Love in Unexpected Places..

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Lara, the female lead, is busy working in a pharmaceutical lab to find a husband and settle

down.

Sebastian, the male lead, is not as focused and settled as Lara.

Desperate times causes Sebastian to make a mistake and he is caught by Lara.

There is an immediate attraction or at least Lara on Lara's side.

She makes Sebastian an offer that he can not refuse and so begins an odd relationship that

eventually develops into of something more..

This story line was entertaining until the very end of the book, making it a Good Weekend

Read.

I like that this author writes in several genres.


Coulter Evans did well with the narration.

Note:
"This audio book was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review."

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Cute story.

Taming the Thief, where do I start? It was a fun story. The premise is Laura is a scientist who saves a gorgeous guy when he attempts to steal a formula from the company she works for. She does this to show her family she has a man to get them off her back and because he’s everything they’d hate. For a woman with that much formal education it doesn’t really make sense. Anyways, they form a close relationship and his reasoning behind thieving is to help take care of his brother who was his sister. He recently had a sex change and is now a man. Their parents didn’t approve. Along with that the younger sister left the parents’ home too. Let me mention the thief has a masters in engineering. My question is why doesn’t he cut his hair and get a real job? Damn he has the education. It would have made more sense if he was arrested in college and nobody would have hired him because of a felony.
What I enjoyed was the creative, out of the box thinking. What I didn’t enjoy was the repetition and plot holes. The reasoning behind his motives was spelled out in every chapter. As a reader/listener I don’t need that. Once is enough. I prefer a story to move forward from there. This story stalled then progressed at a slow speed which is OK, depending on the listener. For me I have a short attention span and get plots very quickly and need to see progress or I’m bored. This story, although, a wonderful enticing premise stalled too long and my attention diverted.
The narrator Coulter Evans did a great job but I didn’t think a male was appropriate for the job. In this story I think a female voice would be a better choice. However, he did a great job!
It’s a cute story that in my opinion needs a little plot work but entertaining.

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3.5 Stars Sweet Light listen

Taming the Thief is a romantic story about finding love in the most unexpected places. For Lara, love was just not in the cards for her. She was just too busy with work and her career in a pharmaceutical lab. Her family wanted to see her get married. Lara wanted to make her family happy but at the same time didn’t feel that finding true love would happen for her - at least not at that point in her life. That was until the handsome Sebastian walked into her life. He was not like most men that she had met. He was not only handsome, but he intrigued her. There was something about him that she liked. Lara felt an immediate attraction to him despite barely knowing him. The only bad thing facing this situation was how she actually met him. She met Sebastian while he was trying to break into the pharmaceutical lab where she worked at. Against her better judgment, Lara decided to not turn him in if he agreed to pretend to be her fiancé to her family. Reluctantly, he agreed and things seem to change for them both. Despite many bumps along the way, Lara and Sebastian learned a lot about each other and a lot about love. Perhaps there was a potential romance and happy ending to Lara’s story. But of course, Lara had to tame the thief first.

I liked this story because it was romantic and entertaining. The story-line was fun even though is was a bit far fetched.

I almost stopped listening because of the narration. I have listened to Coulter Evans before in a different style book and he did a good job. However, his voice did not suit this story AT ALL.

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I liked it.

I was given this book in return for my honest unbiased opinion. I liked the book, the story but I didn't really like the narration so unfortunately I didn't finish the book. It didn't really flow for me because of the narration.

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I Made it to Chapter 5

Sometimes something just resonates with some and not others. This was, for me, way too unbelievable. I get that fiction, romance and fantasy are not reality, but you have to remain within the realm of, "yeah, I guess that could happen," and this just didn't. At Ch 5, I realized I didn't remember the names of the main characters and didn't care about them even a little. Sorry, I very rarely have a DNF, but I just can't get into it. I really liked the description and the premise of the book, but somewhere in the execution, it was my interest in the story that got killed.

Coulter Evans has a great voice. However, I think this particular book is just a bad fit for him. I can hear him narrating true crime and being a total rock star in that genre.

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NO. NO. NO. I need Excedrine...

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The Good News: The concept behind the story was a good one.
The Bad News: Everything else.
I've never heard a worse narration. It might work for nursery school story time but absolutely not for an adult romance. He talked sooo sloooow as if every line was from a Grimm's Faery Tale.
The characters were not believable. A single, young Indian scientist would never open her conversation with "I want a F-ck." Joke or not. A hot, tattoo covered engineer would most definitely be able to get a job. It's 2016 folks... we have one working at my place of employment. Facts and actions were wrong and more wrong. No one smokes 4 packs a day... especially if they have no money. He pulls up to a billion dollar heists and it's no big deal to anyone (or the story, really). Yet this big bad boy cums in his pants before I even know we're in a sex scene.
And how much do we need to know about their meals? Really?

I gave this author a second chance but IMHO, this one is worse than the first.
I can go on but I don't think I there's a need. My opinion is stated.
Sorry.

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Not the right narrator for this story

What did you like best about Taming the Thief? What did you like least?

It was a kind of a quirky story. I enjoyed the banter between characters. But it was hard to get into because the narration was all wrong for the story.

What did you like best about this story?

The characters had some great banter moments.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Coulter Evans?

A women would have probably been able to represent the zany characters better. For the big reason as her cadence and tone would be more pleasing and allow you to get into the story more. At times the narration sounded like a computer generated voice. The tone would go up and down mid sentence and make things sound more like William shantner with a bad chest cold.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Yes. I loved the premise. If it was a bit more stream lined to the main character only it would be a great movie.

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The plot was great, but in this case the narration absolutely killed it for me. It made it hard to follow and at times o was confused as to what characters were supposed to be speaking because the tone never changed unless it was to pitch high/low at random points often mid sentence. It made sentences seemed finished then a long pause just to continue the sentence. It also made things sound like questions when they were statements. But it did not do the characters justice at all. Any joke told or funny moment fell short because it wasn't emoted the same way it was probably written. It made it hard to identify what the characters were feeling because it was monotone. Read the book it will be better. I was given this audiobook for free from audiobook boom for my unbiased review.

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Really bad

The story and characters are unbelievable and unlikable. Couldn't finish it was so ridiculous.

I really didn't care for the narrator. He spoke so slowly that I doubled the paying speed. He really wasn't the right narrator for this type of book.

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This Was Something Different

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review. This book was funny in a way. The narrator told the story as if it were a children's story being read at bedtime. Lara takes a thief as a lover and presents him to her family as a result of the fortune that was told of how she would marry someone who was totally out of character and she falls for him. If you want a suspension of reality story then this one is it. The narrator made me laugh so hard that many times the story was lost.

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Excellent audiobook, absolutely love the narration

Would you consider the audio edition of Taming the Thief to be better than the print version?

The narrator was the best I have heard so far in CS Patra's books. Coulter Evans voice was a pleasure to listen to and I enjoyed every moment of this book.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the two main characters, how they found each other and how they were instantly attracted to each other. The characters are introduced and we get a bit more information on each of them throughout the story.

Which scene was your favorite?

Hard to pick one scene, I guess the times they were out in the Indian restaurants and she was teaching him about her culture and her family.
The tragic scene at the end, no spoilers though.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

This book is quite long, and I had to break it up and listen in the car when my kids were not around to hear it.

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