The Registration by Madison Lawson, an audiobook narrated by Kathleen McInerney was MAD! Good mad but mad! This an action thriller! This thriller made me on the edge of my seat ALL the way through. For me, this is a sign of a good book! Seriously, the narrator did such a great job that I forgot that I am listening to the book! It was like watching an absolutely intense action movie for hours and hours! This is an absolutely 5-star book for me as the author and narrator need a massive talent to keep your emotions and stress level on the edge! I love it!

This is a different type of world where they live in. Their current political and justice system allows each citizen once in their lifeline legally take the life of one person without consequences. There are some rules in place, for example, you must register the person and for that, you will need the person's name and date of birth. But once that is done you have 2 weeks to complete the action.
The main character Lynell decides to use her unique chance and she is in the queue to register her abusive stepdad. While she is waiting in the queue she hears that someone is registering her! There is no doubt it's she as the name and date of the birth match! Lynell's life becomes a ticking time bomb and she has just 14 days to survive. Who is using their only chance to go after her? Why he is doing this and what does he want?

And this is where the unbelievable race starts and it never finishes until the last page of this book!
Lynell realizes that things are way more complicated than she ever suspected and to survive she will need a miracle!

Thank you, NetGalley and CamCat Books for this unbelievably intensive journey!
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Eric Elysian is the ruler of the New World, where a disturbing practice of registration exists. Individuals can register someone to be murdered, and the registrant has a two-week window to execute the act without facing any consequences. After the two-week period, it reverts to being a murder charge. Lanell Myers finds herself in a shocking situation when she overhears a stranger named Zachary Smith expressing his intent to register her for murder. The news leaves her speechless, and she hastily departs the building.

Upon returning to her apartment, Lanell is taken aback to find her ex, Daniel, waiting for her. She feigns annoyance at his presence, but he persistently implores her to leave town. Reluctantly, she agrees, and as they spend time together, old feelings of love resurface. However, their reunion is cut short when Zachary intervenes, forcibly taking Lanell away from Daniel. Lanell eventually discovers that there is a connection between Daniel and Zachary, but their true identities and motives remain shrouded in mystery.

Upon her return to Dallas, Lanell's world is turned upside down as she uncovers a series of shocking revelations. "Just Booked" proves to be an enthralling read, albeit with triggers such as violence and discussions of murder. Despite these intense themes, the book is highly recommended. While there is potential for a sequel, it is unclear whether the author intends to write one. However, if she decides to do so, I would eagerly anticipate reading it.

Regarding the audiobook narration, the narrator's pacing was slightly slow for my taste. Although I appreciated her voice tone and overall narration, I wished for a slightly quicker delivery. I resorted to increasing the playback speed on my audio player, but it sounded a bit off. Nonetheless, the narrator did an admirable job overall.

In conclusion, "Just Booked" is undoubtedly deserving of a solid four-star rating. Madison Lawson is a new author to me, but I will certainly be keeping an eye out for her future works. I extend my gratitude to Comcat Books and NetGalley for providing me with a free ARC copy.

Loved this! The suspense and twists were so good. I couldn’t stop listening to it, I was hooked from the beginning.

This audio version is a really entertaining and well produced listen. The story starts in action thriller mode, before taking an equally thrilling, adrenal pumping, heart racing darker turn. Thank you to CamCat Publishing and NetGalley for the audio ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.

After the civil war a new government was put in place, one that allows every citizen the ability to kill one person in their lifetime. This opportunity is known as ‘The Registration’ and once a name is offered at the registration office for death, the 2 week countdown commences for their murder. The Illisians helped them through the war and therefore have close contact with the government. They are the managers of The Registration list and have complete control.

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Lynell finds out that her childhood abuser is about to re-marry to a family with 3 children, she cannot allow what happened to her to be repeated and so she goes to the Registration Office. However in the queue Lynell hears her own name submitted and must run for her life.

A fun sci-fi thriller set in a dystopian future. This book had a lot of great twists and some interesting concepts. There was good character building, but I would have liked a bit more world building, descriptions of the Illisian buildings and the dystopian landscape etc. to give it some grounding.

The narrator was pretty good but at time a bit odd, with a jerky reading style.

3.5 rounded up.

I enjoy YA dystopian books so this was right up my alley. While the initial concept is cool - you can register a person to kill, it never really grabbed my attention after that. It wasn’t bad - it just felt very generic. Maybe someone newer to the genre would appreciate it more. I also didn’t like the fact that she had something people wanted - but it was never made clear how it could be used and what the outcome of its use would be. So that actually made me care less because I wasn’t sure what end result I was supposed to want happen. It felt like the author wanted this to be important - but couldn’t think of an actual way to make it important.

The ending left it open to a sequel - but also wrapped things up enough not to leave readers with more questions than answers. There was no cliffhanger, just a sense of what a future novel could be about.

