Show, don’t tell?

If Bella didn’t create such interested stories, I couldn’t listen. So much unnecessary explaining. It’s constant and repetitive. I didn’t finish The Shade of Vampire series because of that and all the extra and unhelpful adjectives. In this book, number 6 in the series, it’s beginning to wear on me. The other thing I get tired of is the MC staying in her head too much. Happened in Shade as well. Too much thinking and mulling over, not enough doing and narrative with other people. Her characters always seem to be overthinkers. The story is interesting though, and while I never seem to appreciate the MCs in Bella’s books, other characters that think less and do more are enough to keep me coming back. Having said that, if there were more than 7 of these, I would stop right where I am, which is about 1/3 into book 6, because I’m starting to not care.

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RE - E - E - PE - E - EAT!

OK! So if I thought that Liana repeated herself in the last book, this one is almost unbearable. I found myself zoning out and not paying attention to the story just so that I could get to the end. Liana is getting more and more unbearably bossy and the conversations she has with herself in her head are becoming increasingly ridiculous. She has this "family" of friends that she in charge of but doesn't let them in on what's going on. What is family for, but to be helpful? Even if it's for moral support or as a sounding board...she just won't let anyone in...It is not a sign of strength, it actually shows weakness. Most of her friends are the same age and older than she is and she is kind of a like the tower nazi right now!

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Many narration errors, but great book nicely performed, recording needs revision.

Yes this is a great story and I love the narrator’s voice and performance. But please do a little revision and update the edition. The grammar and dictation issues distract from the exceptional story. Many narration error especially in pronunciation. The one that distracted me most was the pronunciation of the verb “slaved” Hard drives are slaved as in the root verb ‘To Slave’ same “A” as in ‘stay,’ ‘save,’ ‘hay’... It is not “slaaaaved” as the narrator continually mispronounced it. It does not have “A” which rhymes with slabbed, stabbed... Maybe in some regional dialects, but not in the standard dialect in which this book is narrated. The Author got the verb right and did not confuse it with the verb To Enslave, ie The ranking system enslaves the tower’s population, but the narrator had no clue what the word meant. The other error which distracted me was when the narrator dropped words critical to the meaning. There are 3 verbs in the positive tense, ie It should happen, when contextually they should be negative ie it should not happen. Pretty weird listen to Liona endorse the things she abhors. Love the story. It’s descriptive, smart, and entertaining.

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Good series overall, ok book

I like this series overall in terms of the premise. And, I'll finish the series, but this book just wasn't as good as the first few.

Omg that ending!

I won’t say anything else. It’s legit. You will scream and immediately panic trying to buy the last book.

great quick read

excellent, love to see the tower in another series! excited for the next book. I'll start today!

Great book series

Great book series.... the second to last book sets you up for what I am hoping will be an epic finally!!! Downloading the last book now, so excited to see how it ends!!!

narrator is iffy

update: i love how the author tied this into her other book, but omg "Mattress" really!?!? how did this happen love this series, it's a riveting story. However, the narrator frequently mispronounced words and that drives me insane.

another amazing book

I wasnt sure of this series but man am I loving it now! must read!

Loved it

cant wait to see how it ends and what happens to the people of the tower