The Mister by E.L. James narrated by Dominic Thorbun

Story 3 of 5 stars

Heat 5 of 5 stars

Series – Mister & Missus

Main characters – Maxim Trefelyan, Alessia Demachi

Listened to audio narrated well by Dominic Thorburn and Jessica O’Hara-Baker. Both delivered a great performance, that was easy to listen to along with great sound accompaniments, that worked beautifully with the story and narration. Too bad the story wasn’t as good as the narration.

Maxim Trefelyan has become the new Earl after his brother died in an accident. He’s self-absorbed, and obsessed with beauty, He has to adjust from being a hedonist vagabond, dj, model, to a responsible caretaker and manager of the vast Earldom’s estate.

Alessia Demachi is a talented pianist, from Albania. She fled her homeland to avoid an arranged marriage to an abusive man. Betrayed she fell into the hands of traffickers, whom she escaped and is now working illegally as a daily cleaning lady in London for cash. She may have escaped, but she is still hunted.

From the moment he saw his Daily he became obsessed. As he learns more about her, her situation and her musical talent his obsession only becomes stronger. Even though she doesn’t think much of this playboy she can’t seem to help being drawn to him.

There are hints that these characters may have more to them but it never gets realized. They are shallow, obsessed with superficial looks and their body’s desires. I kept expecting more but it never happened.

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There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Story 2 of 5 stars

Heat 1 of 5 stars

Main characters – Luna

Listened to audio narrated by Saskia Maarleveld. The narrator did a fine job, the story just wasn’t there for me.

Nine years ago, they were a group of eight, until one of them committed suicide. Bea was loved and considered a bright star among them. Each of them still mourns and many still haven’t come to terms with her death. A reunion at Bea and her sister’s family estate brings them all together for the first time, with hopes to find answers and closure.

Their weekend becomes a horror show, as people fall ill, get injured and get murdered. Things start to go sidewise from the beginning and the discovery of hidden passageways and poor cell reception leaves them few options for help and a lot of places to hide.

I struggled to connect to these characters, the pacing was slow and dragged out, the events felt predictable, and there were a lot of too stupid to live moments. While I love her other series, I have not been a fan of any of her fictional Thrillers.

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