Making this friend has its benefits

4.5 out of 5 stars

Michael Pauley does a really nice job narrating this book.  Reading through the description after having listened to the whole novella — I realized I would have been a lot more confused by the names of places and things without Pauley’s narration.

The beginning of the story feels weird to me.  I know this is a prequel book, but I just felt like it wasn’t going to be my cup of tea.  But, I was wrong.  After a chapter or so I started to understand who was who and what they were doing in the world.  I know that character development is hard to do in shorter stories, and The Arrival’s just took a little bit for me to get it.

The story was really well done and definitely heartwarming.  I really enjoyed the interaction between Jake and Evaran.  They just seemed to have this really unique chemistry.

Also, I don’t know if it was the name or what, but I kept imagining Evaran as a woman.  Almost the entire story, I pictured a woman.  Probably just a weird thing in my head.

Overall, The Arrival has a really nice story to tell and it’s able to do it in a short amount of time.  If you’re looking to get enjoyment out of 3 hours of your time — the price and enjoyment value of The Arrival is well worth it.

I was given a free copy of this audiobook by Audiobook Boom in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Written by: Adair Hart
Narrated by: Michael Pauley
Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
Series: Evaran Chronicles, Book 0.5
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date: 05-02-16
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing

Jake Melkins is a few months away from turning twenty-one. By the Seceltor Empire’s laws, he will have to go to a breeding camp, or directly into slavery. Neither choice appeals to him. All this changes with the arrival of a space-and-time-traveling being known as Evaran at the space station turned rest stop that Jake lives on.

To make things complicated, Greecho, the slaver who abducted Jake as a kid, has arrived at the station. He and his crew, along with his twenty-two-year-old human pet, Kathy, are about to go on a slave run to Earth.

Evaran has decided to interfere and free Jake and Kathy. That decision will lead him to Earth, where he will need to deal with the consequences.

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I’ve loved reading since I was little when my dad would read me Dr. Suess books. Fast-forward a little and I noticed that he was always reading on his lunch breaks at work, and I wondered why.Then, I found a book that took me to another place and time, to another feeling,another sense of “being”.It was the first book that I ever fell in love with, and I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since.

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