DNF. Can't stand Angel

I'm not reading the third book because Alex deserves better than that f**king bitch, Angel. She is such a GD crybaby Alex has been nothing but awesome and she just whines and throws fits like a three year old. If you're looking for a strong female lead, this isn't the book series for you.

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If not for Zachary Webber...

If not for Zachary Webber, it would've been a DNF. He was great as always. Jesse Briar's performance was a bit boring.

The story was okay. Angel is supposed to be a doctor of psychology but acts like an immature teenager. Love Alex - he deserves better.

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Could have been so much better

Same as the first one...interesting concept and interesting narration/performances (am a big ZW fan). BUT way way too much of the same thing...too much description of clothing and name brands (e.g., Rolex Watch actually would have been MORE had it been Piaget; suits -- Armani; shoes Prada and on and on).

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Too much push and pull

This book was incredibly frustrating and honestly I wanted to DNF it so many times. After finishing Book 1, I thought this series was going to be a refreshing change and had really high hopes that it was going to be amazing.

The downfall of book 2 was what happened to be why I thought book 1 was so amazing. In book 1, I thought wow, we finally have a heroine who is well educated, strong and had such a healthy respect for herself. She is a criminal profiler and a relationship talk show host on the side. We got to see her give advice to women and how to handle their relationships in book 1. Her guidance was smart and helped women to see they needed that same self respect she was displaying in herself. When Angel finally met Alex, a known playboy, I thought she handled him perfectly.

This leads us into book 2 and at the beginning of hers and Alex's relationship and danger that is lurking after Angel. The book just fell apart at the first sign of trouble. Angel pushed Alex away so fast I got whiplash from it. She turned from a smart, intelligent woman, to a someone I didn't recognize. All that wonderful advice she gave to her listeners went out the window. She even admits this to herself.

This whole book, these two are only together maybe 2 or 3 chapters. The rest was fighting. I don't even blame Alex. He was fighting for her, them as a couple and for her safety and all she did was push and treat him like he was the one in the wrong. It got to a point where I felt Alex deserved someone better.

I hate that I'm letting her actions dictate how much I didn't enjoy this book. Everything else about what I loved in Book 1 is stil here in book 2, except Angel. She set a cloud of doom over all of it with the way she handled everything. I did manage to make it to the end to see Angel and Alex finally get back together. This gives me high hopes that book 3 will be more like book 1.

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Book 2

What did you love best about Confessions After Dark?

Confessions After Dark is Kahlen Aymes follow up to Angel After Dark. Kahlen has woven such a wonderful story about a headstrong psychologist and a perfect Alpha Businessman.
Alex is all that you want in a male. Strong, possessive, sexy, sweet and an all-around Alpha to the max. Truly, I want one  Angel is a head strong, independent, strong career woman. It’s so wonderful not to have a whiny leading lady. Angel gives as good as she gets as far as Alex is concerned. The narrators performed well.

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Couldn't finish

I can't finish this - I stopped 4 chapters in. Even with Zachary Webber narrating. The premise of the series is ridiculous especially when the judge put a gag order on the case, preventing those involved from discussing any detail. Yet, she keeps reciting "professional ethics" from being to talk about the case when in fact it's the gag order that the judge placed on the case. Also as a practing psychologist, you are still bound by patient privacy despite not having an MD. So everything written in the story is rendered moot. It's not believable and the female character is so whiny and crumbles everytime something bad happens. Yet she doesn't want to tell her boyfriend because the case has nothing to do with him. But she breaks protocol (huge violation there) and blatantly tells the bad guy she's going to do whatever it takes to get him.

There were so many eye roll moments in the beginning, I'm not sure how those who listened to all 3 titles were able to move past. It seems only the top layer of research was done regarding the main female's professional role as well as how criminal cases are handled regarding psychological tests etc. Everything else written in felt like Google searches.

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Loved the dual narration!

What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I really enjoyed the narration and it brought the story to life.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed the series and loved the dual narration. This was the first book I heard with dual narration and it was very enjoyable.

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Fantastic!!

Confessions After Dark blew me away! This is book 2 in the After Dark series by Kahlen Aymes. The intensity and passion are kicked up a notch in this book with added suspense.
The narrators only made this book hotter!!

The more I get of Alex, the more I want. In this book we get to see all sides of Alex, hard, soft, emotional and of course alpha!

Angels hard exterior crumbles as she opens herself to Alex.

This is a 5 star must read! I can't wait to see what Kahlen has in store for us in Promises After Dark!

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Performance great but heroine is infuriating!

I love the voice actors but the story is disjointed in many places. that could have been forgiven if the leading lady wasn't so absurd. she's supposed to be a self confident and intelligent woman and instead we get a hysterical and irrational twit that doesn't use even a minute of logic in any of her actions. in reality if someone in her position behaved the way she does, she would lose her job much less the love of her life. women like this hurt those of us that work to be taken seriously in relationships and in the office. this is why men refuse to see us as equal. If you truly love someone, you have to be able to talk to them about anything. you can't use every excuse to run away and have no consideration for the other person. I will look for other books read by the narrators but not interested in more stereotypical weak women.

Do not recommend

Wow this female reader is terrible. I got this book for Zachary Webber and had to fast forward through and never heard his voice.
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