The Demon's Dagger
Alexander Southerland, P.I.
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Douglas Lumsden
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Once he checked in, checking out became an obsession!
Crawford the were-rat checks into a shady hotel and promptly stumbles over a dead man. A mysterious troll is obsessed with finding the dagger that killed him—a dagger possessed by a demon! The demon denies that he is a demon and is obsessed with regaining his freedom. Meanwhile, the hotel’s night clerk is obsessed with the hooker on the third floor. Crawford is obsessed with what’s in the hooker’s room: a solid gold statuette of a demon-slaying goddess! Crawford has checked in, but when obsessions collide, does he have any hope of checking out?
Content Advisory: This book is intended for a mature audience. It contains misogynistic characters, language, and acts. It also contains graphic violence (including violence against women), smoking, drinking, drug use, graphic sexual acts, and crude language and images.
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The last thing patrol cop Kate Prospero expected to find on her nightly rounds was a werewolf covered in the blood of his latest victim. But then, she also didn't expect that shooting him would land her in the crosshairs of a Magic Enforcement Agency task force, who wants to know why she killed their lead snitch. The more Prospero learns about the dangerous new potion the MEA is investigating, the more she's convinced that earning a spot on their task force is the career break she's been wanting. But getting the assignment proves much easier than solving the case.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not really fantasy at all
- By gregory on 10-23-14
By: Jaye Wells
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Rebel
- Dead Man's Ink, Book 1
- By: Callie Hart
- Narrated by: Walles Hamonde, Kelly Burke
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 270
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
Sometimes you don't mean to become another person. Sometimes the choice is made for you, and pretending is the only thing that keeps you going. When Alexis Romera is taken and her kidnappers find her fake ID in her purse, she must become Sophia in order to keep her family safe. Revealing her real identity to the man she's sold to would be easy enough, but can she trust him? Hell-bent on avenging the murder of his uncle, Rebel doesn't seem all that interested in playing things safe.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Story was ok but the actors were TERRIBLE
- By Jilliane Polillio on 11-03-15
By: Callie Hart
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Bone Shop
- A Marla Mason Novel
- By: T. A. Pratt
- Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 223
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Story4 out of 5 stars 197
Marla Mason is the chief sorcerer of Felport, a woman who's tangled with gods and monsters and come out on top (if a bit damaged in the process). Bone Shop tells the story of Marla's evolution from runaway to sorcerer's apprentice to mercenary magician and beyond. Fans of the urban fantasy series from Bantam Spectra that began with Blood Engines will find surprising secrets revealed about Marla's past, and new listeners can get to know the character from the very beginning.
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3 out of 5 stars
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LIKE LIVING IN A FRAT HOUSE
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 07-12-17
By: T. A. Pratt
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The Pilo Family Circus
- By: Will Elliott
- Narrated by: Mark Stephens
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Story4 out of 5 stars 93
"You have two days to pass your audition. You better pass it, feller. You’re joining the circus. Ain’t that the best news you ever got?" Delivered by a trio of psychotic clowns, this ultimatum plunges Jamie into the horrific alternate universe that is the centuries-old Pilo Family Circus, a borderline world between Hell and Earth from which humankind’s greatest tragedies have been perpetrated. Yet in this place - peopled by the gruesome, grotesque, and monstrous - where violence and savagery are the norm, Jamie finds that his worst enemy is himself.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining but unremarkable bit of the lmacabre
- By David on 05-31-14
By: Will Elliott
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Stars & Stripes
- By: Abigail Roux
- Narrated by: J. F. Harding
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 633
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 592
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Story5 out of 5 stars 591
Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have managed the impossible: a few months of peace and quiet. After nearly a year of personal and professional turmoil, they're living together conflict free, work is going smoothly, and they're both happy, healthy, and home every night before dark. But anyone who knows them knows that can't possibly last.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Going Home Isn't Easy- Humorous & Passionate Susp.