I rate this 3 stars out of 5. I think people will enjoy this and it was easy to follow. There just wasn’t anything that made me NEED to keep reading to find out what happens next. While this book didn’t capture my attention, the concept was good enough that I would like to read something else by the author.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me an audio copy of The Registration which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

Eric Elysian rules the New World he also supports the registration where you can register someone to be murdered and you have two weeks to do it without punishment but after the two weeks it resorts back to murder. So when Lanell Myers hears a stranger name Zachary Smith say he wants to register her for murder she is speechless and cannot leave the building fast enough. after making a mad dash for her apartment she is surprised to see her ex Daniel there an acts annoyed to see him but when he continues to begs her to leave town she acquiesces. While she is with Daniel all the old feelings of love come flooding back but soon Zachary sells up and take her by gunpoint away from Daniel but not before Lanell figured out they know each other she doesn’t know how Daniel no Zack or Zack Nathaniel but this is just one of many things she will learn before returning back to Dallas but once she gets to Dallas everything she knew and everything she thought she was gets turned upside down . Just booked turned out to be such an awesome read and although there are triggers such as violence talk of the barten murder eat ET see this is still a really great ball and one I highly recommend the really is room for a second book but I don’t think that is the authors intention but if she decides to I would definitely be down to read it. I thought the narrator was a tad bit slow and although I really did like the tone of her voice and thought she narrated quite well I just wish it would’ve been a little bit quicker I did speed it up on my audio player but that just sounded weird but having said all that she did a great job just slower than I’m used to all in all this is a definite solid four-star listen Madison Lawson an author that is new to me but that I will look for in the future. I want to thank Comcat books and net galley for my free arc copy please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.

This is a fast paced book that I thought was good, but not great. I enjoyed the action and the premise of the registration, it reminded me of the movie Purge. Unfortunately, at times the dialogue was quite sappy which I found cringey and made me roll my eyes. I listened to the audiobook; the narrator did an ok job. I felt like she was whiney and over acting which took away from the strength of the lead female character.

This is a book with a unique premise, and I couldn't wait to read it when it came out. I read it quickly and I really really liked it!

So when I saw the audio book, I wanted to listen to it as well.
Unfortunately, the narrator just wasn't for me. I really tried but something about the way it is read really irked me.

I would still recommend it if you like a mix of dystopian, spy and action. It is definitely fast paced and there are some great twists.

I enjoyed this book from first to last page. Great premise, everyone is allowed one registration, one legal murder in their lifetime. Rolled together with a bit of a romance, some grief and longing, and a big bad villain it made for an enjoyable read. I listened to the audio version and although the narrator was a bit too ... pausey... almost like putting too many spaces between words, it was still a great performance. Thank you so much for the opportunity to read and review this, my review has been left on Goodreads and Bookmory.

I got a copy of the audio version and I must say, it was really fortunate that I got the audio instead of the e-book, and that the person reading, Kathleen McInerney was so talented that she caught my attention despite my feelings about the story. I will definitely check what other books she worked on because I really enjoyed her narration, and her calm demeanour, she enticed me to finish the book, if I was reading I should have DFN around the time Lynell does her big revelation of what she didn’t do in the past to her significant other, actually the book could have been for a younger audience, but at the same time it couldn't, what was light and immature in one side was overly the top in the other. I will explain further and without spoiling the story…

This book goes further, by complicating things, if you read or listen to it, you’ll understand it, but the way it complicates things, doesn’t make sense, or at least it didn’t for me, and around 40% of the book or more is describing torture… extreme violence, and that’s not for me… allusion to child abuse is also mentioned… is for people with strong stomachs, I’ll say again, for me what saved me to listen to the end was Kathleen McInerney, she was the high point of this book and the reason why I go to 4 stars, I did like her telling the story, but in other hand I didn’t like the story that much, but I will listen to her again.

Thank you NetGalley and CamCat Books, Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Audiobooks for the free AAC and this is my honest opinion.

The Registration is based on an intriguing premise that deals with messy human emotions and an attempt to find a tidy solution to them. I received an ARC of the audiobook, and liked how the narrator conveyed the different characters.

In the not-too-distant future, America lives under a system where each citizen has the right to register one person to be murdered - no questions asked.

Whether this is done in an attempt to seek justice, or revenge, or for any other motive, is entirely irrelevant, provided the rules are followed with regard to the Registration.

The key elements are that, firstly, you have the right to one assassination (without legal consequences) in your lifetime, and secondly, that the person registered must be killed within 14 days. Otherwise the "permit" lapses.


After years of agonising, Lynell decides to register her stepfather, who abused her as a child. Waiting in line, she hears someone else register her name - to her utter horror, disbelief and confusion. Not that she has much time to process any of it since the clock begins ticking on her 14 days.

The story is about what happens over the next several days, as Lynell - and the reader - gradually discovers just how complicated the explanation for the declaration of open season on her life actually is. And there's way more than one person out to get her...

