Hi everyone, I have recently started listening to audiobooks and I absolutely love them. In particular I've only listened to GraphicAudio production and it has been an amazing experience for me. Voice actors there are absolutely brilliant.
I have not been reading for the last 15 years and only got back into (audio)books this September.
As a child/teenager I've read Harry potter, lord of the rings, eragon, and something more that I probably don't remember anymore.
I have listened to and loved Mistborn trilogy.
Book ratings:
1st 5/5
2nd 4/5
3rd 5/5
Started the 4th book and got immediately disappointed by the introduction of guns. Dropped it (for now at least) without progressing much further.
After that I listened to the "A court of thorns and roses" series. I've listened to all 5 books and overall enjoyed it, however it was a bit of a surprise that it was spicy. I've never read smut (new term for me) before and was surprised to encounter it. I wasn't too fond of all the spicy scenes, they didn't add too much to the story for me, however the story itself was interesting.
Book ratings:
1st 4/5
2nd 5/5
3rd 5/5
4th 2/5
5th 3/5
After finishing these ones I started listening to "The Empyrean" series. Really enjoyed it as well, and believe it or not, I didn't expect it to be smut either. But in this case it didn't feel as bad as it did in ACOTAR.
Book ratings:
1st 5/5
2nd 5/5
3rd 5/5
After these two series I decided to go for something with no or minimal romance. Started listening to "The Stormlight Archive". Listened to the first 2 hours and somehow kept katching myself daydreaming, therefore I decided to drop it for now, but definitely planning to come back to that at some point in the future.
Next try was "The Lightbringer Saga" series. Started ok, but after first 30 minutes I realised that it also has rifles, therefore dropping it for now.
I don't know why I don't like guns in books. I cannot explain it because I don't mind them in games or movies, but for whatever reason I don't even want to give it a shot (no pun intended).
I'm also not fond of advanced technology / space stuff because most of the time they also have some sort of laser gun. Red Rising would've been a good contender for the next book as it has brilliant reviews, however it's a futuristic, space story with fake magic (technology so advanced it might seem like magic).
Currently I'm a bit stuck and would like a recommendation. High priority for GraphicAudio production, but would take any audiobook that has good voice actor (preferably more than one).
Many thanks for anyone who read my post, please share anything you think I might like and I'll check it out.
by Thescryptor
4 Comments
The Stormlight Archive.
Blood Over Bright Haven, narrated by Moira Quirk
The Sabriel series by Garth Nix. The first three are narrated by Tim Curry!
You might like Tamora Pierce’s books. They’re middle grade but they were my favorites growing up and I think they have aged well. Lots of magic, no guns, some have romance but no spice.
I really want to recommend Daughter of Smoke and Bone and/or Strange the Dreamer, but they do have romance. There is no spice, and there is a lot of plot besides the romances, but the romance is definitely one of the major plotlines in each series.
The Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman. Outstanding audiobooks. Some space stuff but mostly dungeon crawler stuff.