The Voice of Waterfalls

By: Natasha A. Salnikova

Narrated by: Michelle Marie

Inga manages to escape from a house of terror where she was held as a sex slave along with other girls who were kidnapped. She is chased into the woods and runs onto the road, almost falling under the wheels of an approaching car. She thought, it would be better to die that way than to return to her captors. The driver of the car, to her surprise, saves her. He brings her to his house and introduces her to his family: his mother, his father, and his younger sister. He gives Inga a key to a separate room and brings her food. She appreciates his help and calls him her knight from the road. All she needs now is a phone to make a call to her mother. Her savior, Alman, says they don't have one in the house. He's also not in a hurry to take her from his house in the woods to the town of Quiet River where she can talk to police. And Inga began to doubt the noble intentions of her savior. After some time she starts to think this house is worse than the one she was imprisoned in before, if that was possible.

©2016 Natalia Salnikova (P)2017 Natalia Salnikova

Nice and spooky!

A very interesting and fun horror novel! The point of view change took some getting used to, but it was brilliant how it all came together.

wow, from one bad life to anther

This poor girl, really, what else could go wrong for her?
She is finally on her own out in the big girl, naïve and ready to be in model and just live life a little bit. well it all goes down hill from there. The story starts off with her at what she call the house of torture where she is a captive sex slave. She finally escapes, and finds herself in a worse hell, if that is even possible.
I read a few reviews about how it needs to be edited. It seems the audiobook was edited. This book was translated I believe from the Russian to English, there maybe a few parts that have maybe a funny saying our two but nothing really to noticeable.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Cookie cutter plot

Skilled writing and an interesting if predictable story. A bit to cookie cutter for my tastes.

The narration was mediocre. Not the best.

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Not what I was expecting!

I found this book to be both intriguing and repelling at the same time. The author was new to me, while I have listened to the narrator on other books. I think I had a hard time with the evil in this book. The setting was a small town not far from Seattle, but it seemed like it was in another country. Per other reviews, this book was translated from another language. The book almost had two stories woven into one. This book was described as a thriller and I felt it was more horror. My genre preferences are Mystery and Romance and I thought it would be fun to try something new. I just am not ready to listen outside my comfort zone. My low rating on the story was because I did not like the evilness of the story. Some of the twists and turns appealed to me, but this book wasn't for me. My review is not a synopsis of the book, but rather my opinion of it. I was provided this audiobook at no charge by the author, narrator, and/or publisher in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

Horrifying and Totally Awesome

Any additional comments?

"The Voice of Waterfalls" was an incredibly pleasant surprise! As many other reviewers have noted, the book has a premise that has been done before (girl escapes evil, finds herself entrapped in a greater evil!). However, I completely disagree that this story was cliched. I think Salnikova hit on all the points we would expect, but did it in such a way that I found it satisfying, surprising and compelling. The villains in this tale are unimaginably twisted; I couldn't stop listening for I absolutely had to know how Inga was going to get out of that mess. The characters were believable despite their sinister behavior; the paranormal element was a unique and interesting plot point.

Michelle Marie, however, was the rockstar of this book for me. She pulled me in right from the beginning and made me feel pity for the characters even when I thought they were being stupid. Her voice performance was absolutely stellar - I intend to seek out more books narrated by her!

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.