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Riven
- My Myth Trilogy, Volume 1
- Narrated by: Jane Alvey Harris
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
Non-explicit trigger warning for childhood abuse including molestation.
Which reality would you choose? Seventeen-year-old Emily's dad is in prison for securities fraud and her mom's strung-out on pain meds, leaving Emily to parent herself and her younger brothers and sister. She's got things mostly under control until a couple weeks before Dad's release, when voices start whispering in her head, and Gabe, the hot lifeguard at the pool, notices the strange brands engraved on her arm...the ones she's trying desperately to hide. Emily doesn't know how the symbols got there or what they mean. They appeared overnight and now they're infected and bleeding. She's pretty sure she's losing her mind. Stress, insomnia, and her wounded egos drive Emily to self-medicate, which has to be why the nightmares from her childhood have resurfaced, why they're commandeering her conscious even when she's awake. It has to be why the fairytale creatures she created as a little girl insist they need her help.
Triggered by the return of her childhood abuser and unable to cope with reality, Emily slips completely inside her elaborate fantasy world. She's powerful in the First Realm, maybe even more powerful than her attacker. It would be so easy to stay there, to lose herself in enchantment...to lose herself in love. But something sinister lurks in the forest shadows. Emily soon discovers her demons have followed her inside her fairytale. They're hunting her. With the help of the Fae, she frantically searches for the weapons she needs to defeat her greatest fears and escape back to reality before the man who tortured her can prey on her younger brothers and sister, too. Time is running out....
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- Raymond
- 18-01-20
Loved listening
I don’t have a long, in detail review, I just wanted to say that this audio book was absolutely amazing. I loved every second of it and can not wait for book 2. If you love fantasy novels, don't think about it for one second, just buy it.
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- Cherie
- 18-01-20
Nicely done
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This audio book is looking really nice. Story is good enough to attract your attention. It's a little confusing at first but becomes clearer as the time pass by.
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- John
- 18-01-20
Impressed
I appreciate Basic Fantasy. It's lighter on rules than the cutting edge games, and this audio book gives some genuinely necessary extra substance to hurl into your mind.
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- Elizabeth Frounks
- 28-12-19
Great Start to the Trilogy
Jane does a wonderful job setting up the scene and she offers an insight into Emily's life. Her imagination is astonishing, and it is truly her escape, so much has been put onto her that she needs that escape to keep her sanity. It is never easy when an abuser returns. Jane did the narration as well, and I do not think anyone else could have done it justice, she truly cares so much for this book she has written. I cannot wait for the next part of this trilogy.
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Beverly
- 18-01-20
Amazing listening
The audio book is a great start of a new series. Narration is good and the voice makes you stick with the story. I'm looking forward for the rest of the series.
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- zippy
- 28-06-23
one of my favourite nooks
I love this book, and it is so well read, jane is a fantastic author and narrator
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- Arlene Vela
- 18-01-20
Strong Imagination
I have the book recording and have tuned in to it in any event multiple times now. The character advancement is solid and the creative mind put resources into the experience is unimaginable. It improves each time. I can hardly wait for the following audio book.
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- Ian Rider
- 13-11-19
Loved this book.
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I loved this book, Emily's imagination is amazing, and as her escape is a perfect place for her. but the grown ups aren't convinced. Her father returns after being imprisoned, her mother's rehab, Emily has had to deal with so much being so young.
Jane Alvey Harris, has done a perfect job if narration, it only compliments this already amazing book.
I'm looking forward to getting the rest in the serise.
10/10 easy 5star.
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- Lori Bell
- 19-01-20
Just enjoy
Got this book on audio and I listen to it in my car every chance I get. Every time I listen, I catch new parts of the story that I didn't previously hear. Buy this now and thank me later.
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- Samuel Freeman
- 18-01-20
Well written
Continued being advised by others to peruse this audio book. At the point when I at long last heard it my mind was overwhelmed! Cherished it to such an extent! An audio book worth rehashing on different occasions.
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