Tainted Cure

The Rememdium Series, Book 1

By: Ashley Fontainne

Narrated by: Rebecca Roberts

Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Scientists attempted to find a cure for addiction. They failed.

Dr. Everett Berning, a leading researcher into the causes of addiction in the brain, spent 10 years of his life dedicated to one thing: finding the cure. Recruited after a strange encounter with the enigmatic Dr. Roberta Flint, director of research on Code Name: Rememdium, Dr. Berning is sent to work in a secret lab as part of the research team.

When the moment the scientists waited on for years arrives, Dr. Flint and her team are ecstatic.

Unfortunately, not everyone in the world feels the same way.

Benito San Nicholas isn't ready to give up his lucrative business. When the news of a cure arrives on his doorstep from a crooked informant, Benito enlists the help of other drug lords from around the world to stop the cure from hitting the streets and destroying their livelihoods.

What happens next ends up uniting the globe - just not the way society ever intended or hoped.

©2016 Ashley Fontainne (P)2016 Ashley Fontainne

Brilliant.

Here's me thinking Ashley Fontainne can't get any better, yet she proves me wrong yet again!! In her first foray into the Zombie genre, she has created a different take on how the Zombies came to be. This author never fails to surprise me in how good she is, she has dipped her toes into multiple genres and never failed to deliver!

So in this, Dr. Everett Berning is recruited to help find a cure for addiction. Years and many trials later, the cure has been created, and best of all it works. After successful human trials, it's ready to be unleashed, but someone is intent on not letting it. Benito San Nicholas, is a drug lord and doesn't want the cure being distributed. He enlists some help and gets the cure, but what happens to it in his hands is devastating and the whole world suffers.

Everything about this book rocked. I loved the idea of the cure for addiction being found, only for it to fall into the wrong hands and being changed. It's definitely different to the virus angle and actually believable. Plus Ashley adds in her twists and turns at every opportunity. I particularly thought it was good what happened to Benitos girlfriend!!! At first I was like, how in the world could she get sick, did I miss something, then when it was revealed, I was like, oooooh! Lol.

Anyway, once again, this author has created an amazing start to what's sure to be an equally, if not better, series!! The ending will leave you wanting the next book right away and leave you wanting to check out more by this extremely talented author. This isn't just a Zombie book, this is so much more and I urge you to try it!

Rebecca Roberts is such a talented narrator. She never fails to deliver, no matter the genre or subject matter!! She had plenty of tones and accents here to make it really easy to follow and really ramped up the tension during the right times. I was on the edge of my seat listening to this thanks to her!!! She is a narrator I always recommend, and always will.

Tainted cure

What did you like best about this story?

This is an audio book for fans of action, adventure and just a fantastic read then you must pick up this book! I can't wait for book 2 to see what happens

Zombies, drug lords, and addiction

Zombies, drug lords, and addiction. Is there any better cocktail for a good fast listen? I think not. I was quite surprised going into this Audio. Not only was it full of colorful characters but the twist and turns were surprising. It was so well developed that I felt the storyline and basic premise were at a much higher level than I usually get from this genre. Ashley Fontainne does a great job of mixing realistic ideas and the Zombie apocalypse in a creative way that I have not seen or heard. A research facility working for years to come up with a cure for addiction to drugs. The cure starts off successful and quickly turns into quite the ride. It had me hooked to the very end. The more I listened the more I had to know what could possibly come next. I was not disappointed. Rebecca Roberts is the narrator. She does a great job of pulling off not only the female character of Roberta but also using different variations in her tone that make pulling off Dr. Everett as well as my favorite Drug Lord Benito. I was never distracted from the story by her voice. Which I feel can make or break an Audio. There is a huge cliffhanger at the end which I hate because that means I have to buy Audio two ASAP. If you’re into Sci-Fi written at a higher level, than this is a great start.

Surprising

What did you love best about Tainted Cure?

The changes in the plot in unexpected ways.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Rachael

What about Rebecca Roberts’s performance did you like?

The wide variety of voices for the various characters

Any additional comments?

