The Stepfamily

Silicon Valley Series, Book 1

De: Bonnie Traymore

Narrado por: Meghan Kelly

Laura's on the verge of living the life she's always wanted. At the age of twenty-seven, she put her career plans on hold, married handsome widower Peter Foster, settled down in his Silicon Valley home, and helped raise his two children.

Twelve years later, its her turn to shine. Her career is thriving, the kids are out of the house, Peter's company is on the verge of an FDA approval that could garner a windfall in stock gains for them, and she's training for the Kona Ironman. But when a series of freak accidents can no longer be chalked up to bad luck, it becomes clear that someone is out to get her. Is it someone from work, jealous of her promotion? Or is it perhaps someone more dangerous? Someone closer to home?

Laura has no enemies that she knows of, but she senses that husband Peter is keeping secrets. And when she starts digging into the family's past, a twisted and unsettling story starts to slowly reveal itself. But with the walls closing in on her, she needs to find out why someone would want to harm herand what really happened to his first wife. Before it's too late.

©2023 Bonnie Traymore (P)2024 Bonnie Traymore

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Building on the success of tense mysteries like Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl (2012), author Bonnie Traymore has crafted a deliciously unsettling domestic thriller with her new novel The Stepfamily." - BookTrib

POV jumps and narration almost ruined this!

The narrator’s voice is extremely annoying, she’s whiny when she reads as Laura (and most female characters) but somewhat normal when portraying a male role so I think there’s potential for her to be a better narrator. The story had me interested enough to see it through but the POV changes were very strange. One minute the story is being told by Laura from her point of view then the next minute it’s being told from a third person perspective. The POV changes happen mid chapter with no warning, so buckle up!

Horrible voice

Voice sounds like AI. So monotone most of the time. It would have made a big difference if it were a different voice

Wellllll

This story was a leapfrog of shark jumps, but that narrator…. Beautiful voice. Wrong choice for this book. It made a story that could maybe have been suspenseful sound like a kids book.

Good story, poor narration.

The storyline was pretty good but the narration was poor. I listen to many audio books (over 100) and this narrator needs more direction. The tempo was SO slow it felt she was reading to listeners with comprehension issues. I had to speed the story up when I have NEVER done before. Her easing was very sing-songy often lifting her voice at the end of a sentence which clearly had a period. I felt like she was reading to a bunch of kindergarteners. I kept listening hoping it would change but it did not.

Was that a human narrator?

Difficult to listen to and sometimes follow, with the narration. I know this is part of a series…. The story was okay but I don’t think my ears can handle anymore