The Demonic Reflection

The Abduction, Volume 1

De: Jessica Thibodeau

Narrado por: Skyler Morgan

Duración: 6 h y 21 m

Resumen del Editor

When Gabrielle Richer thinks she is going through the darkest moments of her life, after the appearance of nightmarish creatures on Earth, the death of her parents and the disappearance of the man she loves, horror comes to wake her in the middle of the night… to send her into the inhuman invaders’ world.

Helped by one of the nightmarish creatures, her own mirror reflection, Gabrielle struggles to survive and remains hopeful of returning to the world of humans.

*This book is intended for an adult listeners and contains scenes of horror, dark subjects and other adult material.

©2024 Jessica Lévesque Thibodeau (P)2024 Jessica Lévesque Thibodeau

narration was amazing.

if you are looking for something with a wild storyline, this is it. It was slow at first, but now I feel the need to buy the next because I need to know what happens. The narration was good as always. I received this one free, but will buy the next.

Great narrator, odd story

I got this book for free.
I have to say that it’s an extremely odd story.
It starts off with no world or character building which left me very confused as to who the characters were and why I cared about them.
Then it’s like the author couldn’t decide what to call the main female character. She goes from trainee to human to young female to young human to Gabriel to shadow and back again switching just about every time she’s named. The other humans are also mentioned as human and trainee so it’s hard to sometimes figure out who’s being mentioned.
The 2 main characters have known each other for 2 days max yet the FMC mentions or inner monologue, says things that make it seem like it’s been much, much longer like “this was the first time I’ve seen him like this”, “they’ve grown to know each other and can finish each others sentences” (not quotes but paraphrasing)
It’s mostly fade to black or very minimal descriptions of any sex scenes. Minimal spice level.
Overall not a bad story but I was left wanting for more and more believable time frames.

Disconnected Story

I could not connect with this book or the characters. The story started out interesting and then in my opinion became a little disconnected it was all over the place. I received this book for free upon my request. I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased review here of my own volition.

Average, not great, not horrible

Decent potential for the story, ends up being meh. it isn't horrible but it isn't great. The narrator was good though.

if it seems like it'll interest you and you have credits and time give it a chance.

The narrator was fantastic!

The story was interesting. Very different type of demon world. I enjoyed the book over all

Interesting first foray into monster smut

I feel like this story has a lot of potential, but maybe needed to be fleshed out a little bit more. We see such a brief look into the academy that is feels like a plot that was cut off, but Gabrielle is referred to as “the trainee” (in addition to “the young woman” and other monikers) so often that there was a point where I actually forgot her name, which seemed unnecessary. The world the author created was a unique one to be sure, and I can’t say I had any sense of it being “lifted” from another author as I’ve had with many fantasy books. The idea of the woodland host was almost hard to wrap my brain around at times, it was so complex, and yet I loved it anyway: a completely bizarre and somewhat terrifying form of refuge, offering a brief respite from the incredibly harsh world. The narrator did a decent job as well. I’m interested to see where the story takes our duo.

The Demonic Reflection

This one did take me a few chapters before I really got into it. When I did it was worth it. I’ll definitely listen to the next one. 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Skylar Morgan is becoming a favorite of mine. He brings the characters to life.