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The Story of Michelle Brown Vandivere

By: Ava Sprayberry Shook
Narrated by: Alicia Hopper
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Summary

Michelle Brown is a struggling small business owner from a small town in northwest Georgia. Just as it seems as though her entire world is crumbling beneath her, Michelle learns she is the heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune. However, she soon realizes that her blessing may indeed be her worst nightmare as she faces a trial full of conspiracy, romance, and even the paranormal.

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This is a unique plot with a lot of elements that ultimately tie together. It is told as two stories that mingle before they end.

Loved the main character (despite her indescribable irresponsible treatment of money). Unique elements in the plot kept me wondering and thinking throughout.

The narrator herself was great. Very good tone and pace. Absolutely loathed the editing though. It left huge chunks of time between chapters... like 15 seconds. It kept me checking to see if my phone was okay. Absolutely obnoxious!

I received this audiobook for free in exchange for a review.

Engaging narrative

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Well narrated brilliant mystery a real page turner with a twist at the end absolutely great

Fantastic mystery by a brilliant author

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This was a good story.I felt it needed editing and that the narrator,Alicia Hopper, could have run words by someone,if she did not know how to pronounce them.There was too much time between the end of sentences and the next chapter.Other than that,her narration was ok.Also the timeline had me confused.Suposedly a man who still has slaves and can shoot them and have it swept under the rug,has a daughter who gets pregnant out of wedlock.She runs away and her child is adopted.When she is an adult she is informed she has inherited this mans inheritance.This seems to be in the year we live now,so how it stretched that far,I don't know. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

The Story of Michelle Brown Vandivere

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Michelle Brown Vandivere learns after 27 years she was adopted and a grandfather she had never known had left her a multi millionaire and a large estate. Little did she know that this windfall was not as it seemed. The old man Charles Vandivere wanted revenge. Lots of romance, coupled with lies, revenge and a touch of the supernatural. The narrator, not so good. She read too fast and in a monotone. No difference between character voices, which got me a little mixed up at times as to who was talking. There were also long pauses between chapters.

A disappointment

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I'd like to give this 2.5 stars but as that's not possible I've decided to lower it as I really can't bring myself to give it 3 stars.

The story is quite good if sometimes predictable but it's still an entertaining read. Several twists to the plot keep it moving along.

However in many places the writing is extremely repetitive, stating the same thing several times in slightly different ways but occasionally in exactly the same words. The characters all spend far too much time "procrastinating out loud" or trying to justify all their actions to themselves and the listener to the point where the poor listener is almost screaming, "Ok, enough, I get it, just do it". Several of the character's decisions are poorly thought out and make little sense, with just about every one of them jumping to wrong conclusions about everything.

The narration also let's the book down. The reading is very mechanical with no emotion to give life to the participants. There is little if any voice acting with no differentiation between the voices of the characters. Particularly irritating is the lack of any gap between paragraphs or scene changes, not even an extra breath so at times the story has moved on but the listener doesn't at first realise that.

All in all not one of the better books I've read in 2019.

I received a free copy of this audiobook either from the author or a promotion or giveaway and am voluntarily writing an honest and unbiased review.

Disappointing

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