The Laughing Listener
March 2018
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Nicole Poole
Length: 11 hours & 13 minutes

Story Rating: 2.5 Stars
Performance Rating: 4 Stars
Overall Rating: 3 Stars

DENVER AND MAIZY. DENVER AND MAIZY!!! Gah!! I've been waiting for this pairing since Denver's loco wolf protected little Maizy from her father in book one. They're just SO GOD DAMN CUTE my heart can't handle it. And since I've been impatiently waiting for this ship for SIX BOOKS it's not very surprising that I was a tad underwhelmed. SIGH.



It's my own fault, I shouldn't have built it up so much in my head. But what I didn't like about this was how inconsistent and random it felt. Similar to the other books, a TON of crazy shit happens. Don't get me wrong, I love the insane drama, but there wasn't really anything connecting everything together.

In [b:Seven Years|18659745|Seven Years (Seven, #1)|Dannika Dark|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1381430884s/18659745.jpg|24996744] we find out Lexi's adopted father is the evil mind behind everything. The books [b:Six Months|21548791|Six Months (Seven, #2)|Dannika Dark|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1395738349s/21548791.jpg|26490322] and [b:Three Hours|25296655|Three Hours (Seven, #5)|Dannika Dark|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1432398272s/25296655.jpg|26490339] have Delgato (Delgado??) as the mastermind. And in Ivy's [b:Four Days|23869022|Four Days (Seven, #4)|Dannika Dark|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421490830s/23869022.jpg|26490335], her former pack mate Fox was the one behind all the attacks.

That's why this time around, I kept waiting for a punchline that never came. With Maizy being so stressed about accidentally showing her birthmark in public, I thought FOR SURE that Prince had been secretly evil and staged everything—including the blind date and car accident that threatened Maizy's life—just to capture her.

But no. Apparently everything just happened at the same time coincidentally?? And after soooo much build up about Maizy being a rare "potential" that they had to keep a secret at all costs, it had shockingly little to do with the plot??? There wasn't nearly as much drama around this damn birthmark as I thought there would be and it left me a little confused.

All that crap aside, I really did like this book. Watching Denver and Maizy's relationship grow was SO FRIGGIN' ADORABLE. You'd think it would be a little weird, or even creepy given the circumstances, but it wasn't. Watching Denver struggle with his feelings made it easier to accept and understand because we take the journey with him.

FINAL WORD
Eh, this one was just okay for me. I love Denver and Maizy, but didn't like the story as much as some of the others.

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