This story deals with some very dark and serious topics from the real world, even if it is a dystopian novel. Themes include abortion, family dynamics, the limits of loyalty and the resilience of love.

Given that, at times the audio book narrator made Lynell sound too young and too hesitant in my opinion. Especially given what she had already been through, and how strong she was.

But overall, this is an interesting story that raises many questions about modern life, primitive emotions, and how human beings are to be "regulated" by wider society.

The Registration was an amazing roller coaster ride. The premise is that someone can use a registration once in their life. With that, they can register someone and then they have 14 days to kill them without any repercussions. The story follows Lynell, she goes to register her stepfather but when she is at the office she hears a stranger register her. The story then takes place over the next 14 days and it follows Lynell while she tries to figure out why she was registered, who registered her, and her trying to survive.

It’s easy to draw some comparisons to The Purge movies but in my opinion, this was a lot more sophisticated and well thought out. I didn’t expect this book to go some of the places it went and I was definitely caught off guard by some key moments.

Lynell grows so much so quickly in this story. Mentally she is one of the strongest characters I have met. She goes through so much during the timespan of this book. I was just waiting for her to break but she kept on being strong.

When I first heard of this book I thought the idea was interesting. Fantastic characters make this interesting idea so much stronger. This is a must-read book.

Enjoyed this stand alone Dystopian book! I loved the characters, they were incredibly relatable despite the dystopian setting. Also a clean romance in the background makes it even more entertaining. I was on the edge of my seat with the thriller aspect. Definitely a good read!

I received an audio ARC of this book and am leaving my honest opinion.

Review:
The audio of this book is decent. I’d say the Narrator did around a 4 star job. Some times she made our FMC sound super young and that bugged me.

This book has a bit more realistic version of the purge feel to it. The overall world is very interesting, but the writing is a bit immature and overly dramatic. There’s also too many convenient circumstances that moves the plot forward. I do like the characters. They’re very interesting. Overall it’s decent.

DNF @ 47%:

The reason I DNF’d this book has nothing to do with my review. I did not take this into account when I calculated my review.

I’m sure some would enjoy how the author incorporates the topic of abortion into this story. I personally think she does a good job.

But I read to escape reality and not think about heavy topics. Nowhere did I see mentioned how strong the topic of abortion is in this book. So if that’s a topic you’d rather not read about, probably not the book for you.

Thank you to CamCat Books, Independent Book Publishers Association and Member's Audiobooks for sending me this audiobook for review. These are my own opinions.

The Registration
"In the near-future, everyone has the legal right to murder one person in their life and while waiting in line to offer a name for The Registration, Lynell Mize hears her name called and now has 14 days to survive. " This summary had me hook, line and sinker. It made me think of The Purge. Throughout the book I tried to put myself into Lynell's shoes. I do not know what I would have done in the many situations that Lynell finds herself in. There are some heavy subject matters in it. It makes the reader think about how much control by the "Goverment" is TOO much control. How delicate our society is. The characters are very relatable and well developed.
The plot makes you think about how far would you go for the ones you love? For power?

I'll be honest this isn't my usual genre but the synopsis intrigued me and I couldn't wait to start reading it.

The Registration exists in a dystopian society where individuals get a once in a lifetime opportunity to kill someone and walk away, the only provisio is that they officially register their intent beforehand and carry it out within two weeks.

With registrations open Lynell has never been more sure of anything in her life, she knows who she's registering and she's been waiting a long time to do it. Everything changes when stood in the queue she hears her name mentioned, somebody ahead just registered her name. She doesn't know who and she doesn't know why but she needs to get out of there fast.

This novel started out really well but fairly early on I realised that this was probably more suitable for a younger audience though I hasten to add a cautionary note, some of the torture scenes are pretty grim and graphically described.

Thats not to say it wasn't a good read. The author gets serious smartie points for the concept, I'm sure I wasn't the only person reading this whose mind drifted off to contemplate which lucky person would be on the receiving end of their registration ticket. Its fast paced, there's plenty going on and I suspect a younger audience would lap it up.

My thanks to CamCat Books and NetGalley for the review copy, all opinions expressed are my own.

This is the first book I’ve listened to by Madison Lawson and all I can say is it had me hooked from the beginning to the end! 10/10!

Thank you CamCat Audio, NetGalley, Madison Lawson, and narrator Kathleen McInerney for a truly stunning work of fiction. The Registration is a scary look at what could happen to our lives if the government allowed the people to have one free chance to register a murder with no consequences. The heroine is sent on the run after she overhears her name being called out at a registration booth and has to survive for the next fourteen days. It’s full of thrilling chases and surprises and will keep you on the edge of your seat.

I believe this is the authors debut book and it did not disappoint. It reminded me of Lauren Olivers trilogy. I loved every bit of it. I find myself DNFing more and more lately but this book kept me coming back.