GOOD STORY BUT WHAT A SHAME IT WAS PAINFUL TOO

Luna's in hiding, she had a bad breakup with her ex where he trashed her place and stole her car so she stole a 'little black book' and ran, changed her name and is now working two jobs that she hates and is living in a dump. Her stripper roommate has had a man over for a few nights and they're constantly at it but she's never seen him. She gets up to get a drink in the early morning and who should be sitting half naked in their tiny kitchen..... her childhood crush and ex friend Jake. Great banter and some witty dialogue ensues.

Jake's a very alpha, charismatic, handsome man of few words, he's wild and reckless and tells her to start packing she's going with him and takes over when she refuses and she also finds out he's ruined her jobs too. So with no money, no work so no income, nowhere to stay her options are low so she has to go with him but there's trouble on the way to his place and she soon finds out that he's famous too. He's rich but where does his money come from... well slowly she pieces it all together but he's a bad boy man-whore and he's no good for her and he tells her so. However, their sizzling chemistry wins out in the end and there's some nice sex scenes but there are so many questions about why she was there, questions about him, loose ends and people causing angst and interfering that she knows that their blossoming relationship can't lead anywhere.... no matter how she tries. And just who does the little black book belong to because it's not her ex's and it's a powerful weapon but who can she trust.... if anybody.

But this listen was so ANNOYING with my pet peeve of "he said", "Jake said", "Luna said".... on and on and on it went during every conversation then you start getting focused on what words are they going to use instead of "said" like "I asked", "he replied", "she demanded", "I told him", "I pleaded"..... arghh (I'm pulling my hair out) it was so bloody distracting. It was also totally unnecessary because the narrator was good at all the various voices and it has me wondering if the Author or Production Team took the time to actually listen to the book because if they did then they would hear for themselves just how utterly frustrating and painful this feature makes a listen.

Worth a credit? Told from Luna's POV, good storyline, interesting characters, building plot and budding love story and, if you can overcome all the "saids" (as I had to because I became hooked) then this was a creditworthy listen but it has a CLIFFHANGER ending. I think I will get book 2 because I want to see how their story ends but I know it will be another painful listen. If I knew beforehand about them I wouldn't have purchased this listen.

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What a waste of money

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not if I want people to like me! No

Would you ever listen to anything by Sabrina Stark again?

Only if she promises to stop using the phrase "he said" "she said". Call me slow but when two people are talking you can generally get away with this direction once or twice however its used throughout the story like punctuation. Grrrr

How did the narrator detract from the book?

don't know don't care

Could you see Jaked being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Well I didn't finish the book so I wouldn't expect the series to get past the pilot episode

Any additional comments?

Please go back to book keeping>

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Duped

sophomoric nonsense! I truly hope that this silly book isn't popular. Because, if it is there is no hope for young readers. I'm assuming it was directed toward those in there twenties. Luna, the main character is an idiot who doesn't know her butt from a hole in the ground. She has very little intelligence and it escapes me why anyone would be strongly attracted to her. The narrator was fair. She had a very pleasant voice. But, the characters were still plastic and completely unbelievable. The best part; was when I stopped reading it. Waste of time!!

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Disappointment

There was essentially no story. I kept waiting for something to actually happen. Will not be purchasing anything else from this author.

Cliffhanger ending.

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disappointed

this book was very slow and it took way to long to get to a point in this book

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Frustrated And unfinished !!!!!!

The whole story very frustrating. The dialog between the two main characters was short back and forth . The other characters I would liked more in depth or relation to Jake . It was empty in many areas . I endure hoping part two will solve many questions . But to my surprise There was not part two yet . That's one of my beefs with authors . Why not write two or three then have them published . it makes me not want to read books in series . I'm just saying .

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Another Hit!!

What did you like best about this story?

All of it, but I do like that it ties in to the other books without being part of a series. In no way do you have to read the others, but I would also recommend her other books.

Have you listened to any of Erin Mallon’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes I have all the Sabrina Starks books, and I love the books and the narration.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Jake, that's all you would need.

Any additional comments?

I just love Sabrina's books!! I will warn you this is a bit of cliffhanger. But you should NOT miss this book.

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Another plus for this author!!

Love the narrator. Can't wait to read the next in the series. Love it!! Love this writer's style. Love how she describes the love scenes without getting trashy. Love the characters. Jake, oh my gosh!!

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Pick's up there where other left off

Great narrator great love story with a credit for all her books not a about des but s great story

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I LOVE this series! Jaked was no diferent!

Let me start by saying God I LOVE this series! Every book boyfriend just gets better and better. I thought Lawton was the end all, be all but then I met Jim Bishop. And now Jake. Jaked was fantastic! I think one of the things I liked about this book is that even though Jake is Bishop's brother and Luna is Selena's sister, both of their stories are so different. Each man loves his woman and goes about pursuing her in a different way. Jake was so stand offish at first. You could tell the feelings were there from the beginning but you knew he was going to fight the inevitable as hard as he could. ~Sigh~ Gosh he's dreamy. This books flow was a little slow in some parts buts that's to be a little expected with it having a sequel but I didn't mind it one bit. I will say that I don't normally listen to the audio versions but have started to try them seeing as im a new mom and don't have as much time to sit and read like I used to, so this book was perfect to listen to while still being able to get things done. I was pleasantly surprised by the narrator. A few of the audio books ive listened to have been boring because their is no inflection in the narrators voice. Everything is monotone but not Erin! She was wonderful. Honestly, I cant say that enough! I thought it'd take me a few days to get through this book but I couldn't put it down. It took me just a day to listen to it all! I cant wait for the second book! Yay!

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