Violated by @JamieFessenden1 | Cats 4 Star Audiobook Review {@dreamspinners}

• Written by: Jamie Fessenden
• Narrated by: K.C. Kelly
• Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins 
• Unabridged Audiobook




Release Date:03-21-16
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC
Buy links: Dreamspinner Press  
Amazon audio | Audible | iTunes


NOTE: Available through Amazon/Audible on Whispersync for just $1.99 for the Narration when you purchase the E-book.






"A tough subject handled well."


What did you like best about this story?
I liked that Jamie went all out on the rape scene and didn't make it off the page as in some books. He doesn't pull punches or sugar coat the drama in the story. As a survivor, I can relate to Derek and appreciate Russ.


Have you listened to any of K.C. Kelly’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No. I haven't. I admit at first I thought it was just so-so. There isn't much infliction among the characters and all the view switching at the first of the book was very hard to follow. He redeemed himself at the end where there were more inner thoughts and just narration. He became very powerful in evoking the emotions Derek seemed to feel. That's why I changed the rating that had been a three throughout the book to a 4


Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes. The Christmas scene where Derek was alone I cried.


Any additional comments?
I enjoyed this story, though it is a tough read/listen. I give the author a high five for dealing with a touchy subject. Just because a person is big and strong doesn't make him or her invincible. Being intoxicated is not a yes. I appreciate that Jamie brought forth so much emotion in the story. I will say there were scenes like Russ's vacation at the nude farm that had me scratching my head and wondering why it was there.
I do think in this particular story with the front having so many switches in view things were a bit jarring and hard to follow.

If you like a darker story, drama, angst, touchy subjects, and a story of two men forming a relationship through tough times. thisis for you.
Warning if you have triggers and rape is one of them this may not be for you.


Cat gives this one 4 Purrs....







Jamie Fessenden set out to be a writer in junior high school. He published a couple short pieces in his high school's literary magazine and had another story place in the top 100 in a national contest, but it wasn't until he met his partner, Erich, almost twenty years later, that he began writing again in earnest. With Erich alternately inspiring and goading him, Jamie wrote several screenplays and directed a few of them as micro-budget independent films. He then began writing novels and published his first novella in 2010. 

After nine years together, Jamie and Erich have married and purchased a house together in the wilds of Raymond, New Hampshire, where there are no street lights, turkeys and deer wander through their yard, and coyotes serenade them on a nightly basis. Jamie recently left his "day job" as a tech support analyst to be a full-time writer.


Author links: Website | Twitter | Goodreads