{"id":26682,"date":"2021-02-27T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26682"},"modified":"2021-02-09T19:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T01:01:21","slug":"wotr21-cowrite-zombies-rh-audio-zombie-queen-by-brandy-slaven-and-mary-martel-narrators-kelley-huston-jeffrey-kafer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=26682","title":{"rendered":"#WOTR21 #CoWrite #Zombies #RH #Audio &#8211; Zombie Queen by Brandy Slaven and Mary Martel, Narrators: Kelley Huston, Jeffrey Kafer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-25687\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=474%2C267\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1024%2C576 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=300%2C169 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=768%2C432 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?resize=1536%2C864 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=948 948w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/wotr-aa.png?w=1422 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/zombiequeen.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25056\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/zombiequeen.jpg?resize=327%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/zombiequeen.jpg?w=327 327w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/zombiequeen.jpg?resize=196%2C300 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 327px) 100vw, 327px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26070 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/synopsis-1.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The beginning&#8230;<br \/>\nThe beginning is always the best place to start when reflecting on what has been.<br \/>\nThinking back on it, my life had been perfect.<br \/>\nMiddle class girl in high school with a happy home life.<br \/>\nMy life had been full of nothing but promise.<br \/>\nLife was good.<br \/>\nEverything was great.<br \/>\nAnd then my whole world went to shit. In one day.<br \/>\nThe disease came first.<br \/>\nThen the dead.<br \/>\nIt was a fight for my life every single day from the start. But I was different from all the rest.<br \/>\nI had heard my mother&#8217;s screams while watching my sister become one with the undead. All the while feeling like there was absolutely nothing I could do to help them.<br \/>\nIt killed me.<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s more, it changed me.<br \/>\nI did everything I possibly could to survive on my own.<br \/>\nAnd then I learned how to survive with others.<br \/>\nBy being their Queen.<br \/>\nTheir Zombie Queen.<br \/>\nAnd by being the most feared woman they ever came in contact with.<\/p>\n<p><i>This is a WhyChoose novel full of zombies, a sword wielding badass chick, and an army of dudes.<\/i><br \/>\n<i>Recommended age 17+ due to content and language.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/buylinks.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25625\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/buylinks.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/buylinks.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/buylinks.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B089CJXWK7\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=zombie+queen+mary+martel&amp;qid=1590706542&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Zombie-Queen-Audiobook\/B08PDSMD3K\">Audible<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25377\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/angie.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I received this audio book from the author for an honest review.<\/p>\n<p>I have to say when I saw Jeffrey was a narrator, My heart SANG!! he narrates The Protectors by Teresa Gabelman and he MAKES IT!!! Kelley was a new voice for me. I enjoyed her voicing our heroine and thought she did a better job as the story moved along&#8230;maybe became more comfortable in the &#8220;voice&#8221; of Emerald??<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t even begin to tell you how amazing and crazy good this story is.\u00a0 The first chapter will have you on the edge of your seat.\u00a0 My heart was in my throat listening to Emerald tell you about the day everything changed for her.\u00a0 If that chapter does not keep you totally enthralled, then when you hear the description of the life and surroundings Emerald has\u2026I felt my skin crawling because it was so tense and so claustrophobic.\u00a0 I was dying but in heaven dying!!\u00a0 It was totally a good thing!<\/p>\n<p>This book is so fast paced at times with so much action and then other times we are feeling the despair and fear of Emerald.\u00a0 We know its been 16 months and we know she is sad, lonely and scared.\u00a0 When the Sam appears I admin I was scared outta my mind because women aren\u2019t treated the best in these worlds and Emerald knows this first-hand.\u00a0 As the other guys start to show Emerald they are not the bad guys and can be trusted, we see her open up and hope beyond hope she had a safe place.\u00a0 A Family to call her own.\u00a0 Complete with a crazy Granny!!<\/p>\n<p>The story is a lot of interpersonal relationships and dealing with the all the men and one Emerald.\u00a0 But when Emerald makes some proclamations, I was like GET IT GIRL!!!\u00a0 When our family is starting to come together and starting to find a rhythm, chaos finds them and its not even the crazy girl or the wild man who bring it home.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the action and loyalty this family shows one another.\u00a0 But sweet Baby Jesus if you ladies don\u2019t write another book, Imma be broken.\u00a0 I need some more time with some of the guys and Emerald.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-25626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/abouttheauthor.jpg?w=900 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Martel &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mary Martel was born in West Michigan and spent the majority of her life there. She currently resides in North Dakota with her husband, and her two beautiful daughters. She&#8217;s an avid reader, and when not writing she can be found with her nose stuck in a book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandy Slaven &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brandy Slaven lives in Tennessee with her husband and two wild children. If you can&#8217;t find her creating worlds with her words, you will find her with her nose in a book at the beach or hiking at a state park.<\/p>\n<p>Find her online at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorbrandyslaven.com\">www.authorbrandyslaven.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beginning&#8230; The beginning is always the best place to start when reflecting on what has been. Thinking back on it, my life had been perfect. Middle class girl in high school with a happy home life. My life had been full of nothing but promise. Life was good. Everything was great. 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