The narration is wonderful but I think she could have recorded in a better space or maybe someone needed better recording equipment. It was absolute fine though! The background sound was just off.
Lovely story and narration though!

I listened to the audiobook but think I would have preferred an e-book for this. The audio wasn’t well recorded. But the story was good. Starts off with the death is a young girl. Then goes to her ill mother and ghost writer sister 10 years later. A short book but it packs in some good thriller aspects. 3 1/2 stars for me.

Thank you to NetGalley for this advanced copy.

Ugh, I HATE leaving so few stars for new authors, and for Netgalley, but, honesty is the key word and I cannot give more.

That said, this review is for the audiobook, and much of my dislike of the material could be completely connected to the incredibly poorly done audio. I would encourage you to check out the reviews which were for the printed/ebook material. Those folks had a completely different response to the work and seem to have given 4 or 5 stars routinely.

I requested this based on the publisher's writeup which told me the main character was a writer (a plus), and after moving to a new town (love new places which will be explored) the novella is in the mystery/women's fiction genres. At only 4 hours on audio, it was a no brainer.

After starting the shockingly amateurish audio, I just kept repeating the mantra "I can do ANYTHING for only 4 hours." I repeated that a lot. I do not understand the mechanics behind producing an audio book, but this one sounded like a newbie reader took a 1980s cassette player, found a tunnel, sat down and started reading. It is a hollow sounding presentation that gets in the way of the story. I actually have been listening to audiobooks since the 80s when the listener was limited to cassettes, and this production is still worse than anything I've ever heard. And the icing on the cake is that at whatever volume you choose, be prepared for a sonic boom level sound every time the narrator expresses excitement in the reading.

Please publisher and author, take this advice with the concern I truly feel - do not release this audio version as planned in January 2025. Just don't.

I had a hard time getting into the story because the production quality of the audio book was awful. It sounded like Millie Hearts was in a tunnel and was very difficult to understand what she was saying even with the volume all the way up. I was thankful this was a short story becaue I’m not sure I could have made it through a full length book.

I don’t like leaving a review like this but avoid the audio book - read the physical or digital book. I recommend Millie’s audio be re-recorded before it is available via audio more broadly.

Thank you to NetGalley & Victory Editing NetGalley Co-op for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first book by Zee David. The plot and twists kept my attention throughout the book. Great storyline, well written, quick read. The ending tied the entire story together well. I listened to the audiobook in one sitting. The narrator did a good job although she was a little monotone at times (not enough to make me DNF though!). I will definitely be reading more by this author!

This book is awful. Poorly written and poorly narrated. The production quality is also terrible. I'm not sure how this was even published. I hate to leave reviews like this, but this was just awful.

Zero stars.