Death Becomes Her

Enjoyable - Worth the Credit

I was lucky enough to purchase this as an Audible Daily Deal and it was SO worth paying a full credit. Anderle does a good job drawing you in and I don't remember a single instance where I was looking to skip past a section. I listened to this in one sitting! I wasn't sure about Beresford as narrator when the story started, but she so fit by the end. Her voice works for an adult woman, no-nonsense character. Don't let the idea of a woman main character or narrator stop you from checking out this series.

13 of 14 people found this review helpful

amazingly refreshing

vampire story without alot of sex? check
badass girl main character actually badass? check
potential for an amazing book series? check
when you finish the book you spend 30 min thinking "what the fu** do I read Now!!!!!!" check
what more can you ask for?

10 of 11 people found this review helpful

Vamp action at its' finest

Somebody gave turn Laura Croft into a vampire and left her without instructions on what to do. Oh, that is right, she knows what to do. Kick ass and keep on walking. Our heroin is not Croft but Bethany Anne and she has less patience than Croft.

Even as a human people ran when Bethany walked the halls. Now that her time is very limited and she has cases to solve. You better move when she comes your way.
This history of humans, vamps and werewolves have a new twist. You can say that it has an outer space twist. Have you heard, Out with the old and in with the new. That describes this story. Bethany begins to rewrite the play book with all the action that is possible when you have vampires involved.

She loves all action toys and designers’ shoes. Don’t make this woman wait to go shopping trip. She will seriously hurt you. I don’t want to give you spoilers. If you want those read some of the others reviews. This is a new urban fantasy with wonderful characters and with creative cuss words. Remember my Croft analogy and then decide to read it.

I have already downloaded the other books in the series.

Oh if reading cuss words like fuck offends you, this is not the fucking book for you

14 of 16 people found this review helpful

Emily B. ...HORRIBLE narrator.

OMGoddess! This Emily chick is one of the worst narrators... well... ever. Frankly, I don't know if the story is good or not; after only the 1st chapter, I deleted the book. Will be returning both Book 1 & 2 since she narrates both... AND I will make sure I have NO more books read by her! I almost never write bad reviews; I buy many books from Audible, and rarely find any that I really dislike. I love most genres and writing styles, and can usually tolerate a poor narrator if the writer is good. However, this chick is such a horrible narrator that I HAD to say domething. I'm sorry that I won't get to find out if I like the author or not. It's too bad... it looked like a fun horror series. Also, I don't mind the cussing (as mentioned in the review) if it's relevant to the nature of the character. (I learned to cuss at an early age at the knee of an alcoholic former WWII sailor dad, so nothing much shocks me!) If the author gets another narrator to reread these books, I MAY try them again.

Peace out!
Jade Dragon

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Very amateur - reads like an RPG from High School

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The only people who would enjoy the book are those with the emotional maturity of a Sophomore Boy in High school. Or, if you still like really bad 80's movies with Brigitte Nielsen or Pam Grier.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Something that was NOT a first novel written by someone who has an obvious fetish with strong women being able to rip limbs off your body. (Seriously, she seems to do this in every fight and threatens to do it in between fights)

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yeah, the Narrator was fine. The story was just one dimensional and the main character is such a Mary Sue she might as well be named Susan Merry.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Frustration that this was published at all. Disappointment that good books go unpublished and somehow this does. Anger that there is a series of this which means the first one sold enough to continue the franchise. Sadness that it really did get worse and worse with each chapter.

Any additional comments?

This book uses so many tropes it's almost a check list of them. Really does read like a bad 80's Actions movie complete with a female lead who has to prove she has the biggest ___ of all the men. The cherry on top are male villains who may be a hundred year old vampire but still soo dumb they stop and look at a pair of naked breasts when fleeing for their lives discounting any notion towards Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Basically this is what I'd expect to see if Stephanie Meyers were a dude when Twilight was written. It includes the main character using phrases like "Wished those two would do the horizontal mambo and get it over with..." Who talks like that? Especially when it's internal dialog.

11 of 13 people found this review helpful

Addictive

I didn't want it to end. Having read the ebook version, I was not sure about the narrator at the beginning of the book. I had my own idea of the main characters voice. It didn't take long to believe no other narrator could have been as good. Anyone who has read these books knows that you don't want the book to end. I'm off to read the rest of the series again.

11 of 13 people found this review helpful

One of the best new series on Audio!

If you could sum up Death Becomes Her in three words, what would they be?

Fun, action packed adventure.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Death Becomes Her?

The whole freaking book! I love Bethany Ann, I really enjoy watching her interact with different people. She can be crazy mad one moment and protective the next. I have to admit that I actually begged Michael Anderle to bring BA to Audio, he chose the perfect voice for her and I am dancing in happiness at the prospect of listening to the entire series on Audio!

What about Emily Beresford’s performance did you like?

She has a very confident and powerful voice, she doesn't over exaggerate her characters voices and she has awesome pacing!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Of course! But it's like eating chocolate, you have to allow yourself to enjoy the moment, and not rush to the finish line. Of course this is a book I will be listening to again and again. Until the next one comes out!

Any additional comments?

Death Becomes Her Audiobook

I loved, loved, loved this audiobook! It has everything you can ask a writer for, humor, action, a fantastic storyline that you can enjoy. It is a beautiful mesh of paranormal and sci-fi that literally pulls you into his world. If you are looking for something different and addictive, look no further, this is the next generation of paranormal addiction.

Thank you Michael Anderle for giving us a new way to enjoy your writing creativity!

13 of 16 people found this review helpful

OK read and OK narration..

Not nearly as good as Justice is Calling or Claimed by Honor..

I’m giving this 3 stars for the last 40% of the book, because the first 60% was as boring as heck. There were so many characters and very, very little of the heroine Bethany Anne, until the last 40% of the book. That was a big disappointment. However, I’m hoping Queen Bitch will be a lot better.

This is a little sci-fi, since Michael takes Bethany Anne to Romania and leaves her there and she wakes up in a spaceship after seven months in stasis, and with a computer named T.O.M. attached to her spinal cord, and Michael nowhere to be found. She had to learn as much as she could from TOM before heading out to return to the town nearby, only to meet up with Nathan the werewolf, Alexi the brown bear and Ecaterina the human, in a battle with 5 or 6 other bad werewolves.

After the battle with the bad guys they went after Petre and his evil vamps and killed all of them. And then they were heading back to the United States. I can’t wait to see what trouble Bethany Anne starts there.

There was no sex but the F-bomb was used 31 times.

As to the narration: Emily Beresford was just ok for me. She did ok with the voices and ok with some of the emotions when she read. She just doesn't have a memorable voice. Several times the book said “someone laughed” and EB did not. Laughing and whispering is the two most important things for a narrator to do when reading, at least to me it is.

7 of 9 people found this review helpful

warning! literary crack

It will draw you in and not let go until you have read the entire TKG Universe. Yeah folks, it is just that good! You've been warned.

6 of 8 people found this review helpful

I don't get it

Despite all of the favorable reviews, I just can't get into this. I have tried listening to it several times, but it just isn't catching my interest. I really wanted to like it, because, based on the description (as well as the descriptions of the subsequent books in the series), it seems interesting, but I haven't gotten that same spark of interest when I actually try listening. Does it get better? I'm afraid I don't have the will to find out.

5 of 7 people found this review helpful