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montanamomreads's review
4.0
This review is for the audiobook which will be released October 24, 2023.
An adventure in Scotland. Lieutenant Carter Porter in the US receives his dead father’s journal and a ticket to Scotland. Hassie Douglass in Scotland finds some rare Jacobite coins. These two come together near Loch Ness as their lives intersect. They work together to outrun mercenaries who are after the treasure and save Hassie’s grandfather.
The story delivers fantasy, historical, and adventure themes. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator and the various voices and accents she created for the variety of characters. The narrator brought this book to life. This was a gripping story that weaved faith, friendship, family, and redemption.
I would recommend this book! Put it on your TBR.
Thank you for the audio ARC.
An adventure in Scotland. Lieutenant Carter Porter in the US receives his dead father’s journal and a ticket to Scotland. Hassie Douglass in Scotland finds some rare Jacobite coins. These two come together near Loch Ness as their lives intersect. They work together to outrun mercenaries who are after the treasure and save Hassie’s grandfather.
The story delivers fantasy, historical, and adventure themes. I thoroughly enjoyed the narrator and the various voices and accents she created for the variety of characters. The narrator brought this book to life. This was a gripping story that weaved faith, friendship, family, and redemption.
I would recommend this book! Put it on your TBR.
Thank you for the audio ARC.
susan_king's review
3.0
Treasures of the Lochs is a tale of three strangers that come together to solve the mystery of the lost treasure hidden in the Loch. Carter is one of the protagonists with several skeletons in his closet that he’s been running from for years. He finds a journal from his deceased father describing his a trip he took to Scotland before his death to go treasure hunting. Shortly after that, he receives an anonymous offer with a first class plane ticket to Scotland. Using this as an excuse to escape his life in the U.S. for a short time, he takes the ticket. When he arrives, he is unexplainably drawn to the inn worker, Hassie. She’s had a run-in with the press after finding some gold coins that she tried to sell, and Carter helps her to get out of the inn without having to talk to the press. But in her attempt to escape, chaos ensues. Carter sees she is in trouble and won’t stop until he saves her.
I enjoyed this story. It reminded me of a Scottish version of National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code. I think I may have enjoyed it more if I knew more about Scottish history and who the Jacobites were. The story slowed down at times, but it was necessary to lay ground work for the setting and history in order for the story to move forward.
The narrator was amazing! She was able to transition between multiple accents which helped keep the characters easy to identify. Her reading and pace was easy to follow and kept the story moving, even in some of the slower parts. I enjoyed listening to her.
Content Warning: Animal Violence
Thank you @NetGalley for the opportunity to read this advanced copy for an honest review!
#NetGalley #TreasuresoftheLochs #audiobook #mystery #bookstagram #bookstagrammer
I enjoyed this story. It reminded me of a Scottish version of National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code. I think I may have enjoyed it more if I knew more about Scottish history and who the Jacobites were. The story slowed down at times, but it was necessary to lay ground work for the setting and history in order for the story to move forward.
The narrator was amazing! She was able to transition between multiple accents which helped keep the characters easy to identify. Her reading and pace was easy to follow and kept the story moving, even in some of the slower parts. I enjoyed listening to her.
Content Warning: Animal Violence
Thank you @NetGalley for the opportunity to read this advanced copy for an honest review!
#NetGalley #TreasuresoftheLochs #audiobook #mystery #bookstagram #bookstagrammer
spellboundchapters's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
es_reading_corner's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
misswinchester84's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This was a fun adventure story mixed in history and treasure hunting in the modern times. I liked the characters and even the bad guy was fun to read about.
The narrator did an excellent job in my opinion in telling the story.
The CON is that when the characters are revealed on whom/what is the mysterious voice it's later gendered as female and I personally think it should have been unknown the gender. Another thing I felt about this novel felt border line Christian fiction not that anything wrong with that just felt close to very religious trying too hard not to be as in there is one creator.
Over all I really enjoyed the listen and the characters growth and the story it was a fun time.
The narrator did an excellent job in my opinion in telling the story.
The CON is that when the characters are revealed on whom/what is the mysterious voice it's later gendered as female and I personally think it should have been unknown the gender. Another thing I felt about this novel felt border line Christian fiction not that anything wrong with that just felt close to very religious trying too hard not to be as in there is one creator.
Over all I really enjoyed the listen and the characters growth and the story it was a fun time.
marcirenee1974's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
This was a super cute take on the Loch Ness Monster and I am totally here for it! I love the bringing together of the broken military man, the little girl, and wanna-be military man to go against the bad guy Russians and evil corporate fat cat! And getting a little help from some others and "Nessie" along the way! This was my 1st book by Hunter White but will most def not be my last one!
#TreasuresoftheLochs
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anilourengo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
In America, we are following Lieutenant Carter Porter, who seems to be always is in the wrong place at the wrong time, if we considered also his alcoholism, we'll think, as the police, that he is involved in several crimes: a late-night break-in at the United States Naval Academy, and several murders in the United States and Scotland. At some point in the story, he received a letter from a Scottish inn, discovered that someone paid off a first-class ticket to Scotland and decided to book a room at that same inn to try to figure it out how this stranger knew about his late father belongings in an unknown safe deposit box, while his career future is falling apart.
In Scotland, we are following Hassie Douglass, a teen who works in the Scottish inn from where the letter to Carter was sent and whose grandfather is very ill. In one of her usual walks at the shores of Loch Ness near the inn, she found four old gold coins in the Loch while praying for help to find a way to get her grandpa access to private care.
During this adventure story, we witness how Hassie and Carter fates join while trying to escape from a well-armed group of Russian mercenaries who are looking for the Jacobite treasure lost so many years ago.
In this book you will find a group of people trying to solve an ancient mystery against the clock, with a lovely coming of age ending, and maybe a time loop?
Regarding the audiobook itself, congratulations to the narrator for her success on the many different accents to differentiate each character (British, Scottish, Russian and American English).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Cancer, Gun violence, and Violence
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