This book was offered for free in exchange for a review.

I was never able to guess where the plot was going due to the many changing directions. I was always surprised when something happened. The book summarizes the danger of addiction and the lengths people will go to for greed. The characters have the normal flaws but continue to work to protect their loved ones and their neighbors.

The narrator was very good with a wide range of voices. She was very clear and understandable.

A really enjoyable entry book to what should be an exciting series.

Unique Story!

This is a unique story but good! Very good! Rebecca Roberts’ narration was excellent. She did a great job of keeping listeners engaged!

A cure for addiction, the walking dead

A good story with great narration. The twist was unexpected. A shorter story but good.

What a Twist!

It took me a little while to get into this, but boy am I glad I didn't give up on it. The plot really gets going a little ways into the book and then all Hell breaks loose. Loved it. Quite a surprise. I have never seen an outbreak go so fast as it did in this book. One right after the other and it didn't care what character you were. No one was safe.

Rebecca Roberts did a great job keeping you interested and rolled right along making you want more. I was surprised when it ended. I'd thought that I had just started it. Will be looking for the next one for sure.

Where it starts

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Most Apocalypse stories start with the survivors; whereas this book explains the origins of the outbreak.
Narrator Rebecca Roberts does a splendid job.

Excellent

Yes yes yes the zombie thing has been done a million time.... But guess what.... This ones a bit different.
My mother was an addict my entire life & she passed away last week. That is why I chose this book to listen to this week.
I was very impressed. I'm a prepper at heart but my pocketbook doesn't agree. With all of the deaths by cops this week & the shootings tonight in Dallas i feel I need to make it a bigger priority.
This book may seem far fetched & like a lot of science fiction but so did walking on the moon at one point in time! Hell we'll be seeing pics from Jupiter before long.
Ok so on to the review. I loved it! It made me think more about this crazy world. I love zombie books so when I get a new one I devour it. Lol Well I do when they are this good. Great narration too. I will definitely be recommending this series & getting book 2 ASAP.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of Audiobook Boom.

A great premise and narration, story needed more

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Let me start this review by saying that although this genre of story is not one that I enjoy reading over others, the book is one that may be better suited for those that do. There are many stereotypes taken from other zombie books, but I had to laugh as people were being asked to go to their local high schools during the event; don't they know this is never a good idea.

Rebecca Roberts did an excellent job of narrating the story and voicing the many different characters. This helped me to stay engaged with the story.

I wanted so much for this book to take its original premise of a cure for addiction gone bad in a more technical or scientific direction while focusing less of the zombie side. Again, this could be that science fiction is the types of books I like reading most. Having a build up at the start of the book and than being hit with some strange potentially possible thing really excites me, yet in this story we got the expected zombies.

I wanted the author to not just take me for a ride quickly from beginning to end, the way she did, instead I was really looking for it to be more a journey where the surroundings were described in more detail. I would have liked so much more of involving the reasons and effort spent in finding a cure. The technology and painful failures first required. There was some of this, but much of it seemed flat by putting in just enough for the reader to have a limited understanding. Stronger character back story and relationship building would have also been welcomed. Maybe more interaction involvement. I want to really feel for the characters, which at times I struggled with.

I will say this book is for adults due to the heavy use of vulgar language and some very specific adult subject matter, however the overall gore factor was not as bad or descriptive as I would have expected it to be for this type of book.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I thought the ending was overall done well even though I knew it was going to lead me right in to a second book in the series. I did not think the book left off with a big cliff hanger as some series books do. It even had some lighthearted aspects that may have been placed to relieve the reader some from previous tension.

Which scene was your favorite?

I found that the early part of the book describing the lab and work on the cure was the one I like the best. Talking about the lab work, mice, patient trials, etc.

Could you see Tainted Cure being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Being that there were so many other zombie type movies that had come before it, a move that places the zombie theme on a lower note and instead focuses more on the science and cure work may help it to be realized more on TV than a movie. I say this without having read the other books in the series.

Any additional comments?

This book was provided to the reviewer by the author in exchange for an honest review of the story.