SE Harmon does a great line in snark and wit, but Chris’s wise-cracking cynicism sat awkwardly with the seriousness of his situation and the tragedy of his past. I had similar issues with the plot holes and inconsistencies but I mainly struggled with the tone. But like other reviewers, the execution did not quite work for me. I loved the premise of this, I love all things SE Harmon and I appreciated this journey into romantic sci-fi thriller. As Chris desperately tries to piece together his former life, he soon discovers he doesn’t like the answers to his questions. Gray, the boyfriend he remembers, tells him they split up years ago while Andy, the guy who claims Chris is his current boyfriend, gives him the creeps. 11 keep a copy with me at all times Ĭhristian Cross wakes up in hospital with a gunshot wound to the head and a severe case of amnesia.6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator.📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 7

In the beginning I was a little lost and had to go back and listen to the first two chapters again, it took me a while to figure out where I was losing myself were the lines of inner monologue, I would have found it easier if there was a stronger 'tonal change' to make the inner monologue clearer, there was a slight change, but until I got used to it, I didn't really notice it (this is where italicised text in a book makes things easier!). I did nudged the speed up to 1.1x just to ramp up the atmosphere slightly, the native 1.0x speed just felt a smidge passive and that slight speed increase just helped add a little more tension which I felt better suited the pace of the story. He suited the characters, has good cadence, inflections and intonations and it was easy to tell the characters apart. Narrator comment: Kai Rubio is a new narrator for me and I enjoyed his performance. It is part of a series so does end on a sort of a cliff-hanger. Once it got going the pace was good, the interaction between the characters was engaging (I really enjoy Christian's snarky personality) and the underlying story is intriguing as Christian tries to put the pieces of his old life together. Chrysalis was not at all what I expected, and is very different to what I thought it would be given the opening chapters. This book isn't a straight 'guy wakes up with amnesia' story, there are sci-fi elements wrapped up in Chris's character's past. Story comment: Good pace, likeable characters, interesting plot I went into this one knowing nothing more than the brief Publishers Summary which in the grand scheme of the story gives away very little! I found the story a little slow to start, but once Chris's secrets started spilling out I got sucked right in.

Chrysalis by S.E. Harmon