The Night Realm

Spell Weaver Series, Book 1

By: Annette Marie

Narrated by: Melissa Moran, Greg Tremblay

Clio has the rare ability to mimic magic. Sent on a mission to steal spells from the most dangerous family in the Underworld, she ends up stealing something else: their spell weaver.

As a nymph living in exile among humans, Clio has picked up all sorts of unique survival skills. But pilfering magic from the Underworld's deadliest spell weavers? Not so much.

Unfortunately, that's exactly what she has to do to earn a ticket back home.

Conning her way into the Underworld may have gone pretty well, but now she's got a new problem. His name is Lyre, and he's a sinfully alluring incubus, a skilled spell weaver, and the only thing standing between her and stealing some damn magic.

Maneuvering around him without blowing her cover shouldn't be that difficult, but chaos has been dogging her every step. Monsters hide behind beautiful face, and Lyre keeps saving her neck even though they're enemies. Kind of enemies? Either way, her mission is getting complicated fast, and in the Underworld, even one mistake could prove fatal.

©2017 Annette Marie (P)2018 Tantor

Nice spin off Series

I gobbled up Annette Marie's Steel and Stone series, which starts off with the book Chase the Dark. I recommend this series if you haven't already read it! I read the Steel and Stone series first before reading The Spell Weaver's series and enjoyed the spin off, loving the Lyre character and wanting to know more about him. I read each and every book of the Steel and Stone series, but have to admit I skipped the 2nd book in this series, The Shadow Weave. After reading this book, The Night Realm, I went directly on to "The Blood Curse" and did not feel I missed anything. My reasoning for doing this is because I did not want to go through the same exact type of angst as in the Blood and Stone series (Piper and Ash) over whether Clio really loved Lyre or not. Come on, you know she knows she does. Didn't feel like going through a whole book while she decided what we all already know. lol Wish Annette would give us more books with these characters, she did a great job of making us care about them and want to know what happens next to them.

loved it-would recommend

I enjoyed this audio. I can't wait to listen to the next two books. would recommend

It's good

But the whiney and helpless attitude of the main character gets really irritating really quick.

One of the best I've listened to

Anette Marie has become one of my favorite authors. This new book is just as good as the first series I read by her. I can't wait for more. The readers were good as well they kept me entranced so much so I finished listening to the book in just two afternoons at work.

What a storyteller!

I am an unabashed fantasy lover. I am a sucker for a good story. Ms. Marie hasn’t failed me yet. I like having the two narrators .

Definitely not a Mary Sue.

Spoiler, the main character is weak. She doesn’t know combat, freezes in the face of violence, isn’t hyper-intelligent, and frankly is skittish as a feral cat. Honestly, that makes her seem more real and concrete, in what is basically the first book of a world building fantasy. I applaud the author for this, because given the main character’s power, if she wasn’t nerfed, would be OP Mary Sue. There were a number of situations where if she had broken with her established character arc, she could have killed some people that would have made the listeners happy, but instead, she runs away as soon as the opportunity presents itself. The MC is well written as what she is, as a magically powerful being, with weak physical skills, somewhat cowardly, but with enough will power to push through to the end.

romace

it was not as bad as some reviewers. the female lead was not a weakling, just ignorant. it was hard as a male listener... do women really think about good looking men like this. the female snap-on truck driver may be a trap!

too stupid to live.

if I was to describe the heroine it would be too stupid to live, and this is coming from me after finishing book 2. I love the story the narrator and the characters, but seriously does she have to be that empty headed when it matters? feels like she is always causing trouble for the male protagonist. by the way Greg Tremblay is a good among narrators so yes I like it.

The beginning

I listened to one of the books out of order in another series and did not get to know a few characters. Like KF Breene, the series are linked. Good series with this start. But boy oh boy is this nymph nosy.

So good!

I love Clio and finding out about Lyre’s past! Excellent narration as well! Can’t wait for the next book!