Time to Lie

Landon Bridges' Story, Book 1

By: Phil Taylor

Narrated by: Jeffrey Kafer

Remember that time you dated that complete nutcase and said to yourself, "I wish Future Me would have come back and warned me about this"? Remember when you and your drunk friends said, "If it's such a bad idea, someone would come back from the future and stop us", right before it blew up in your face and got you in trouble? It would be great to have someone from the future to guide your life, wouldn't it?

Landon Bridges' life hasn't always been perfect, but now he's in college and determined to make a fresh start and transform himself from high school geek to college chic...well, less geeky guy. He's finally attained his life-long goal of studying physics in college under a renowned professor. He's met the girl of his dreams and made friends with some of the cool frat guys. Things are going great, until he shows up.

A mysterious stranger intervenes to help Landon out of a terrible, possibly life changing situation, but what does he want? Why does he keep showing up? Who is he? Landon's esteemed professor suddenly seems like a flake. Landon's briefly idyllic college world seems to be spinning out of control. Landon needs to control his world and, in the process of regaining his sanity and his grip on reality, he discovers that he has talents and allies that he never imagined. But is what they're telling him the truth?

The truth is just the lie we've chosen to believe, and yours may be different than mine.

©2017 Phil Taylor (P)2017 Phil Taylor

A fun time travel listen with pop culture laughs

I had no idea what to expect prior to listening to Time to Lie, Book 1 of the Landon Bridges series, but I'm really glad that I was able to listen and review this title. It's a fun, different twist on your typical time travel story with tons of pop culture references and lol moments.

Jeffrey Kafer did a great job with the narration and Phil Taylor wrote a fun, solid story about Landon Bridges and how he began his time travelling journey, well, back in college. I won't go into specifics because I don't want to ruin anything, but this story pretty much takes place all while Landon is in college. It's a fast moving listen and honestly didn't even seem like it was 5.5 hours long because I was having so much fun listening. I see that Book 2 isn't out on Audible yet, but I'll be sure to make it a point to listen once it becomes available because I'm honestly wanting to learn what happens next with these characters and hopefully learn exactly how they end up...well, where they end up. I will make sense after you listen!

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

I want More

I am so glad I got the chance to listen to this one. A cheeky mix of a coming of age story for a young man, a guide to time travel and college parties. A very cool listen. If you are like me and loved Karate Kid then this story will make you laugh and definitely keep your attention for a few hours. The characters are very likable and you learn to like them more and more as the story goes on. There are so many pop culture and science fiction references/ shout outs sprinkled throughout this book that it gives it a kind of authenticity. With all the different timelines intermingled it lends a sort of confusion that is not confusing at all but gives this time travel tale a little something different. The main character’s sarcasm is so cheeky and fun that you cannot help but laugh at him, in a geeky way. If you are anything like me then you will love listening to the main character geek out in the college dorms and navigate his way through his freshman year. The narrator does a phenomenal job with this entire story, but especially the sarcasm. Each character has their own unique sound it gives them personality. There were scenes that you could really hear the urgency and tension in the narrator’s voice. What a great listen and I cannot wait for this series to be continued. I was provided a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for a honest review via Audiobook Boom. This is no way affected my opinion of this work.

Fascinating story

Although it started slow for me, I ended up loving this book! It's a fascinating new take on the genre; it will definitely make you think. Not only is the time-travel aspect interesting but, the action and mystery in the book keep you guessing, too. Overall, awesome story and great narration! I received a review copy at my request and voluntarily reviewed.

Great!!!

I really enjoyed this story! I'm a sucker for a good time travel story and this one was great! Well written and fantastic narration!


I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Wow, this book is a wild ride...........

Time to Lie is the first in what promises to be an interesting new adult, fantasy series. Langdon Bridges is a physics wiz entering his first year of college. Although I am a middle-aged woman, I found his internal musings hilarious. He has an incredibly dry wit and a very mature insight into himself and his failings for someone his age, but then he does things that are completely goofy and immature. The book starts out slowly as the author gives background for Langdon and sets the stage for life as a college nerd. However, once the action hits, you need to be paying attention to every sentence, or you will quickly become lost. The story has all kinds of twists and turns, and the author keeps doling out clues one bite at a time. All of this leads to an intriguing and exciting story that is poignant and sad at times and had me in stitches at others. The book ends with a total cliffhanger, and I am anxiously awaiting the release of book two on Audible soon.

In all honesty, Jeffrey Kafer could read anything and make it entertaining. However, combine his talent as a narrator with the excellent prose of Phil Taylor, and you have an amazing audiobook. His delivery and pacing are perfect, and his slightly raspy voice suited Langdon's sarcastic, self-deprecating personality to a tee. I have my fingers crossed that Kafer will be narrating all the books in this series as a I cannot imagine a better choice.

I received a copy of this audiobook at my request in exchange for this honest review.