Honestly I’m not an Elvis fan. My husband is (we even have an Elvis Christmas tree) so I thought I’d give this book a listen. I’m so glad I did. Hearing Elvis & Priscilla’s love story from her was wonderful. You can feel how much she still loves him even now.

Was the age thing a little weird? Yes and would absolutely not be acceptable today. But times were different then. & I wish there was a different end to their story. Sigh so heartbreakingly beautiful.

I actually own the 1986 edition of this book thanks to a library book sale, but I hadn't actually read it. I love nonfiction read by the author, so I jumped at the cha de to get copy of the audio.

I'm not one to give a negative review on a memoir--who am I to judge their life. I will, however, say that her choice to overly simplify her thoughts was interesting. I understand when the book starts, she's 14 years old. But at the time she wrote it, she was in her 30's, so the immaturity of the writing sounded super bizarre. This makes me want to go back and watch interviews to see if this is really how she speaks.

I refuse to say anything bad about Elvis because I LOVE HIM (I even walked down the aisle to one of his songs at my wedding) but this book did leave me feeling a bit icky. Was it normal for a 24 year old to date a 14 year old back then? I honestly don't know, but i doubt it right? The fact that her parents were so on board. Oof.

This is a super quick read, so I'm glad I picked it up. Now don't mind me while I travel down a rabbit homes of Pricilla Presley interviews.

Enjoyed this book as another window into Elvis' most interesting life. It is a bonus that the audiobook is narrated by Priscilla herself, and the tale commences with a bang which follows through to the very end.

Priscilla gives an inside look into her marriage with Elvis and how his stardom affected their marriage. She give insight into the problems they had during and even after their marriage. We see all the different people that were also a part of their life during that time.
I find it really hard to believe that her parents would have let her date him at her age and travel. That was really hard to digest. But I guess it was a different time then. Elvis was very generous to people and we see how some took advantage of him because of it.
This book gives us a personal account that we have not heard before about Elvis.

I read Elvis and Me as a younger girl, and I still remember this book so vividly! I am so glad the audiobook has been released! What a treat for a new audience of Elvis fans!

I really enjoyed listening to this memoir narrated by Priscilla Presley herself. As she relates how she and Elvis first met and fell in love, she tells about extravagant shopping trips and gifts as Elvis gradually transformed her into his idea of the perfect woman. I never knew he had her dye her hair to match his because he thought it made them look good together! The bouffant hair and false eyelashes were his idea. Priscilla allowed herself to be changed because she loved Elvis, yet she always suspected he was being unfaithful. There came a time when the fabulous gifts meant nothing because Priscilla only wanted Elvis.

Priscilla Presley laughs several times throughout the narration as she reveals pleasant memories and humorous moments. She also describes bittersweet moments as her marriage came to an end. She reveals when things changed and what really went wrong with her marriage. She tells who (what) Elvis really loved. I didn’t learn too much that I didn’t already know, but I enjoyed hearing it from her point of view.

Thank you @blackstonepublishing for my gifted audiobook. My thoughts are my own.

Elvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley was such an awesome audiobook. Hearing Priscilla’s own voice narrating her own life and life with Elvis was pretty special. Her personal touch just added so much more to this audiobook. I HIGHLY recommend if you get the opportunity to read this book …. Definitely snag the audiobook version. You will not be disappointed for sure.

Growing up in our household was all about Elvis. My mother LOVED and adored that man. She had her own personal shrine if you will dedicated to Elvis. Elvis music was always playing throughout our days at home. I’ve seen all of the Elvis movies on repeat as well. So when I seen this audiobook on NetGalley I knew I had to request it immediately. I wish my mother was still here because she would have LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this audiobook.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an audiobook of Elvis and Me. It touched my heart. It was heartbreaking at times but it was so nostalgic for me. All opinions are my own. 5 Elvis Rocking Stars!!

I really enjoyed Priscilla reading this book in the audio version. Her little laughs as she would tell parts of it, added life and human connection to the words. After watching the recent movie and feeling bad for Elvis, parts of this book made me mad at him, but ended with me continuing to feel bad for him. I had to keep telling myself, remember the time period, people didn't talk about their mental health.

I really enjoyed listening to Priscilla Presley read her book Elvis and Me. Her soft voice, her memories, and the circumstances make a compelling story. When she begins a new chapter I feel the fairy tale beginning again. Wonderful story!
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC.

