Robin Vernal and the Brownleaf Spring

The Danny Canterbury Tales, Book 3

By: Dominic Jericho

Narrated by: Holly Holt

"Yesterday was exactly the same, and tomorrow would be the same again. Surely there would never be an end. The blissful and vast sky of unblotted playfulness seemed to extend indefinitely. They were five years old, and the world was as young as they were."

A global search is underway for a missing child, stirring dark memories for Danny Canterbury. As hope begins to reawaken, can Danny uncover what really happened to his childhood friend - Robin Vernal?

Robin Vernal and the Brownleaf Spring uncovers a dark truth that hides behind Danny Canterbury's pain. In this arresting third installment of Dominic Jericho's coming-of-age saga, hope and despair intermingle until they face each other in a final confrontation where all bets are off.

©2018 Dominic Jericho (P)2018 Dominic Jericho

Adolescents Angst and Childhood Trauma

I like the book and concept of the story that takes you through the adolescent life of Danny Canterbury. In it, he struggles with the typical prepubest thoughts of a teenage boy, as well as, the continued struggle to understand what had happened to his childhood friend, Robin Vernal.

The narrator started out racing through the words. Eventually she slowed down but there was not enough variation between characters vocals. They ran together after a while. In addition, there was little indication when there was a scene change or a piece of poetry inserted which could cause confusion. I think that in this case, reading it is better than hearing it.

Good Story

This is book 3. I jumped in on this book so I was a bit confused at some of what was going on. But overall this was a good story. I would recommend starting with book 1 though! Dominic Jericho writes an intriguing storyline and Holly Holt does a great job narrating especially since there is alot going on in this book! If the final book is any indicator this whole series is worth a listen!!

better than the last one

Did the story keep me engaged: • yes
Was there anything I found annoying: • there are some audio editing issues with duplicate phrases and production noises going on in the background.
Would I listen to it again: • a definite maybe

Story comment: Much better than the last one, much tighter editing with less irrelevant information. The pace and flow of the story is good and the change of narrator has added a better audio experience. I think given it's audio and not print, it could have benefited from something that differentiated the change in time periods (maybe something like announcing flashback / or the date period) would have been helpful.

Good story

This was a good story. The narrator does a pretty good job of narrating it.

Unable to finish

As in the first book by Dominic Jericho, I did not finish the storyline was good the narrator was also very good but I just could not get into the story, it is me, not the story.

Not a lot of plot in this one.

I really tried to get into this story, but the lack of a real plot line, the several mispronounced words and the obviously amateur job of sound editing all combined to make this tale less than enjoyable. Add to that the fact that there's no real ending and I'm forced to give this one a thumbs down unfortunately. 👎

Good listen.

Now this one is still a great story but I did get a little bit confused with going back and forth between the different times. However I still like this story. The narrator did a good job with this one. I would just say a little more editing but over all good.

good story if a bit confusing

The writer has a nice way of writing prose- very fluid and descriptive. The story was a little confusing. I don't know if it's because I didn't read books 1 and 2 (I was given this book for an unbiased review) or if it was because, as others have said, there was a fair bit of back and forth between time periods and this was not clearly delineated. So my review is about 3.5 stars just because it was an interesting (if confusing) story and I thought the author is an imaginative writer.

The narrator was good. I didn't have any issues with her speed and although i didn't find her voice changes compelling, i could tell she tried. I think I had some concerns about the editing because I did hear a few areas of repeated phrases one after the other but those are minor and didn't take away too much from the story itself.

Book 3

I really enjoyed this story. It focused more on the mystery, and less on the day to day life of teenagers. More my speed. The story flowed nicely and had a great feel to it. Best of the series so far in my opinion. The narration on the other hand was not up to par with the rest of the series. The tonal quality was lacking, and frequently mispronounced words. Often times pronouncing differently each delivery.


I have received a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

So good!

I didn’t have high hopes for this book, but I was wrong it was so cute and funny it gets serious at times I think this is perfect for high school kids but not those in the younger other has some sexual talk and drugs in it you’re right this really was a good book and I am not the demographic for it but loved it anyway.