Bloodied Hands

The Bellandi Crime Syndicate Series, Book 1

By: Adelaide Forrest

Narrated by: Meghan Kelly, Patrick Zeller

She’s an innocent.

Caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

My Angel is the one who got away—the only person in the world I love. When she is caught in an unsanctioned bank robbery in my territory, only my reputation protects her.

She should have stayed away.

Instead, she charges back into my life like a shining beacon in my otherwise bleak existence. She has no place in my world where hardened criminals toy with the lives of the innocent.

A better man would let her go—again.

There’s no white picket fence in life with a Bellandi, and she deserves so much more. I pushed her away once, but now that she’s back I won’t let anything else come between us.

Not even Ivory herself.

Bloodied Hands is a full-length standalone novel with dark content. The Bellandi Crime Syndicate Series includes several full-length standalones that can be listened to in any order, but would present a better listening experience following the suggested listening order.

©2020 Adelaide Forrest (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

A bit of a miss on audio

I had some issues with the story, but the female narrator really ruined it for me. So flat and monotone and didn’t do a good job with the occasional Italian words thrown in (i.e. cara mia). It just really took me out of the story, which was already just “meh” for me. The “hero” did a couple of unforgivable things and there was zero grovel. Not even a come to Jesus with the heroine. She just accepted it because his fears about her safety were proven true.

Not sure I’m going to continue the series, but I definitely will NOT be continuing on audio if the narrator is the same.

Brutal narration

The narration was brutal. The female was whining and monotone. Males voice wasn’t much better. I powered thru it but will not listen to book 2 because it has the same narrators.

The story is simple

I like that the story is simple and straightforward but I don’t like the narrator’s. The female is kind of robotic and her voice doesn’t fit the character the male is fine but still not the greatest narration.

Weak women make Sick!

Ok, there is being persuaded, and then there is simply weak. Overall, the storyline is ok, but the extreme way the female character just takes everything with little to no pushback is annoying.
Surely, we can do better.

Narrator

From the first minute I was not sure if I will make it to the end… I could not stand the female narrator. I’ve checked opinions and agree with all regarding it. Question in each sentence… I am sure the author did not want get character to be whiny and weak, but narrator has made her so. Out of respect, as I am a polish writer too, I have listened to the end. To the narrator- your voice is ok, but please work with someone and learn. You can do it, but you need someone to teach you how to not waste author’s work. You can do it!