Out of the fog, a ship appears in the middle of a tulip field. First on scene are Luca and Emma who are on their way to school. However, Emma decides to explore the ship but something happens to her and though Luca can hear her, she cannot seem to hear him. By the end of the first day, 10 others have vanished into the Oracle, including Luca's dad, Emma's dad, a hand full of cops, and some other boys from school.

A secret government agency sends in their team to investigate and to unravel what is going on. Luca and his remaining family are being watched but Luca still feels tied to the ship and seems to walk away with a mysterious presence, haunting him, revealing bits and pieces of what is to come.

This was such an engaging read and I was rivetted from the very beginning. I did not realize it was the second in the series until I checked out Goodreads and noticed this was number two. With that being said, I don't think you have to have read book one to understand what is going on in this story but you might get more information on Robert Grim, a specialist who seems to know a thing or two about the supernatural,

I highly recommend this book and can't wait to see what more may be in store for this author and for Grim.

Thank you Netgalley for the advance audiobook copy of Oracle by Thomas Olde Heuvelt in exchange for an honest review. I love his books. It's hard to classify Olde Heuvelt into one genre as each book spans at least 3 different genres. Oracle was no different. From appearing ships to old gods, it embraced science fiction to horror and even a bit of teen romance. Beautiful writing.

This 16 minute preview was well performed and I enjoyed the start of this book. Thankfully I have a physical ARC of this book, otherwise I may have been more disappointed. It wasn’t enough of the story to get me invested but I am ready to pick up the book now to find out what it’s all about.

Thomas Olde Heuvelt comes up with the creepiest stories. With a dash of Lovecraft and a pinch of Ajvide Lindqvist, this is the sequel to the magnificent HEX. Robert Grim is reluctantly back when a mysterious shipwreck appears in the middle of a field. I’m not a huge fan of cosmic horror but this one kept me engrossed throughout. Nathaniel Priestley is a solid narrator. He gives the main characters their own voice, even if the supporting cast sounded a little similar. I’m not sure whether it’s a narrator issue, or that they are not as well defined on the page. The plot never lets up and some parts are so suspenseful that I it’s impossible to pause. This book is not for the faint of heart, and some parts made me cringe. Animal lovers beware that, as usual with this author, there are some scenes that were hard to stomach. I really enjoyed this read.
I chose to listen to this audiobook and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, #NetGalley/#Macmillan Audio.

So it was only a teaser it was okay two chapters is just not enough to get you into a book or maybe I just couldn't download the whole thing I'll be buying the book when it comes out

This was only 6 minutes but I enjoyed every one of them! Nathaniel Priestly has a wonderful narrator's voice!

Thank you MacMillan Audio for this sneak peek!

Cover is gorgeous and premise is intriguing. Unfortunately, the sliver of content provided is not enough to generate a comprehensive review. I can say that the 16ish minutes that were shared seemed like the they might herald the beginning of a really fun journey and that the narrator seemed up to the task. The pacing and tone seemed agreeable and I felt hopeful that the read would be a good one! But as we all know, a handful of pages does not a complete story make. If a complete version becomes available for advanced reading I would be very happy to revisit this book and share additional feedback. As it is, 3 stars feels too may for less than 20 minutes of a 12hr book, but 1 star seems like not enough since the minutes I did listen to seemed perfectly fun. Splitting the difference at 2 stars feels like the most I can do for the material provided and of course I will hold any external comments (to tiktok, goodreads or insta) until I've read a complete copy.
That feels most fair, right?

This book appears to be well written, with realistic dialogue and an intriguing plot. The narrator was very good as well. Beyond that, I am not capable of judging the entire book as like my fellow reviewers here, I was provided less than 20 minutes of the 12 hour audiobook. I'd be happy to amend my review if I have the opportunity to review the entire audiobook in the future.

Like all of the other reviewers, I am somewhat stymied by the fact that there are only about 20 minutes of this audiobook available... It is really interesting and as I loved his first book Hex, was really looking forward to this one - unfortunately apparently I'm going to have to find it elsewhere if I want to listen to the whole thing. Very odd to only offer part of a book and not indicate that it is a sample. I really like what I'm hearing, but it's impossible to evaluate based on this little material, hence three stars.

No realistic way to review an audiobook when given just a snippet of it. Now I have to find a way to make this review at least one hundred characters... there we go. Done.

I think there may be an issue with this audiobook. The copy I was given was only the first 16 minutes of the book. I would like to be able to review the entire book before I give an accurate review.

Hopefully the issue can be sorted out and we can all get a full copy.

Not sure what happened but this was only the first two chapters of the audio book. The first two chapters had me intrigued and I’d like to hear/read the rest of it.