The General's Ambition

By: Marcia Lynn McClure

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Seemingly overnight, Renee Millings found herself orphaned and married to the indescribably handsome but ever-frowning Roque Montan. His father, the General, was obsessively determined that his lineage would continue posthaste—with or without consent of his son’s new bride. But when Roque reveals the existence of a sworn oath that will obstruct his father’s ambition, will the villainous General conspire to ensure the future of his coveted progeny to be borne by Renee himself? Will Renee find the only means of escape from the odious General to be that of his late wife—death? Or will the son find no tolerance for his father’s diabolic plotting concerning the woman Roque legally terms his wife?

Is this what we’ve come to? 

First of all, the story is not well written. I was going to grit it out and finish it, but when I realized it had more than an hour left, I couldn’t do it.  I didn’t care what happened to the characters. On top of that, the virtual reader is awful. To be fair, the combination of the poor writing and terrible reading makes it absurd in parts, which is humorous. Unfortunately, it was not humorous enough for me to finish it.   I certainly hope that this is not the direction audiobooks are going. I imagine it’s cost-effective to let the AI do all the work, but it certainly lacks inspiration.