Not as good as I expected

Kissing My Killer by Helena Newbury (Audio Edition)
Narrated by Christian Fox and Lucy Rivers

♥ ♥ So I picked up this book because I REALLY enjoyed the last book I read by this author (Punching and Kissing) and this one had gotten even better reviews! Apparently I do not like what everyone else likes. I am not into this much sex in a book. If they weren’t actually doing it, they were thinking it, or planning it or even sometimes it felt like setting up scenes in the book to have the scenario of sex be the only option… Don’t get me wrong.. Sex in books is good but I didn’t feel the chemistry between Gabriella and Alexi which made their interactions less passionate and more just... sex. Also Gabriella seemed to not know herself and she was aroused by things she didn’t seem to want or like… but then did them anyway.. why? I asked myself.. To please Alexi? Or is she actually wanting to try this stuff..but she’s just hesitant? That part bothered me. I admit I started skipping through the last few sex scenes.

The plot of the story was decent and I think maybe had I not felt weighed down by all the sex I would have enjoyed the story more. I really dislike giving negative reviews, but I will be a bit more selective when reading the next Newbury.. Cause like I said.. Her other book was really great! This is part of the “Kissing series” but they do not seemed to be linked, at least not to the one I read.

The narrators both did a wonderful job. Probably the only reason I finished the book as quick as I did.

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Not too bad!

I could have loved it, but the female character annoyed me. To each their own, but I just couldn't stand her.
I guess I like my female leads a little less.....helpless and needy. Other than that I liked it.

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stay with it!

I felt like this audio started slow somehow but well worth the listen! the narration was great also!

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Love this series! 💖

Truly love this series, but the first book: Lying and Kissing is my favorite overall.

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👍👍 Loved the story! Fantastic characters!

I didn't listen to the other stories in the series. I jumped right in with Alexei and Gabriella and I didn't have any trouble following the story at all, so I don't think it's necessary to listen to the other books.

The main characters are written in a way that made me really like them! I'd love to read more books about them and their adventures. That's how much I enjoyed spending 9hrs with them. They're both smart and it doesn't take them forever to figure out what's going on with the Russian Mob. The author also avoided having these two make the typical dumb mistakes that are overused in suspense or thriller novels when characters are being pursued. Thank you for that, Helena Newbury!

I disagree with the other reviews that mentioned the internal dialogue. I didn't have a problem with it at all and definitely didn't find it annoying. I also am thankful that the male narrator didn't attempt to use a Russian accent during the internal dialogue scenes.

The story moves along nicely and there is real chemistry between Alexei and Gabriella! The sex scenes are hot like someone call the Fire Dept. hot 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The only time I got annoyed was when Gabriella couldn't drive a car. I was so annoyed that I skipped part of that scene because it just didn't make any sense that this grown woman didn't know how to put a car in drive. There's internal dialogue along the lines of her saying "D must mean drive." Ugh! This was literally the ONLY thing that annoyed me about this book and it was later explained why she didn't know how to drive as part of her back story, then I felt like a jerk☹️

I thoroughly enjoyed this book! I'm considering listening to the other books in the series, but Alexei and Gabriella have set a high bar!

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The voice performance was amazing

Not a fan of the story , found it a bit boring. Could not finish .I did like a book by this author , ill try one more

The heroine was an idiot

Not sure why the writers insist on portraying female characters as such idiotic fools. The male characters are always balanced, smart & interesting. On the other hand, the female characters are whiny, stupid and just annoying.

kind of biased review because I hate wimpy heroine

overall the book was pretty good the only problem I had was how whiny and wimpy the heroine was. I wanted to fast forward past every time the story Viewpoint move back to her but I continued on because I did enjoy the overall story like I said.

Good premise, weak follow thru

Liked the set up, maybe too much. The last third just dropped off. There were some significant continuity gaps, such that I wondered if there had been a hack edit and that was the reason for the inconsistencies. Then, the heroine: I assumed her weaknesses at the beginning were just a set up for character development. But, no modern woman I know would have made some of the horrific choices and comments. Especially a global hacktivist par excellence. If the woman was really that brilliant, she would know when seconds counted and respond accordingly. I wanted to love it, but ended up (mentally) venting at the heroine periodically for the last third of the book. Also, super stereotypes of Russians, as only an untraveled product of the 80’s or 90’s might have imagined. That was disappointing.

wonderful fantasies

but beware the foreshadowing.
I've decided this isn't my favorite author. she plays a lot of the characters too monotonously.