🎧 The Purveli (Aldebarian Alliance #3) by Dianne Duvall – Audiobook Review

Hello, fellow audiobook junkies. Today, I want to share my thoughts about, The Purveli written by Dianne Duvall and narrated by Kirsten Potter. The third book in Dianne’s exciting action-packed sci-fi series, Aldebarian Alliance.

I know! I don’t usually read science fiction. However, when one of my favourite indie authors decides to venture into this genre – where she goes I follow. 😘😍

My thanks to the publisher, Tantor Audio, for the audiobook in exchange for a candid review.

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What did I think about it?

Another Incredible Adventure In This Sci-fi Romance Series!

I’m already a big fan of Dianne Duvall’s books but sci-fi is not my usual reading genre. However, I love Dianne’s writing style, the language she uses and the way she paces her plots.

I was drawn into this story and remained hooked throughout.

We’d been made aware of our romantic couple, Ava and Jak’ri, in the previous story The Segonian. However, this story can be experienced as a standalone. Although you’ll be missing some great adventures if you don’t get The Lasaran (Book 1) and The Segonian (Book 2). 😘 Ava is human but her emotional strength blew me away. Ava displayed all the traits that I need a protagonist to have: resilience, intelligence and gumption. Plus she had me smiling and laughing on numerous occasions. Jak’ri was also a protagonist that ticked all my boxes. The compassionate, heroic Purvelian had my heart fluttering from the first moment we met him. I also loved the banter between Jak’ri and his brother Zev’ri. The brothers used humour against the pain and adversity, and I loved that they used this tactic to try to take Ava’s mind off of her own awful situation.

Both main and supporting characters are written with a range of personalities without being stereotypical.

What makes characters believable, are their traits. Even when reading fantasy and science fiction, I need to recognise human psychologies to build that emotional connection. The Purveli introduces us to a whole host of other characters and alien races. Don’t get me started on the Gathendians. Grrr! 🤬However, be they, hero or villain, each one was written with credibility – Dianne made me never doubt they were real.

Kirsten Potter narrated this story as she has for Dianne’s other books.

Kirsten’s performance was excellent; easily transporting me into each and every scene. She managed to convey just what the story needed when it was needed. Not only with adding emotion and tension to her performance while reading the narrative. But Kirsten also skillfully used her voice to create discernible character voices for the dialogue. Kirsten is one of the best narrators that I’ve heard.

I devoured The Purveli.

I loved everything about this story. It was a real strain to take my buds out and stop listening when life demanded my attention. 😘 We get a sneak preview of the next space adventure in the series. I can’t wait to pull back the layers of a certain space pirate.

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Keep reading to find out more about Dianne Duvall and Kirsten Potter. But first, here’s some information about this stellar series.

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And now, as promised, here’s Dianne’s bio and social media links.

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Kirsten is a fantastic narrator with a huge range of voices and accents.

[about-narrator]

Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to read my thoughts about The Purveli. Have you read it yet? Do you have any books by Dianne Duvall on your shelves or audiobooks narrated by Kirsten Potter? I’d love to compare notes. Drop me a comment and we can chat.

Dianne Duvall is one of my favourite authors – I think I might have mentioned that once or twice.😘 She is one of those authors that I don’t have to think about whether I want to buy her latest title. Before you go, check out who else is on my auto-buy list. Is YOUR favourite there?

hope I’ve sparked your interest in The Purveli and that you add this sci-fi romance to your groaning TBR piles. 😘

Bye for now,

Flora x