Source: Audiobook Review, Provided by BrillianceFormat: Audiobook
Scorched by Mari Mancusi
Narrator: Miriam Volle
Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
Date Read: September 2014
Genre: Paranormal, YA
More Information:Trinity
Don’t leave me here... It starts with a whisper. At first Trinity thinks she’s going crazy. It wouldn’t be a big surprise—her grandpa firmly believes there’s a genuine dragon egg in their dusty little West Texas town. But this voice is real, and it’s begging for her protection. Even if no one else can hear it...Connor
He’s come from a future scorched by dragonfire. His mission: Find the girl. Destroy the egg. Save the world.Caleb
He’s everything his twin brother Connor hates: cocky, undisciplined, and obsessed with saving dragons.Trinity has no idea which brother to believe. All she has to go by is the voice in her head—a dragon that won’t be tamed.
Publisher: Brilliance Audio, Sourcebooks, Inc.
Series: Scorched #1
JUST A NOTE: Read It File It is for books that I have read that I need to keep track of. The reviews will be super short (think tweet longer length) but will serve the purpose of getting the books into UBB for tracking purposes 🙂
Read for Fun/Listened for Review (Library/Brilliance)
Overall Rating: 3.75
Story Rating: 3.75
Character Rating: 3.75
Audio Rating: 3.50 (not part of the overall rating)
Read It File It (Short Review: I have to admit that the 2nd half of Scorched by Mari Mancusi really hooked me! The beginning wasn’t bad but it took a bit till I was invested in the characters (Trin is a great leading character but neither brother was hooking me in the beginning. After everything clicked though the book was hard to put down. It was just downright enjoyable! Confession: I just started playing WOW again so the dragons were a big pull to me reading this story and Mari didn’t let me down!
Audio Thoughts:
Narrated By Miriam Volle / Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
I thought Mariam Volle did a decent job with the narration. I think book 2 will probably work better for me than book 1 because I am now used to her male voices (those took me a bit to warm up too). Her pacing was terrific though and I thought she was spot on for Trin!
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I don’t know how I missed this Felicia, I just saw your post on Face book 🙂 I think I could really enjoy this one! I love Dragons.
Thanks!
I actually have been stalking this book at work so I was so stoked to see you read it!!! I’ve moved it up to read sooner b/c it looks short, too!!!! Thank you so much for working on your UBB 😉
This one’s still on my shelf because I want to read it but just haven’t gotten around to it yet…might need to put it back into rotation.
I remember liking this one well enough, but I haven’t felt compelled to continue the series. I haven’t read any books yet for book two.
I’m always tempted when a book has dragons 😀 I’m okay with a slow start, and it sounds like this one hooked you in the end, so that works. I’ll have to add it to my tbr.
Side note: I’ve never played WOW – I fear yall would never see me again lol
I was tempted to start this series on account of the dragons, and that cover—wow! It IS Young Adult though, so I’ll need to do a bit more research, I’m always hesitant to add a book in this genre to my TBR. Have a fan weekend!
Oh this sounds fun! It sometimes takes me a little while to warm up to women narrating male voices too. (:
I didn’t know about this book, but… Dragons! That’s all I need to know. 🙂
Ack, this sounds so cute… and perfect for the season!
I used to read sci-fi/fantasy when I was a teen, but then I backed away from it for a long time. Thanfully George R.R. Martin and Patrick Rothfuss have pulled me back in, so I might be giving this one a try! Here there be dragons!