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You're All Mine
- A Dark and Twisty Psychological Thriller You Can't Put Down
- Narrated by: Amanda Parrott
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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The worst secrets are often hidden by the shiniest facade....
Heather lives in her dream house, has a handsome husband and a successful career. Famous in her field, she has legions of devoted followers on social media. But all is not as rosy as the Pinterest-perfect picture she lets them see.
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- Susan Dunkley
- 30-04-21
you're all Mine
I loved this audiobook, full of twists and turns and "who done its" I even felt anxious at one point that I wasn't going to get the answers I wanted. I would definitely recommend it. Excellent narration helped me visualise the characters and settings
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- caroline wright
- 17-05-21
Great twists and turns - brilliant narration
This was such a great listen - the story was brilliant but also the narration added to the story and I really needed to know what happens next. There were a lot of red herrings which I like and the ending was brilliant.
I was given a free copy but the review is entirely my own.
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- mangankillarney
- 01-05-21
gripping
I enjoyed listening to Amanda Parrott, she had me hooked from the start. This plot will keep you guessing from the start. Perfect life, career, husband , home ,but is it all that it seems. With secrets and ghost from the past , coming back to say hello, nothing seems as it is. A good thriller
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- Kerry Bark
- 09-05-21
Psychologically scary, twisty, WOW
This book took more twists and turns than anything I have read in a really long time. It was gripping from the word go, and it was almost impossible to stop listening to.
The central character, Heather, well to be fair I thought many things about her. From thinking she was a murderer, thinking she was going insane, thinking she was lying to everyone including herself, and as it turned out some of that was true! Although I won't say which bits! Her husband James, to be honest I thought he was a bit of a wet lettuce. And Nicole was a wonderful best friend to Heather, always there for her and not really being very demanding for support herself.
This book was like a giant curve ball that just kept going. And the narrator was absolutely spot on with delivery.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-05-21
Addictive and entertaining.
Overall I found the story quite compelling. It has a slow place which builds your intrigue until eventually you simply need to know the answers. It’s easy listening whilst also pulling you in. Absolutely adored the narration, soothing yet strong and very clear. The different voices and accents are a nice touch. I would definitely listen to this author and narrator again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-10-21
awful narrator, totally lost
seemed like it might be good to start with but struggled to identify the protagonist or to care about the story. totally lost with the characters, the narrator is irritating and just couldnt finish it despite trying to persevere
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- Marilyn
- 02-07-21
Weak plot and the worst narrator!!!!!
How on earth was this narrator ever employed, for an Audible recording??? Her staccato phrasing and monotonous tone is positively robotic! Obviously not a professional.
As for 'You're All Mine', extremely weak plot. It would normally be instantly forgettable, had it not been for the narrator. I shall remember this one for all the wrong reasons!!!
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- kathrine leach
- 15-06-21
You're all mine
I did struggle to get into this audiobook but I kept with it and it turned out to be quite a good listen.
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- Helen
- 06-05-21
amazing book
amazing had be hocked
Heather lives in her dream house, has a handsome husband and a successful career
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- J.Hamp
- 16-07-21
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The narrator's voice was so monotone and dry I quit after about 15 mins.
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- Deedra
- 31-12-21
You're all mine
This was a well written story.I enjoyed the mental hijinks.When her blog leads to a big job opprotunity, Heather comes up against her school bully,who she believes is trying to sabotage her life. Amanda Parrott was a terrific narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Anne Secher
- 16-08-21
An intriguing thriller with a rushed ending
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.*
Heather is a successful woman who seems to have everything. She suddenly starts noticing small unexplainable events that seem to indicate somebody is stalking her and wants her either dead or destroyed.
I found characters other than Heather were underdeveloped, which would not allow the reader to make any assumptions about who might want her dead. The story makes sense until we get to what feels like a rushed ending of the "some time later" type that is made happy with no explanation as to why or how they got there. We also never find out why other characters like her husband were behaving the way they did.
The story was quite intriguing and kept me hanging until the stalker is unveiled.
If you're plot driven and enjoy not knowing who the culprit is, this book may be for you.
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- Donna (Girl Who Reads)
- 23-07-21
For readers of BA Paris
I spent most of the book feeling confused. I couldn't tell if scenes were in the present or flashbacks. But most of my confusion stemmed from the blurb being slightly misleading. I didn't really feel the tension that a suspense novel usually envokes. If you like the domestic thrillers of B.A. Paris then I recommend trying this book
The narrator, Amanda Parrott, did a good job. I had no problem telling characters a part and the story was easy to follow (even with my confusion) with a mild amount of distraction.