- By Sophia Rose on 12-17-15
By: Abigail Roux
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Nightlife
- By: Rob Thurman
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 629
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 530
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Story4 out of 5 stars 535
In New York, there's a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful vampire in a penthouse on the Upper East Side. Of course, most humans are oblivious to this, but Cal Leandros is only half-human. His father's dark lineage is the stuff of nightmares - and he and his entire otherworldly race are after Cal.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent debut for promising new series
- By Tracey on 03-28-13
By: Rob Thurman
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Caverns and Creatures: Volume I (Books 1-4)
- By: Robert Bevan
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 32 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,887
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,682
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,674
Swords. Sorcery. Dick Jokes. Truly do the gods smile upon you, dear listener, for the first four books in the hilarious Caverns and Creatures series are now available in one audiobook set. Join Tim, Dave, Julian, and Cooper as they are thrown into a hostile fantasy world filled with magic and monsters, and ruled over by a cruel and sadistic game master who taunts and harasses them while he sits back and eats their fried chicken.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great listen, but don't listen while in public!
- By Jonathan on 06-26-19
By: Robert Bevan
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Cold City
- Repairman Jack: Early Years Trilogy, Book 1
- By: F. Paul Wilson
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,217
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,053
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,048
If you've never read a Repairman Jack novel, this is the place to begin. It's 1990. A twenty-one-year-old named Jack has dropped out of college, leaving his old life behind to build a new one in New York City. Manhattan's rough edges are jagged enough to shred any unwary newcomer, but perhaps not one who is determined to stay off the grid, at any cost, in the busiest metropolis on earth. And to do so, he'll have to take jobs of a less than legal nature.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fun, as long you don't think too much
- By Andrew Pollack on 01-17-14
By: F. Paul Wilson
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The Prof Croft Series
- Books 0-4 (Prof Croft Box Sets, Book 1)
- By: Brad Magnarella
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 34 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 466
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 407
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 407
Join scholar and spell-caster Everson Croft in this five-book urban fantasy set, from the discovery of his magic in the prequel novella, Book of Souls, to his battle against a mind-warping evil in the shocking finale, Death Mage.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Plagiarize much?
- By robyn K on 04-26-21
By: Brad Magnarella
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Already Dead
- By: Charlie Huston
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 885
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 577
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Story4 out of 5 stars 574
From the Battery to the Bronx, Manhattan is crawling with Vampyres. Joe Pitt is one of them, and he's not happy about it. Yeah, he gets to be tough as nails and hard to kill. But spending his nights trying to score a pint of blood to feed the Vyrus that's eating at him isn't his idea of a good time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Pleasant Surprise
- By Flavius Krakdaddius on 12-23-09
By: Charlie Huston
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My Life as a White Trash Zombie
- By: Diana Rowland
- Narrated by: Allison McLemore
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,585
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,144
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,150
Teenage delinquent Angel Crawford lives with her redneck father in the swamps of southern Louisiana. She's a high school dropout, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and has a police record a mile long. But when she's made into a zombie after a car crash, her addictions disappear, except for her all-consuming need to stay "alive".
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5 out of 5 stars
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It's Not F**king Rocket Science
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 09-22-13
By: Diana Rowland
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Good Intentions
- By: Elliott Kay
- Narrated by: Tess Irondale
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,164
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,824
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,824
He knew it was a dumb stunt from the start. A midnight run through a cemetery to impress a couple of girls isn't the stuff of legend, but Alex Carlisle longs to escape the crushing mediocrity of life after high school. Then, he stumbles upon the ritual, the cultists, and two bound and bloodied women. Alex intervenes, and the ritual blows up in his face, leaving him bound to them both: Rachel and Lorelei, an angel and a succubus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read the Warning Label!
- By C. Williams on 08-31-15
By: Elliott Kay
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City in Embers
- Collector Series, Book 1
- By: Stacey Marie Brown
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,037
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,040
Zoey Daniels has been tossed from foster home to foster home, where she grows up fast and tough. When she is placed in her "last chance" home, she finds a reason to stay and turn her life around: her foster sister, Lexie, who is paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. After high school, Zoey is hired by a special government agency, the Department of Molecular Genetics (DMG), where she meets the other reason to remain: Daniel, her coworker. The man she loves. But there is something unique about Zoey.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a totally enthralling budding romance
- By Midwestbonsai on 12-30-16
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Spider's Bite
- Elemental Assassin, Book 1
- By: Jennifer Estep
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 4,722
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 3,941
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3,949
They call me the Spider. I'm the most feared assassin in the South -- when I'm not busy at the Pork Pit cooking up the best barbecue in Ashland. As a Stone elemental, I can hear everything from the whispers of the gravel beneath my feet to the vibrations of the soaring Appalachian Mountains above me. My Ice magic also comes in handy for making the occasional knife. But I don't use my powers on the job unless I absolutely have to. Call it professional pride.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Only because...
