Watcher
The Watcher Series, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Chelsea Stephens
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Steve Campbell
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By:
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AJ Eversley
About this listen
2019 Independent Audiobook Award winner for Young Adult
Hunt the bots. Avoid the carbons. Stay alive.
Sawyer’s life is simple, if not easy. Her home might be in ruins, but she can protect what’s left of it.
A city destroyed by the bots - that’s home. Humans have been hunted, but Sawyer is one of a few who have turned the tables. She’s a watcher. Taking out the bots one by one. Protecting what’s left. It’s the carbons she needs to be wary of. Faster and stronger than humans, they’re dangerous. But Sawyer’s smarter. That will keep her alive.
At least, that’s what she believed. But the carbons are evolving, and their plans are ever more cunning. Suddenly her friends are dying. Safety can no longer be taken for granted - not even for the watchers. At least she has Kenzie. Love is a strong word, but whatever they have, it’s what keeps her going.
Embarking on a desperate mission to save humanity from extinction, Sawyer discovers that the line between friend and foe is no longer easily drawn when one of her own betrays them.
And when a horrific plan comes to fruition, Sawyer will have a choice: who to save, and who to let go.
Divergent meets Terminator in this epic YA trilogy. Get it today.
"A strong start to an exciting dystopian series that promises to be a thrilling trilogy.” (Library of Clean Reads)
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They’re different & always packed with things going on.
This didn’t disappoint.
The worlds a mess, The Watchers have a job, they’ve had to choose sides. Families have been lost and rebuilt from within the groups.
But is it as it seems? Are people as they seem?
Narrators were really good at keeping the tempo going & keeping me hooked.
Really good listen & read.
Really good
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Our main character is well developed with a great personality that never grates which was one of the things that helped to draw me into this book so quickly. Naturally protective of others but not in an unrealistic way. In fact I thought all the characters were well developed and realistic. Basically this books grabs you from the start. I love the premise of technology coming back to bite us but we are still the self-centered people that we are at the moment so how will we work together for a better world or in fact just survive? We get a good bit of backstory in terms of explaining the downfall of humanity to the bots that gets us to the place where the story is focused. The author really crafts us a great premise/world/story.
There are some really cool plot twists that I liked. Plenty of surprises and action throughout the book keep you wanting more. We are set up for the next book although I was happy with the ending. I’m glad the next book is already out however as otherwise I’d be biting at the bit to get the author to release it as I enjoyed the book enough that I want more asap!
This is my first experience of the works of A.J. Eversley. But it certainly will not be my last as the writing is very good.
I should probably mention the narration which is also very, very good. I thought it matched the character and the world excellently. It adds to the sense of tension and pace that is enjoyable from start to finish.
Exciting, engaging, well written!
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The Book
This dives straight into some good action with some nice descriptions and introduces us to the main character. It takes a little bit to get used to the world and whats going on but once you do its a good story and the characters are written well. There's obvious parallels to some other sci-fi properties such as Terminator but these are purely on the surface and the world we see here and its dystopian setting is good enough to stand on its own. As with many YA series this features romance as well as action but this isn't done in an annoying simpering way its just a part of the story which is good as sometimes romance in YA books can bog down and detract from the rest of the story. The ending sets up nicely for more and I hope they will continue the story in much the same quality as this is, I didn't listen to the preview at the end as that's often more annoying if you cant read the full story!
The Production
The female narrator has a nice tone and reads well, there's a slight hiss sometimes on the end of her sentences ending in an 'S' which is a little annoying but livable. The male narrator doesn't read quite as well, his tone is more flat but the quality is better. Overall though its a good performance between them both and works well when switching viewpoints.
A good fun dystopian story
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Chelsea Stephens narration is just perfect i think she’s one of the best new narrators out there also the switch between POV between Chelsea and Steve Campbell was a really good pairing and I will be saving credits to buy the further books in this series
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
I stayed up all night until I had finished...
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