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- Kacie
- 03-07-21
Anticlimactic
I waited and waited for something interesting to happen and nothing ever did, right down to the end. I’d save the credit. I did like the narrator though.
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- Pam C
- 17-06-21
Very good!
Wow...This book caught me and held on. I kept going back and forth on who I thought was trying to make her seem crazy, and at one point, I thought maybe she was hallucinating...but...the end. Well, it proved I was wrong on several occasions. lol
The author is very talented and I will be looking for more of her work, for sure.
The narrator was perfect for this story. She made me believe in each character by telling this story, and not reading it to me.
Enjoyed this very much!
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- CAlex
- 15-06-21
Keeps you guessing until the end
Well written, performance was perfect. Through the whole story I kept going back in forth on who could it be? Is she just crazy? Didn't see the ending coming. Well done!
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- Matthew
- 09-06-21
Review: You’re All Mine
My thoughts:
This domestic psychological thriller was engaging and the narrator made it a pleasant listen. I was intrigued by the prologue and had to know more!
I didn’t particularly become attached to any of the characters—especially Heather. I didn’t understand some of her actions and at times I questioned if she was an unreliable narrator. I was happy to see a thoughtful conclusion to Heather’s ordeal in You’re All Mine. While this story wasn’t exactly the “gripping page-turner” I expected, I did want to see who was behind it all and was surprised by the reveal!
I enjoyed Amanda Parrott as the narrator. Her interpretation of the different voices, I thought, were excellent.
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I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Ruth Harrow. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.
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- Momma Becky
- 06-06-21
Twisted
3.5 stars
You're All Mine is touted as a psychological thriller, but I would add the word domestic to that. So, a domestic psychological thriller. It definitely has some mess with your mind moments, but it is also very much a domestic thriller. The story relies heavily on the unreliable narrator, and with as many secrets as Heather has, she’s about as unreliable as it gets.
And that brings me to Heather. Now, I’m just gonna say it. Heather nearly drove me to distraction. This woman had all this crazy happening to her, yet she just keeps right on going, and she made some terrible decisions. She’s so caught up in perception, in what people see and think of her, that she reacts rather strangely. I’m sure that was intentional on the author’s part. If it wasn’t, she couldn’t have done it better if she tried. The above-mentioned unreliable narrator has been done a lot, so I’m probably a bit over-critical of it, but it works for this story and this character.
We do get a good selection of characters to be the villain, plus there’s Heather, herself, and every single one of them could’ve very easily been that villain. Now, here’s where I’ll tell you that I did have it figured out pretty early. That said, I still second guessed myself a few times, so Ruth Harrow did a solid job of dangling carrots that led in the wrong direction—something any good psychological thriller should do.
The narrator, Amanda Parrott, was new to me, and I’ll admit that I wasn’t quite sure about her style for this book, but she grew on me. She has a sweet-sounding voice that worked perfectly for a big part of the dialogue. I especially liked it when someone was being sarcastic or contrary because Parrott did it exactly as I’d expect from those characters.
The story does jump back and forth in the timeline, and sometimes those jumps can be a bit jarring, but I finally noticed little differences in past and present, and it all started to fall into place. I will say that the ending for this one wasn’t what I thought it would be, especially with knowing the identity of the villain. I expected part of the reason for it all, but the rest of it was not at all where I expected it to go. Oddly, that wasn’t a dealbreaker for me. I will say that when you find out who the villain is, you can look back at some of the conversations, and it clicks.
Unreliable narrator, predictable villain, timeline jumps—yes, this one has all of those, but what it comes down to whether I kept listening all the way through. I did, and I’m not sure if it was Heather’s bad decisions or the narration or the story itself. Or maybe it was a bit of everything. Whatever it was, I wanted to see if Heather would finally make some good choices. I wanted to see how it would all play out, so it’s certainly worth the listen. These characters are the kind that get under your skin, and even when you want to shake the daylights out of them, you still want to see where things go for them. I’d say this one would appeal to anyone who enjoys domestic thrillers.
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- mike s.
- 30-05-21
Fantastic Voice Artist
Good thriller. Even if you see the end coming, it’s a journey worth taking. Very talented voice artist.