🎧AUDIO VERSION🎧   

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️   production / 5 

🎤  NARRATED BY  🎤 Stephanie Cannon, Jared Zeus. 

Both narrators do a sterling job with the various characters. 

ARTICULATION  - clean and clear on most chapters

BREATHING – controlled, volume, consistent, project appropriate, low mouth noise for female narrator. Some mouth noise for male narrator on some occasions. 

DELIVERY – solid and in the spirit of the text and author’s intent. Timing and pacing is appropriate. Varied and not too predictable. There is an annoying clinking sound on some of the female narration. Like a bracelet on a coffee cup. 

EYE BRAIN MOUTH CONTROL – accurate and effortless delivery.

CONSISTENT – high energy, good articulation, breath and pitch control.

ANALYSIS – understands the story arc and characters.

CHARACTERISATION – attempts to bring to life. Distinct and consistent in tone, attitude, age, accent. Voices match characters. 

SEPARATION- clear and decisive for both performers.

INVESTMENT – the emotional connection helps with visualisation.

🌶️ spice / 5
😘 romance / 3

📚  STORYLINE 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️ 🌶️  😘😘

I have been (VERY MUCH SO) pleasantly surprised by this series - no, it’s not a literary masterpiece, but fits the dark romance to a tee. Not a full blown novel, but boy it certainly packs a punch for such short stories. This series features elements of trauma, enemies-to-lovers, interwoven through a dark romance. A fast-paced, adventurous, and mysterious plot, as well as the complex characters and their tumultuous relationships. The FMC is brilliantly constructed for such a book and the MMC is divinely badass. Definitely worth the ear bud time.