Audiobook Review – The Hunt (The Wilds, Book 2) by Donna Augustine, Narrated by Angel Clark (3/5 stars)

Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopia
Length: 7 hours and 25 minutes (308 pages)
Publisher: Strong Hold Publishing
Release Date: November 2, 2016
ASIN: B01M3VVZ0V
Stand Alone or Series: 2nd book in the Wilds series
Source: Audiobook from Audible.com
Rating: 3/5 stars

“Living in the Wilds isn’t any picnic, but I thought I had a handle on things; avoid the beasts and I won’t get eaten, avoid the waterways and the pirates won’t kill me, and stab every Dark Walker I see. That was before I found out Tiffy’s friends were real and back when I’d never heard of the Skinners. Now my magic is on the fritz, and people are disappearing. Dax won’t let me kill any Dark Walkers, and avoiding the beasts is impossible when I live with one. Amidst all this, I’ve become the most wanted woman around.”

This is the second book in The Wilds series. I have been listening to this series on audiobook (I bought the complete boxed set). It’s been an okay post-apocalyptic YA read.

I listened to this on audiobook and wouldn’t really recommend. The narrator is a bit hard to listen to. Dahlia’s thinking voice is super sultry and soft and her speaking voice is kind of shrill. I had this issue with the first audiobook as well. The voices are very inconsistent; some are hard to hear and others are painfully shrill.

The main story revolves around Tiffy getting kidnapped and Dahlia and Dax trying to get her back. It’s a pretty simple story. Much of the book is focused on Dax and Dahlia and their strange not-quite-yet in a relationship struggle; I wish there had been less of this.

There are some interesting developments around Dahlia’s special powers and the creatures that lurk around after the Bloody Death plague.

I think the author overstates things and spells out what the characters are thinking a bit too much, it comes across as very heavy handed. I honestly wouldn’t continue with this series if I didn’t own all the books as part of the boxed set. It’s okay but not great.

Overall this is an okay series but not great. I would probably enjoy it more if I was reading it in paper format rather than listening to it on audio. There are some interesting developments around Dahlia’s character but the plot remains very “relationship” focused.

This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge