An awesome, thrilling, mystic love story.

🌟🌟🌟🌟 4.5 stars
🔥🔥🔥 Heat Level: 3.5
🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration: 4 (really well read, wonderful voice, but character differentiation was hard to adapt to at times)

An awesome, thrilling, mystic love story. I loved it!

This story was a thrilling chase against a psychic serial killer, stealing the powers of low-level psychics and mystics around Myrtle Beach. Somewhat damaged and jaded, Vic must stop this serial killer but is confronted with the fact that this is not a normal case and if he really wants to solve it he must stretch his mind and accept that there is a whole nother world of ghosts, magic, and psychics. 

Simon Kincade (such a great name) is a psychic medium and clairvoyant and has been burned in the past. I really liked Simon and found his character very real, strong and kind. I enjoyed 'reading' about his gifts and found that Morgan's approach to this world was wonderfully detailed and even whimsical without being overdone. I was taken into this world and was along for the ride! 

I love the passion and chemistry between Vic and Simon and while they had their roadblocks I'm glad they could overcome them and find their way back to each other. 

I look forward to many more story of this duo, Myrtle Beach and the world Morgan has created. I loved it!!

Thanks for reading!

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Great series and great characters

I love these books. I love the characters.
Well written and with the two main characters you just immediately fall in step with them.
The stories are well plotted and the relationship of Simon and Vic are well woven into it.
The narration? It's an excellent, great performance with a clear definition of who is who, which some audio books just can't seem to do.
Listened to them all so far, and loved them all.
Love the fact the books are named after Springsteen songs.

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Loved it

My first audio by both Morgan Brice and Kale Williams. I had previously read the book and thought the audio complemented it beautifully. I love books involving police investigators, I also really love books with Psychic elements. Put the two together and I’m very happy.

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I’m glad I tried again!

Despite others’ fantastic reviews, when I first read Badlands I wasn’t quite sure I enjoyed it...and I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. I decided to buy the audiobook and I am so pleased I did; Kale Williams absolutely made the book for me with his narration. What a laid back, very masculine drawl! I had obviously made a picture of our leads, Simon and Vic, which didn’t do them justice but to hear the wonderful narration added dimension and flesh to the bones of the characters, particularly Simon who, if I remember correctly, was my main offender. I’ve remarked before that I don’t know why but sometimes my switch will be flicked by a word or action, and I just roll my eyes and plough through, not able to equate what I’m reading to the men I know in my life. Who knows! Back to the book; a well written, paranormal mystery romance with amiable characters and an interesting plot. The sex was descriptive but wasn’t too frequent (though lots of hardening from a look etc...I’m not a bloke, so not sure if this is a normal affliction...men obviously have fun times!) I will buy the next in the series, as I think that the author will have a few more adventures to pen. As I didn’t do the book justice, I will buy the audio and, fingers crossed, it will have the same narrator.

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Enjoyable

Looking forward to the next book in the series. Good narration by Kyle Williams Recommed

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entertaining

pleasantly surprised and entertained. delighted to see there is more in the series. of to download the next one

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Well worth the credit

I enjoyed listening to Badlands, it had a lovely combination of a 'love story' and a crime drama. The Narrator was new to me but I thought he did an excellent job. I will be listening to Badlands, Book 2 when it is available. If debating whether or not to listen to this book, I would say "go ahead"!

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Great series

Great start to a new series with likeable characters and good narration. Looking forward to the next book.

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A bit of a daft story

What a silly story. The cops were inept and couldn't do even basic investigation - this could be down to lack of research by the author or lazy writing. Simon worked out who the killer is way too easily and his justifications for going after the killer alone were the height of ridiculousness. Good narration made it listenable.

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Narrator is great. That's the only good thing I have to say.

I feel like I know what fandom this author used to write fic for. Like, it's not subtle.

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