I love all things Elvis. I’m just like that, one day I stumble upon a new thing/person to start being passionate about and well, Elvis has been one of these people. I think Elvis was a significant figure in music, he surely was a breathtaking performer and it’s inevitable, it all made me really curious to know more about his life. I’ve seen documentaries and read a little about his life but as soon as I saw this audiobook I figured I had to listen to it, cause it felt different from anything I’ve seen before! I did not regret it.

It was such a nice book. It felt like being part of Elvis’ life. It was an intimate story and the fact that it was read by Priscilla herself made it feel even more personal. She did so well and it really felt like listening to precious memories and reliving them with her. This is an emotional and honest sharing of the life of one of the most legendary artists. Elvis and Priscilla didn’t have the most ideal relationship and they weren’t perfect people, you see their struggles, their ups, their downs, but you also see their love for each other, which was undeniable.

The story shared in this book is a must for any Elvis fan but also for anyone simply looking for a good interesting read.

Thanks to Blackstone Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This one is hard to rate. Was it well written? Yes. Did it make me feel super cringe about Elvis? So much yes. This was not a romantic story. It was gross in so many ways. Pricilla was a child.

My star rating on this book is absolutely based on how compelling and entertaining it was. I adore biographies and stars as famous as Priscilla Presley are a total go-to for me, it's like diving into a giant vat of Hollywood gossip!

I'd be interested in others opinions on this book. Originally released in 1985 but now this new audio version is out read by Priscilla herself. It's the story of Priscillas life from just prior to meeting Elvis up until his death in 1977.
Elvis fans might want to skip my next few sentances...
I don't like being negative about folk but I'd be gobsmacked if anyone could read this and still have a high opinion of Elvis afterwards. I feel I need to know what lead Elvis to become this pill popping, controlling, bossy spoilt brat who over ate and died on the toilet!.... I am absolutely going to research his early life to try and give him the benefit of the doubt because right now my opinion of him is very low.... The fact she was 14 and he was 24 when they sparked up a relationship I find really disturbing (no idea what her parents or Elvis were thinking,!)... There were many disturbing elements to their story.
I didn't warm to Priscilla massively either as I just couldn't identify with her or work out her real character....

...But all that being said I really enjoyed hearing about this hugely famous couple, I'm obviously not currently an Elvis fan anymore but I will openly admit to being totally fascinated by him.

Thank you to @netgalley and @blackstonepublishing
For as ARC of this novel

Received a copy of this audiobook to listen to. By having Priscilla Presley narrate it put a personal touch to the book. Reader felt like she was sharing stories and didn’t seem like a book. Made it enjoyable her style of telling a story

Thank you @netgalley and @blackstonepublishing for allowing me to listen to this audiobook in exchange for a review.
I was so excited when I saw this book available, read by Priscilla herself. Getting to hear behind the scene stories of her time with Elvis was magical. I loved getting to know his personality on from an insiders view. .
This book was full of giggles and sadness. We all know how this story ends, but the events that let up to that moment were a mixture of dazzling and devastation.
I finished the book feeling a great sadness for the life and potential lost.

I always find rating biography type books hard to do. However this book is very problematic and I would recommend not reading it if you are a huge Elvis fan because it kind of ruins that.

Sometimes it's best not to know.

I enjoyed this book thoroughly. Hearing Priscilla’s thoughts and experiences gives you another look at the King. She was honest and I appreciated that.

Priscilla Presley is the ex-wife of the king of Rock and Roll. I was a teenager when he died, and neither I nor most of my peers were fans; in the event his name did come up, we’d invariably ask, “Wait. Do you mean young hot Elvis, or old pudgy Elvis?” But I do love a good memoir, and those written by or about musicians are high on my list. My thanks go to Net Galley and Macmillan Audio for the review copy. This audio version of the author’s 1985 memoir is for sale now.

The relationship between Priscilla and Elvis took place in a completely different time, with completely different sexual mores and assumptions. That said, this was still a truly messed up pairing. Today, Elvis would probably be considered a predator, but within the context of the American South in the 1950s and early 1960s, he was regarded as a romantic, and women threw themselves at his feet. A quick online peek at old film and television clippings says it all.

Priscilla grew up in a strict but loving household. Her stepfather, the only father she knew, since her own died when she was an infant, was a military man, and so the family moved often. It was while they were stationed in Germany that one of Elvis’s employees saw Priscilla and invited her to meet with Elvis, who was doing his own tour of duty.

