Review: Gracie & Zeus Live the Dream by Elizabeth Roderick, read by Ivy Tara Blair
Elizabeth Roderick’s Gracie & Zeus Live The Dream is a well-written, captivating, and entertaining cozy romantic mystery novel filled with unique characters, interesting situations, and driven by a compelling plot.
The author draws from her experience as a musician and songwriter in order to create believable scenarios and lifelike protagonists Gracie & Zeus are both troubled characters, each with their own quirks and problems, and with time they started to really grow on me.
Gracie gives a last chance to her dream of becoming a successful music journalist and takes Zeus – the adopted son – with her in what is to become the adventure of their lives. Of course, they are getting into much more than they bargained for as kidnapping, attempted murder, sex, and many other things will combine and collide in this roller coaster of a wild ride set against the backdrop of Los Angeles’ wildly popular music scene.
Audiobook narrator, producer, and musician Ivy Tara Blair delivers a balanced performance and manages to bring all the characters in Gracie & Zeus Live The Dream to life in this excellent audio production. She reads in a pleasant, calm, and soothing voice while keeping a fast pace, infusing the narrative with joy and emotion at just the right moment. Although she doesn’t assign different voices or wild accents to the dialogs, I think that she did a great job with this narration.
So, if you are in the mood for a cozy mystery with a touch of romance and influenced by music and musicians, you should definitely check out Gracie & Zeus Live The Dream, both Elizabeth Roderick and Ivy Tara Blair are very talented and it’s clear that this was a labor of love for all involved in it.
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