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Three Wishes
- Narrated by: Carly Robins
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
When Lily Jacobs was born, she inherited Fazire - a genie. Her family had three wishes and they'd only ever used one so Fazire was stuck in the human world. This worked since he'd become a member of the family anyway.
Even with a genie, Lily's young life wasn't perfect. To escape the kids making her miserable at school, Lily buried herself in romance novels. One day, when the teasing was just too much, she used one of her wishes. She told Fazire she wanted to find a man like in her books and she made the most complicated wish Fazire had ever heard. Her wished-for man had to be impossibly handsome, virile, fierce, rugged, and ruthless (amongst a dozen other things).
He also had to think she was beautiful and he had to love her more than anything in the world.
Nathaniel McAllister wasn't born to a life where there were such things as genies granting wishes. His life was filled with drugs, crime, and neglect. He was running errands for a gangster before he was in his teens and, even though life and hard work led him to wealth and respectability, he always knew, deep down, he was dirty. When Nate met Lily he knew he was no good for her but as virile, fierce, rugged, and ruthless as he was, Nate was no match for the pull of sweet, innocent Lily.
Unfortunately, Lily's wish included that she and her hero go through trials and tribulations to test their love. And Fazire wasn't only a good genie, he loved Lily - so he gave her exactly what she wanted.
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- Susan
- 02-10-17
Good in parts, but not a keeper
I enjoyed the first part of this book – it really helped to form the characters, and set the scene for the actual romance that followed. I also enjoyed the fantasy element to this book which was really only a background to the plot, but featured a genie who was easily my favourite character in this story.
However the eight year separation of the H and h was the result of an impossible set of coincidences. When the H re-enters the h’s life, any resistance to his unreasonable demands is swept away by the power of his kisses. It would have been nice if h had a bit more backbone, but even with a live-in genie to help, she was completely incapable of managing successfully as a single parent and had no savings, no friends, no social life, and could not even poach an egg. She sacrificed so much for her child that she regarded painting her own bedroom as an unnecessary luxury, and when gifted £7million(!) immediately locks it away in a trust fund for the child. Seriously: She didn’t pay off her mortgage, buy a dependable car, get some decent furniture, a reliable fridge or washing machine. That’s just clueless, and NOT the actions of a loving and responsible parent. And who, in this century, would agree to a loveless marriage in the ridiculous belief that this would be better for a child?
A central part of the plot expected the reader to believe that an abused and neglected pre-teen boy who resorted to petty crime to survive, was to be held responsible for those actions as an adult. However his adoptive father, formally a major crime boss, was depicted as a benign father and grandfather. That said, the H’s treatment of the h was awful. He deliberately got her pregnant to trap her (!), then made little attempt to find her when she suddenly disappears. Eight years later he forces his way back into her life, makes endless promises to “take care of her”, but then suddenly rejects her, and humiliates her with an incredibly repugnant sex scene (Even more repugnant was the h allowing this to happen). Some serious grovelling should have followed, but in true spineless fashion the h just accepts him back with minimal resistance – again.
Wierdly enough, even with all these irritations, Kirsten Ashley’s writing is so good that I finished this book and in some strange way actually enjoyed parts of it – mainly the bits about the genie! But the ending was bizarre with the last “wish” being used on something so incredibly trivial and unimportant, that it only served, once again, to display the endless self-flagellation of the h.
This book would make a really good historical romance, as the separation and solo-mother struggles, and the coercion into marriage would have made more sense. As it was, I enjoyed parts of this, but I don’t think I will be listening to this one again.
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- jean collins
- 06-06-17
Three wishes
Very good story , but didn't think the male voices where clear enough. Got a bit mixed up with who was who.
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- Nicola
- 30-07-23
Oh dear
Why is it that a novel set in England is read by someone who clearly has no idea about different accents - totally spoiled what otherwise would have been great fun.
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- M Jacobs
- 27-07-23
absolutely wonderful book
my onlyyyyy qualm is with how very ugly nate handles lilly just before the wedding.. honestly thats a perfect example of a toxic abusive relationship... but luckily that fades and changes completely in the rest of the book.
also they couldve skipped the swearing.
this would make for a great movie!
i love the story line, very detailed and not one bit boring:)
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- Lorrie
- 16-04-23
don't bother
I cannot believe that Kristen Ashley wrote this book. The characters are shallow, the plot ridiculous and the interaction between the characters far beneath the skill in Kristens other books. (and I have read / listened to all of them). Such a shame.
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- Ms. Neisa Reid
- 29-12-22
Heartwarming
I really enjoyed this heart warming tale. It’s been I while since I got emotional in a story. Thank you Kristen. I’ll look out for more of your books.
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- Chris W
- 05-12-22
childish and stupid
I struggled to listen. so far over the top beautiful main characters, its just not worth it. didnt finish
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- mazaraza
- 19-10-21
A surprisingly wonderful read!!
I seen this book on the Passionflix list and I really enjoyed it. With Funny LOL scenes and tears too. I cannot wait to see it on the big screen..... I would read anything Kristen published, I think she is a wonderful writer.
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- Jacqueline
- 19-05-21
Please let’s have a narrator who can do an authentic English male accent
I absolutely love this book and this is the first time I’ve listened to the audiobook. Much as I loved the story, the narrator simply can’t do an authentic English male voice - every male character sounded Russian it was so off putting. Brilliant story otherwise though
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- ewcia1
- 20-03-21
I love it.
I love it. I read hard copy first and enjoyed audio as well.is diffrent in a good way. beautiful story of 3 generation . Jennie lovely character who learn what means live, family and loyalty.
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