When you give an author a new middle name, you know they ROCK!
Kristen "OMG She Rocks" Ashley or Kristen "Freaking Awesome" Ashley, either one works, but regardless of the middle name you give her, Kristen Ashley delivers a great story and when those great stories get paired with narrators that not only are great voices but performers, then it becomes MAGIC!
I have loved all the books I've read/listened to by Kristen Ashley and COMPLICATED is among them! When I first learned Kristen was doing an exclusive story for Audible I was all giddy because, well, this is KRISTEN ASHLEY! Kristen is a truly gifted story teller! The Narrators ROCKED! You can read my full review here. Below is an audio clip for you to listen and fall for! WARNING, you'll be left wanting more! COMPLICATED was the first time I listened to anything narrated by Lance and I quickly started looking up all the books he's narrated and adding them to my TBR list.
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Another great series by Kristen is the FANTASYLAND series. Kristen has created a world that you'll want to move to. Seriously, when I began the series, I so wanted to visit! The world building that Kristen did for this series is phenomenal and the cast of characters run the spectrum! I was excited to learn that the audiobooks for this series were to be released monthly and I immediately started listening to the first book. I LOVED it and the narrator, Tillie Hooper was phenomenal! Her performance brought the characters to life! I was sad it was shared that there would be a delay in the release scheduled but happy and completely okay with waiting once Kristen shared the reason for the delay. I had fallen for Tillie's performance and would rather wait for her to be able to narrate the remaining books then get a new narrator. Nope that would not have been good! In THE GOLDEN DYNASTY, there is a language barrier between the Hero and the Heroine..... think Game of Throne's Drogo and Daenerys Targaryen. Tillie had to LEARN this language and then perform it. As I listened I was blown away! You can read my full review here and listen to an audio clip below.
If you're looking for a new series to dive into, I highly recommend the FANTASYLAND series! You'll find new worlds to explore, adventure, great characters and HEAs.
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BOUNTY was another awesome audiobook and the narrator, Emma Taylor knocked it out of the park! I had the honor of spending some time with Kristen chatting about her books, series and new releases last year for Audiobook Lovin 2016. You can view the video by clicking here. We spoke about BOUNTY and some of her upcoming releases which are now available! You can check out my full review of BOUNTY here.
Visit Kristen's Audio Book Section her website to listen to clips of the rest of the series!
About The Author
Kristen Ashley is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. She grew up in Indiana, but has lived in Colorado and the West Country of England. Thus she’s been blessed to have friends and family around the globe. Her posse is loopy (to say the least), but loopy is good when you want to write.
Kristen was raised in a house with a large and multi-generational family. They lived on a very small farm in a small town in the heartland and existed amongst the strains of Glenn Miller, The Everly Brothers, REO Speedwagon and Whitesnake (and the wardrobes that matched).
Needless to say, living in a house full of music, clothes and love was a good way to grow up. And as she keeps growing up, it keeps getting better.
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Confession time. I've never read a Kristen Ashley book. I've heard great things though and I think it's cool that she wrote a story that's only available via Audio.
ReplyDeleteI've read almost all of KA's books and I'm still looking forward to listening to many of them again! Thanks for the chance to win!
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