The King by Tiffany Reisz Audiobook Review

Posted by on Dec 1, 2014 in Reviews | 28 comments

Review of: The King Audiobook
Audiobook:
Tiffany Reisz

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Rating:
4
On December 1, 2014
Last modified:August 24, 2022

Summary:

The King by Tiffany Reisz Audiobook

Narrated by: Elizabeth Hart

Published by:  Tantor Audio 11/25/20 14

The King Audibook by Tiffany Reisz

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Original Sinners # 6 (White Years)

14 hrs and 42 mins

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Bouncing from bed to bed on the Upper East Side, Kingsley Edge is brilliant, beautiful, and utterly debauched. No carnal act or chemical compound can relieve his self-destructive apathy – only Søren, the one person he loves without limit or regret. He plans to open the ultimate BDSM club: a dungeon playground for New York’s A-list that’ll change the scene forever. The club becomes Kingsley’s obsession – and he’s enlisted some tough-as-nails help. His new assistant, Sam, is smart, secretive, and totally immune to seduction (by men, at least). Still, their combined expertise in domination can’t subdue the man who would kill their dream. The enigmatic Reverend Fuller won’t rest until King’s dream is destroyed. It’s one man’s sacred mission against another’s.

Contains mature themes.

©2014 Tiffany Reisz (P)2014 Tantor

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The King  by Tiffany Reisz  Audiobook Sample

The King

My review - Story 4.5 Hearts
MLSimmos

 

This is an extremely hard review for me. I’ve loved this series since I read The Siren back when it first came out. I don’t remember how I heard about it, but I’m really glad I did. Tiffany Reisz writes some of the best erotica out there. The characters she has developed are amazing in that you can’t help but love all them, especially for their faults.

I own all the books in ebooks and audio. I usually read the ebook and then listen to the audio again later, because I love the stories so much. When I was given the chance to review The King audiobook, I decided to go straight to audio for this one. I really wish I hadn’t. For this entire series, as much as I love it, it has not been a good series on audio. They change the narrator for each book. Some of the narrators are better than others, but none have been stellar. This changing around all the time has really hurt this series on audio. I’m not sure the reasoning behind the change, but it does a disservice to a series that is at the top of its genre.

Okay, now the story. It took me a little bit to get into the story. I believe that part of that is because of the narration. Once I finally got used to the narration, I was able to settle down into the story. While Kingsley isn’t on the top of my favorite characters list in this series, I do like him a lot. I was worried that the lack of banter between him and Nora would bother me, but Kingsley seems to be able to banter with anyone.

There is a lot of Søren in this book, along with some characters that are new to the series. We get to see how Søren has been a part of Kingsley’s life, even when he was not there physically. The majority of the story is Kingsley obsession with creating his BDSM kingdom and his fight with an evangelical minister (ala Westboro Baptist Church) for the building that will become The Eighth Circle.

There is no doubt in my mind that Tiffany Reisz is the queen of BDSM erotica. She writes a great story that has not only the sexiness you expect from erotica, but also a suspenseful story with deep and entertaining characters.

The King by Tiffany Reisz Audibook Narration

My review - 2 Hearts

Let me start by saying that I don’t think Elizabeth Hart is a bad narrator. I just don’t think she was a good fit for this book. The story is told completely from Kingley’s point of view. Her French accent isn’t great, and the fact that the POV speaks with a French accent, meant that there was a lot of it. I did listen at an increased speed, because her pace was a little slow for me. I thought that her male voices seemed fine. I was able to distinguish between all the different characters. I would listen to this narrator again, I just don’t think she is the narrator I would’ve picked her for this particular book.

Tiffany Reisz

Author Tiffany Reisz

Tiffany Reisz is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning Original Sinners series for Mira Books (Harlequin/Mills & Boon). Tiffany’s books inhabit a sexy shadowy world where romance, erotica and literature meet and do immoral and possibly illegal things to each other. She describes her genre as “literary friction,” a term she stole from her main character, who gets in trouble almost as often as the author herself.

She lives in Portland, Oregon. If she couldn’t write, she would die.

 

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Elizabeth Hart has been a multifaceted performer her entire life. Her interest in audible arts began with her grandfather, a member of the Choctaw tribe who liked to tell her passed-down stories from his heritage. She began performing on television and stage when she was a child and has carried her passion for entertaining into adulthood. Elizabeth lives on the west coast with her family.

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I like to thank Tantor Audio for providing me with a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

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