Canines and Cocktails

Oberon’s Meaty Mysteries, Book 4

By: Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig

Narrated by: Luke Daniels, Shana Pennington-Baird, Adam Verner

Snuggle up with three delightful tales of dogs and drinks from the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Delilah S. Dawson, Kevin Hearne, and Chuck Wendig.

Oberon the Irish wolfhound and his Boston terrier buddy, Starbuck, not only witness humans waste perfectly good sausage, but also a sneaky murder committed right before their eyes in THE CHARTREUSE CHANTEUSE by Kevin Hearne. Justice demands that someone pay for both crimes, and together with their Druid, Atticus O'Sullivan, and D.I. Rose Badgely of the Launceston police, they'll show the dastardly villain they messed with the wrong good dogs.

THE BARTENDER AND THE BEAST introduces the enchanting world of Arcadia Falls, the setting for Delilah S. Dawson's return to Paranormal Romance. When no-nonsense bartender Cassia King returns to her sleepy hometown in the Georgia mountains to help her sister, she can’t help falling for well-dressed wildlife rehabilitator Riley. But as Cash learns, Arcadia Falls has a secret, and so does the bar's rescue pit bull, Peach Pit...

In WHISKEY SOUR by Chuck Wendig, It was the end of the world and Harry Campbell wanted a drink. He's one of the few who remained in Ouray, Colorado, after everything went to hell—and has decided to willfully fall off the wagon and find a way to make a cocktail he once loved, the whiskey sour. His quest to make a drink will take him beyond the borders of Ouray and into the world fallen under the shadow of the now-gone White Mask disease. But, he won't do it alone—Shepherd Marcy Reyes lends him the courage and pluck of the golden retriever known as Gumball to help him stay alive and stay sane in the process. But Harry's journey holds a greater, more secret purpose—he has questions that remain unanswered about what the rogue AI called Black Swan did to them all, and he intends to have those answers, even if they change him, and perhaps the world, forever.

©2024 Kevin Hearne, D.S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig (P)2024 Kevin Hearne, D.S. Dawson, Chuck Wendig

Fun listen

Really enjoyed the stories and narrators. Would love to see Oberon get his own book of meaty mysteries.

First two were great.

The first two stories were great, however the Chuck Wendig one didn't really click for me. I have read other stories like Wanders and wayward by chuck and enjoyed those. It does seem like he really likes to inject his politics into his books, which i can do with out. I don't want my books to rip me out of the story and plunge me back into the real world and allnits BS.

Kevin and Delilah were great though.

Woot! I love a good anthology

THE CHARTREUSE CHANTEUSE by Kevin Hearne, narrated by Luke Daniels- Fantastic story! When the gang is out for drinks and treats and by treats, I mean tasty sausages on a chartreuse board, things go topsy-turvy with not one but two murders. D.I. Rose Badgely is investigating. When Oberon observes something, it leads Atticus to reveal his own secrets. I had a blast with this one from beginning to end. We even got to see some old friends and catch up. Daniels does a stellar job of capturing Oberon’s enthusiasm, as well as delivering the voices of these beloved characters. 5 cups of coffee.

THE BARTENDER AND THE BEAST by Delilah S. Dawson narrated by Shana Pennington-Baird. In this paranormal story, Dawson introduces listeners to Arcadia Falls where we meet bartender, Cassia King, her sister and wildlife rehabilitator Riley. We also met the adorable rescue pug, Peach Pit, who spends her evenings on a cushy chair at the bar. Dead bodies and trouble from Cassia’s past made for an intriguing introduction. I am excited to return to this small Georgia town. Pennington-Baird captured Cassia’s spunk and the voice of the other characters making listening my first choice. 4.5 cups of coffee.

WHISKEY SOUR by Chuck Wendig narrated by Adam Verner. This story takes place in the Wanderers world. We go back to Ouray, Colorado and the events in this story take place after book two, Wayward. Harry Campbell, a recovering alcoholic and the town’s bartender, decides he is going to have a drink and not just any. He wants a Whiskey Sour, but to do that, he’ll need to go beyond the borders of their town and seek the fruit man. This was an interesting story as Harry travels with Gumball, a golden retriever provide by Shepard. As he travels, Harry is also in search of answers about Black Swan and what he did to humanity. This was a dark, thoughtful tale that I enjoyed. Verner did a great job bringing voice to Harry as he contemplated his existence. 4 cups of coffee.

Raining cats and dogs

The Hearne short story is the highlight. The other stories were just ok. Had a hard time engaging with the other two stories.

voices are wrong.

he got the voice of Atticus wrong. it irritates me when they get a new narrator and they get the voices wrong or the names mispronounced, but this was the same narrator... and he got the main characters voice wrong!!! very dissatisfied.

Oberon is the best!

I came for stories about Oberon and Atticus from Kevin Hearn. I was not disappointed! The second story, by Miss Dawson was good, but the third was honestly sort of boring and didn’t really have a conclusion.

2 out of three isn't bad

This was an anthology that I didn't even know about. That is....until I was reading the third and final book in the Ink and Sigil Series by Kevin Hearne and there was an Author's Foreword that mentions this book because of ONE particular story. Why in the world is that even important? Well, it really isn't.

Not to rehash things, but I was a pretty die hard fan of Atticus O'Sullivan in the Iron Druid Series. To say that I was NOT particularly happy with the way that series ended, well, with the actions of another Druid who Shall Not Be Named would probably be the understatement of the century. In my review, I think I said something like I hoped there might be a spinoff or another book that took us into the future to see how Atticus and Oberon were doing, but that I had absolutely NO desire to read another word about She Who Should Not Be Named.

The reason that this is even mentionable is that I wrote that review almost 7 years ago! 7 years and I still feel the same anger towards that character (fantastic writing Mr. Hearne!). So when Mr. Hearne started off this other book by mentioning that there was a short story that took us to Atticus and Oberon's new life, I was excited. So....here we are.

This was an anthology of three stories - the first being the aforementioned Atticus and Oberon story. It was GREAT. A wonderful way of getting a peek into their current life with the addition of a murder mystery as well. Luke Daniels always does a fantastic job narrating Oberon and this time was no different. To me, the book was worth it just for this story.

Then. the second story was by a "new to me" author Delilah S. Dawson and it felt like it might be the beginning of a new series. If it is, I would definitely be interested in continuing with the next book. I liked the FMC and the setting in the enchanting world of Arcadia Falls made for lots of possibilities.

The third book - by author Chuck Wendig was a pass. His name sounds familiar, but I'm not really sure if I've read anything by him in the past. The story itself did nothing for me but I was okay with that since the first two more than made up for it.

THE BARTENDER AND THE BEAST

THE BARTENDER AND THE BEAST
Switch the genders of the characters and see what you get.

What I got from this story if your'e a female (in any species) it is ok to kill a male who has hit a female or is just mean.
Just don't do it again....
Our "always angry" female protagonist switches gender roles with her male love interest allowing her to gut punch one of her male antagonists as her soon to be lover bakes breakfast rolls, promotes his (by the authors musing) gay centric attire, his "man bun" , his ability to crochet and raising x number of feral kittens.
The female lead inaccurately bemoans the fact that females are likely to be attacked in public which if they did any statistical research would show that is not true. A male is.

Every male in the story is a "villain" except for a newborn deer and Man bun.

Again just switch the genders of the characters in this story and listen for the outcry.

Trash.