Hidden

Marchwood Vampire, Book 1

By: Shalini Boland

Narrated by: Henrietta Meire

On Madison Greene's 16th birthday, she inherits a mansion with sinister secrets. Sucked into a nightmare that spans the centuries, she must fight to save the ones she loves.

Alexandre is an 18-year-old French aristocrat with arrogance and charm. A single kiss is all it takes to throw his life into danger, darkness...and the adventure of his life.

Together, Maddy and Alex are drawn into the past - toward their destruction.

The legend of the vampire has never been so gripping. Falling in love has never been so dangerous....

©2011 Shalini Boland (P)2019 Tantor

Narrator’s voice fluctuates wildly.

The narrator has a voice with a wide decibel/shrill range such that I have to continually turn the volume up to hear low voices she is doing or normal narration tone, and quickly lower it when she is doing emphatic words or a female or young person’s strident or fearful voice. Even during an otherwise uneventful stretch of narration, her emphatic words hurt my ears and I am again trying to find a middle ground of understanding the low tones and lowering the volume to protect my ears on the higher tones.

Surprisingly captivating

I couldn’t tell you why this book captivate me but it did. As the two storylines start to blend together the book captures a unique blend of horror, thriller and romance

Surprisingly good

I gave up listening in the first chapters, but then decided to give it another try. I’m glad I did!

Absolutely LOVE Shalini Boland!

I’ve read quite a few books by this amazing author and have never been disappointed! Shalini Boland is INCREDIBLE! She has written books of so many different styles and genres and excels at them all! Some may think, “oh great, more vampire books”….and I say, “YES! Bring them on”!! I highly recommend his book for all of you vampire lovers, as well as those of you who are skeptical. I can’t wait to start the 2nd book!

The story line!!

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book. It was free, so one never knows :-) but the storyline was interesting. The characters were believable. There’s that feeling of twilight, a bit, but only in a good way!