England should be narrated with an English accent, books set in America should be read with an American accent. This was not the case with this book. I didn’t even realize it was set in the states until I double checked the blurb and they finally said so in the narrative. It was very disconcerting.
As well, although the narrator attempted to have different voices, they weren’t distinct enough and some dialog was hard to follow as I didn’t know who was speaking. He also didn’t do a good job of following dialog tags as a character squealing or muttering sounded the same as all the other speech. His attempt at a Russian accent sounded like a deep Scottish one at times and didn’t add anything to the character that giggled and squealed.
On the whole, I did not like this narration at all and if I wasn’t enjoying the story, would have DNF’d it.
chloeinbooksland's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I liked it well enough. The time skips ("two weeks later, "the week after", etc) quickly bothered me because it happened almost every other chapter.
aligroen's review
3.0
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
I liked listening to this story. Keith has kept many things about himself hidden for years and hopes that moving his sister and himself across the city will give him the opportunity to live his life as he has always wanted. Jason has been hurt so many times in the past and lives his life pretty much alone except for his best friend.
This story is told from both character’s points of view, which give us the ability to see both characters thoughts and emotions. Jason has a hard time accepting that anyone would love him at all let alone unconditionally, but Keith is willing to do anything to prove it to him. Keith has to learn to work with others, werewolves and vampires, towards a common goal for a better life. I enjoyed the interactions of these two as they worked through their differences to build a life together.
Craig Beck did a nice job narrating this story. The use of different voices for the characters helped me to keep track of the story. He did a good job of portraying the characters emotions in his reading; however, I had trouble with a few of the voices he used for the characters made them sound like dumb jocks, but that didn’t match the words and thoughts of those characters.
Cover art by Catt Ford is very nice and matches the characters in the story.
I liked listening to this story. Keith has kept many things about himself hidden for years and hopes that moving his sister and himself across the city will give him the opportunity to live his life as he has always wanted. Jason has been hurt so many times in the past and lives his life pretty much alone except for his best friend.
This story is told from both character’s points of view, which give us the ability to see both characters thoughts and emotions. Jason has a hard time accepting that anyone would love him at all let alone unconditionally, but Keith is willing to do anything to prove it to him. Keith has to learn to work with others, werewolves and vampires, towards a common goal for a better life. I enjoyed the interactions of these two as they worked through their differences to build a life together.
Craig Beck did a nice job narrating this story. The use of different voices for the characters helped me to keep track of the story. He did a good job of portraying the characters emotions in his reading; however, I had trouble with a few of the voices he used for the characters made them sound like dumb jocks, but that didn’t match the words and thoughts of those characters.
Cover art by Catt Ford is very nice and matches the characters in the story.
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