I have to feel for the bind her parents were in. On the one hand, she was just fourteen years old, and Presley was twenty-four, a grown man. On the other hand, if they refused to let her go, she would never have forgiven them; this was an invitation that literally millions of girls yearned for. Seeking a happy medium, her stepdad set boundaries: they were to be chaperoned, never alone together, and he wanted her home at a certain time. He groused about the fact that someone other than Elvis would be transporting her, but the reason was a legitimate one: Elvis could not drive himself anywhere without the car being mobbed. It was genuinely unsafe.
Rather than being the single event that the family anticipated, Elvis made their visits regular ones; when her parents balked, Elvis spoke to them personally, turning all of his charismatic charm on them, and telling them everything they wanted to hear. Most of it was untrue, of course, but the one thing he adhered to was not having sexual intercourse. During this time period, the Madonna-Whore dichotomy was alive and well, and any girl or woman known to have sex outside of marriage was likely to be ostracized by former friends and in some cases, family. It’s hard to imagine now, but at that time, no birth control pill had been invented, and a pregnancy outside of marriage was likely to ruin a young woman’s entire life.

Priscilla reads this memoir to us herself, and that makes it much more fun to hear. As we age our faces and our bodies change a lot, but our speaking voices change very little. Remembering some of the silly moments from that time, the author lets out a brief, girlish giggle, and it’s almost impossible to believe that she is now a grandmother.

Priscilla acknowledges that this was a monstrously unequal relationship. Elvis dictated whom she could talk to, what she wore, and sometimes even what room in the house she was supposed to be in. At one point, when he is going to be touring for months on end and she will be left at home with his grandmother, she goes out and gets a job. She’s so proud of herself. He makes her quit immediately. When he phones from the road, she had by God better be there. Priscilla compares this to Pygmalion. He has all the power, and she is in his thrall before she has even had a chance to grow up.

I have read two other Elvis biographies, and as dreadful as all of this sounds, the other authors were less gentle. In fact, this is part of Priscilla’s stated reason for deciding to tell her own story.

There are advantages to reading this particular biography. The official version of events is often what is published, but Priscilla is positioned to know the real story, more often than not. For example: when Elvis is drafted, the official story is that, although stars of his caliber are often offered soft assignments that involve singing to the troops, or making inspirational training films, Elvis insisted on doing the same job as every other American man. On the other hand, Priscilla states that this is all his manager’s doing, because it will make Elvis appear noble. Enough new songs were taped in advance for there to be regular new releases on the radio throughout his tour of duty; toward the end, Elvis feigns illness because he’d prefer to be in the hospital being swarmed by nurses than marching around and getting dirty.

Her memory of Elvis, despite everything he put her through, is mostly a tender one. The spiral that led to his death, his issues with mental health, back before much was known, coupled with the immense number of strong prescription drugs he used to wake up in the morning and go to sleep at night—or to NOT go to sleep at all, and just stay up, night after night—set him up for relationships with unscrupulous characters, and nobody could rein him in, because he was the King.

Recommended to those that like vintage rock music or well-written memoirs of famous musicians.

I have been an Elvis fan most of my life. I love hearing about his life and career. He was a very talented, spiritual, and complex man. He was also a very loving man, based on the events his ex-wife, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley describes in this audiobook. She has created a timeline of her joys and sadness. In the epilogue, she confesses how difficult this book was for her to write. She bared her soul to portray Elvis as he really was to her and the people with which he surrounded himself.

Listening to Priscilla read her book about her life with Elvis was wonderful. The stories she told were made more personal hearing her voice and tender laughter made the book even more enjoyable.

Other than a very general knowledge of who Elvis was, and his legacy after death, I really didn't know a lot about him and certainly didn't know hardly anything about his wife, Priscilla. Admittedly, I never gave it a lot of thought, but when I saw that she had written a book and that NetGalley had an audiobook version available, my interest was piqued.

I've noted that many other reviewers have reviewed this book poorly due to the person that Elvis was, and the choices he made in his life. These reviews have focused on content rather than delivery, which is an unfair assessment. While my eyes have been opened to the flawed person that Elvis was, I don't hold that against the book itself.

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook, narrated by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley herself. The story of her life with Elvis was well laid out and followed a logical timeline that was easy to follow and appreciate. A level of emotion and reverence was brought to the story by listening to the author tell her own story that could have been lost if narrated by someone who didn't live the life Priscilla did. Other than her strangely timed giggles throughout the audiobook, I really enjoyed her tell the story of her life.

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley. She narrated the story beautifully! Love her little laughs at various humorous points in the story! Her account of her life with Elvis was straightforward and honest. Listening to her story rather than reading was more meaningful, with feeling, and brought her account to life!