- By Alex on 06-06-11
By: Jennifer Estep
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Hell on Wheels
- Black Knights Inc., Book 1
- By: Julie Ann Walker
- Narrated by: Abby Craden
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 467
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 425
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Story4 out of 5 stars 425
Ex-Marine Nate "Ghost" Weller is an expert at keeping his cool - and his distance - which makes him one hell of a sniper. It's also how he keeps his feelings for Ali Morgan in check. Sweet, sexy Ali has always revved his engine, but she's his best friend's baby sister ... and totally off limits. Ali's never seen anything sexier than Nate Weller straddling his custom Harley - or the flash of danger in his eyes when she tells him she's in trouble. First, something happened to her brother, and now she's become the target of a nasty organization.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Bad Narrator-Good Story.
- By Kindle Customer on 10-05-12
By: Julie Ann Walker
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Covet
- A Novel of the Fallen Angels, Book 1
- By: J. R. Ward
- Narrated by: Eric G. Dove
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,303
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,552
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,548
Redemption isn't a word Jim Heron knows much about - his specialty is revenge, and to him, sin is all relative. But everything changes when he becomes a fallen angel and is charged with saving the souls of seven people from the seven deadly sins. Vin diPietro long ago sold his soul to his business, and he's good with that - until fate intervenes in the form of a tough-talking Harley-riding, self-professed savior.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining listen
- By M. M. Robinson on 12-26-09
By: J. R. Ward
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First Grave on the Right
- Charley Davidson, Book 1
- By: Darynda Jones
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10,253
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8,973
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Story4 out of 5 stars 8,949
Charley sees dead people. That's right, she sees dead people. And it's her job to convince them to "go into the light." But when these very dead people have died under less than ideal circumstances (i.e., murder), sometimes they want Charley to bring the bad guys to justice. Complicating matters are the intensely hot dreams she's been having about an Entity who has been following her all her life...and it turns out he might not be dead after all. In fact, he might be something else entirely.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great choice for Stephanie, Lorelai or Buffy fans!
- By Austin gal on 03-07-12
By: Darynda Jones
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Black Magic Outlaw, Books 1-3
- By: Domino Finn
- Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
- Length: 22 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 299
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 270
Being a necromancer is kinda cool until you wake up half dead in a dumpster. Cisco Suarez is into something bad. Wanted by police, drenched in the stink of dark magic, and nether creatures coming out of the woodwork. Is resurrection overrated or what? This box set contains the first three Black Magic Outlaw novels ( Dead Man, Shadow Play, and Heart Strings) all at one special omnibus price.
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1 out of 5 stars
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I just can't
- By Robert Higgins on 02-25-18
By: Domino Finn
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- CJDsCurrentRead
- 10-09-23
A fantasy/noir blend worth checking out
I received this novella to judge for SFINCS. Opinion is my own, and does not represent that made by the team. I did also happen to purchase this on audible, as I am busy, and audiobooks are helping me keep up. The narration is very solid.
This novella does one of my all-time favorite things: mixing genres. It is a fantasy world, with trolls, demons, elves, gods and shapeshifters. But it is also modernized, kind of like Netflix’s ‘Bright’, but with more of a gangster noir feel. It’s gritty and witty, exactly how noir should be. The trolls are the gang muscle, and shapeshifters thieves. It works well.
With that being said, this is part of the author’s Alexander Southerland, P.I. series, and although it is possible to read it as a standalone, it feels as if it would only be enhanced by reading the others first. I just feel like, on its own, the content is not necessarily focused on something I would typically chose to read. The use of sex work opens the story to lots of misogyny. Although it does include a very thought out, and thoughtful, content warning before the start of it.
Personally a 3.5/5* for me. I will definitely check out the series.
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- 07-10-22
Hands down, my favorite urban fantasy noir author!
The Alex Southerland series is awesome! I wasn't sure how much I would like a side story but I was not disappointed. Hope I don't have to wait too long for the next book!
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