Honestly, I'm only about 8 mins in and I came to the comments to see if anyone else was having the same reaction. You described it perfectly, over-caffeinated and manic...almost like she's trying to hard...in all the wrong spots, lol.
I think my aunt would love this, because she's all about princes or knights in shining armor rescuing damsels. I am all about self-rescuing princesses, or witches. This main character is not self-rescuing, and the men in her life are way too domineering for my tolerance. The way her ex behaves is inexcusable and unforgivable in my opinion. But again, I know people to whom this would appeal. I had a reputation for kicking bullies in the crotch by 5th grade, and it has only progressed. My tolerance for men who think they can physically intimidate women is nill. I listened to the end, hoping the heroine would discover inner strength and defeat her smarmy foes, or that there would be a girl power moment when her coven sisters came to her rescue and reaped vengeance upon the serial killer who slaughtered their sisters, but alas, males rescued her while she sat any cried. I don't mean to be critical, just to let other readers sort themselves. Some people will love this, just not ornery gals like myself.
I've barely started it and had to come to the comments because of the narrarator herself, loud, over emotional in the wrong places...it's coming off like she's trying too hard. Thanks for this warning, I would be upset to suffer listening to this only to find a dismal, unsatisfying ending.
Darn, why is she so very hyper? I can't really rate the story because the narrator was so busy screaming at top speed. I' d have turned it off but was in another room. Then again, to be fair, I might be freaked out too given the situation. Still that 2 1/2 hours of loud.
