Wicked Force

A Wicked Force Vegas - Big Sky Novella

By: Sawyer Bennett

Narrated by: Imogen Church, Shane East

From New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Sawyer Bennett...

Kynan McGrath has just joined The Jameson Group, a security organization handling everything from covert military operations to providing protection for high-profile celebrity clients. As second-in-command, Kynan has the authority to accept or decline any mission. But when a stunningly beautiful pop princess walks through the doors, Kynan knows he’ll do anything to get closer to her.

Joslyn Meyers is on the brink of super stardom, but with fame comes a level of attention she was never prepared for. She’s even less prepared for the gorgeous, tattooed, British bodyguard her mom has hired to keep her safe.

When Kynan escorts Joslyn to her hometown of Cunningham Falls for a benefit concert, it becomes clear that the threat to Joslyn’s heart is more real than any physical threat to her safety. But when Hollywood comes calling, will the pop princess and the wickedly hot Brit be able to preserve their relationship? Or will the force of their differing worlds drive them apart?

©2019 Sawyer Bennett (P)2019 Audible, Inc.

Cliffhanger

Love the author’s other works. This one was below average, but still miles ahead of other writers.

Didn’t like that there was a cliffhanger without a follow-up book.

Loved the male voice actor.

Not bad... But a cliffhanger all the same!

Overall opinion: 3.5

The mother... Ugh!

Brief Summary: No need to expand on the author's summary.

Narrator(s) Good

POV: dual

Overall Pace: fast

Instalove: sort of

H Rating: good

h Rating: spineless but ok

Sad/happy/thrill/Angst/TSTL... Mostly happy

Heat Level: moderate

Descriptive Sex: some

OW/OM Drama: sort of but not really

Sex with OW/OM: read

Cheating: read

Separation: no

Triggers: evil mom

Closure (HEA/HFN/Cliffhanger): Cliffhanger

Additional Thoughts?

Why so much inflection in everything you say

I really enjoyed the story. I felt a connection to the main characters. I was rooting for them the whole time.

My only gripe is Joslyns narrator. I’ve never heard anyone talk with so much inflection in everything that is said. It was driving me bonkers. I almost stopped listening but I’m glad I didn’t.

could not get into it

struggled to read, forced myself to finish didn't like story or lead characters. Seems like Kynan was supposed to be strong special ops, but found his character weak and immature. Recently read bodyguard series romance much,much better. (private protectors adrianne giordano)

Had to stop at Chapter 4 - Female lead’s performance was too bad to continue

I don’t like giving bad reviews, especially when the book is by an author I have 5 starred in the past, but I couldn’t keep listening past chapter 4. Imogene Church’s performance struck me as all wrong for this character who was supposed to be 19 but sounded like an really immature 14-year old. The male lead’s performance was good, and the story seems like it would be good, so I am going to read it instead of listening. In the future I likely will avoid any Audible books with Imogen Church involved but will continue to look forward to new stories by Sawyer Bennett.

Immature and whiny

I normally love this author but this book was terrible! Very adolescent compared to her normal writing. I also love the male narrator but could barely stand it listening to the female performance.

Wicked

started slow but got interesting definitely don't like the mother stage mom pushing her daughter to do what she doesn't want to do her daughter's in love with The Bodyguard The Bodyguard quit his job cuz he fell in love with her my mother don't like that my mother wants her to be a movie star even though she is a singer my mother wants to live through her what she didn't do when she was young and she wants to separate them and they're in love how to find out if there's another book to do book 2 to find out what happens can't wait😘😘😘😁🤣😃😳🤪

4 stars, predictable, cliffhanger and unclear which book is ‘next’

4 stars: The books / series were good, and based on my audience - i recommend rereading it = i would recommend it to others.
I only give 5 stars in my top 10% of books.

I tell others about the story and or book(s) in regular conversation to expose the author.

-> HUGE Sawyer Bennett fan!

Narrators

I liked the male narrator but the female narrator’s Reading is not natural. It seems forced-just as not enjoyable.

Fun story

A fun story to listen to. I will admit one of the reasons I got the audible was Shane East. Imogen Church figured in too. Both are talented narrators, so listening to them read anything wouldn't have been a hardship. However, they did have a decent story here. Not a big fan of the rock star trope, but the body guard trope balanced it out. And of course, Shane East. *sigh* But, they left us with an OMG. Not exactly a cliffhanger, but definitely with the knowledge there was more to come. Now I need to go track that down. I find that frustrating, hence the loss of a star on what otherwise may have been a five star rating on a fun story.