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Title: Faerie Wrath

Author: Emma L. Adams

Narrator: Luci Christian

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-06-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 52 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When ghosts start appearing all over town, my witch friend Isabel and I are pulled in to help the necromancers exorcise the wayward spirits. With the dead refusing to stay dead, it's easier said than done.

And there's something worse hiding on the wrong side of the grave.

As an old adversary puts a dangerous plan in motion, I'm forced to learn more about the magic I stole from Faerie's darkest corner. But every step brings me closer to the veil, and if I'm not careful, I'll be ripped away from the people I love and trapped in Death forever.

Members Reviews:

The fourth book was just as strong as the 1st

This book finally pulls together and ends the story arc in a big free-for-all, so I highly recommend you don't start with Faerie Wrath.

I have a love-hate relationship with Ivy, the main character. She is a tough ex-mercenary who has decided to protect the Mages and deal more fairly with the Necromancers. Her arch-nemesis, a half-faerie, has been plotting to return to life, and in this novel we see how he plans to do this. It is clever and complex (even though Ivy says he is not a complicated thinker. Little does she realize.) But because of Ivy's past, she tags every faerie and half-faerie as an enemy and untrustworthy. I hope in the 5th novel she learns to overcome some of that bias.

Most of the secondary characters are believable and make good decisions in their own right, and I think I like the banshee and her witch-friend. However, her main love interest, Vance, fails to interest me in this novel. He is just plain boring, and the romance is ho-hum.

No, the action is the center of focus, and it is worth the read. I tend to like a healthy mix of romance and action, so this series has been one of my favorites. The ending of this story arc was satisfying and left enough to create a new story arc. It reminds me of Kim Harrison's novels, which ran to about 20 strong novels before completing the series. When it finally ended, I thought the length was perfect. I expect Emma Adams may develop this and end it when it is time, rather than some novelists I dropped.

Two thumbs up, Emma.

Yeah

Skipping the rest. Somehow I purchased book 7 so I will read that one, but so done with this series.

We learn more about the pasts of some of the ...

We learn more about the pasts of some of the characters, murder happens, she learns more about her powers, a new mystery appears and some of the power structure is changed.

Well, I'm sold on buying the next book in this series!

Love it

Fast paced, intense.

Book four farie realm

Enjoyed this book just like the others. Kept me on the edge all the time I was reading. Slow start but got better with each page.

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Title: Underground

Subtitle: Kat Dubois Chronicles, Book 3

Author: Lindsey Fairleigh

Narrator: Julia Whelan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-12-17

Publisher: Lindsey Fairleigh

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 87 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

When immortals clash, mortals will pay the ultimate price.

Kat Dubois has been sidelined. With a single word from Heru - no - her plans to save humanity from the Cascade Virus one mortal at a time are put on hold indefinitely. But Kat's not willing to sit by, watching the world as she knows it crumble around her. While Heru awaits a miracle discovery that may never come, Kat shuns his orders and takes rogue action. Thanks to her trusty deck of tarot cards, she knows that at least the universe is on her side. Probably.

Alongside Nik, Kat throws herself into her work, transforming humans into immortal Nejerets as quickly as possible. Even as her partner in humanitarian crime seems to be losing his grip on reality. Even as she, herself, senses that she's fighting a losing battle. Even as the universe reveals its truly duplicitous nature and the way onward seems impossible.

Kat's nothing, if not stubborn. She won't give up. Not without a fight.

More books in the Echo World:

Echo Trilogy:

Kat Dubois Chronicles:

Members Reviews:

Kat

These books so far are more true than the author knows. Who really are your friends or what are they. Hmm.

Julia Whelan

Something about her voice is so intriguing that I can't stop listening. The story make it's notice as well

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Title: Haroun and the Sea of Stories

Author: Salman Rushdie

Narrator: Neil Shah

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-17

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 26 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Discover Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salman Rushdie's classic fantasy novel.

Set in an exotic eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as The Lord of the Rings, The Alchemist, and The Wizard of Oz. In this captivating work of fantasy from the author of Midnight's Children and The Enchantress of Florence, Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.

Members Reviews:

read on paper

Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this reader. When I picked up the paper cooy, it was fantastic. This reading really doesn't do it justice but rather makes it sound rather silly.

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Title: Junkyard Druid

Subtitle: The Colin McCool Paranormal Suspense Series, Book 1

Author: M.D. Massey

Narrator: Steven Barnett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-17

Publisher: M.D. Massey

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 218 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

A cursed druid, blackmailed by a faery queen to find a missing magic rock. Let's just hope they don't hack the druid off...for everyone's sake.

Name's Colin McCool. Folks call me the Junkyard Druid. I hate that name.

Despite my last name, I'm not "cool" like the other hunters in town. I don't run an occult bookstore, I've never owned a Harley, and I didn't inherit a family fortune passed down through generations of hunters before me.

And I kind of have this curse on me that's messed up my life.

So, things have gone to hell since I was cursed. I live in a junkyard, my mentor Finn is a heroin addict, I've got the Cold Iron Circle breathing down my neck, and the local Fae Queen Maeve is blackmailing me into doing her dirty work.

Now I'm in way over my head trying to retrieve Maeve's stolen magic rock, all while helping my friend Belladonna solve a series of murders that may or may not involve the local werewolves.

And did I mention that my girlfriend is a ghost?

If I can just get the Faery Queen's tathlum back, and help Belladonna solve the murders...

Then I just might live long enough to finish my first year of college.

Members Reviews:

Disappointed

I'm a huge fan of the Iron Druid series, so, I decided to give this series a try. I was disappointed early into the book but I forced myself to give it a try. Big mistake. The more I listened, the more I became disconnected to the story. Massey failed to establish a relationship between the main character and the world in which he lives. The characters also flat and disingenuous. I simply couldn't get into it.

Great book !!!

Have you listened to any of Steven Barnetts other performances before? How does this one compare?

No. But I really liked, specially the action moments , this Narrator is able to convey the emotions from the characters.

Any additional comments?

I loved this book and I think that most fans of the Iron Druid and Harry Dresden will like it! I'm curious to see the development of the story. The book one is building up its world. So far some Celtic Mythology involved, fairies, witches, vampires, werewolves. I'm afraid to give to many details and spoil the fun hehe

there needs to more his masterful works on here!

this was beyond an amazing book. if you liked the iron druid series and like things a little darker this is for You!

Good new urban fantasy

Good start to a new urban fantasy series. Multiple interesting characters to develop here, and an interesting established relationship between the main character and his dead girlfriend.

blown away. great book.

this was an unexpected joy to listen to. Of course I am a lover of The Iron Druid series. although This Book Is Nothing Like The Iron Druid it is quite enjoyable. The narrator has a great voice for the characters and the writing is quite creative.

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Title: Hunted

Author: Meagan Spooner

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld, Will Damron

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 180 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Meagan Spooner spins a thoroughly thrilling Beauty and the Beast story for the modern age, expertly woven with spellbinding romance, intrigue, and suspense that listeners won't soon be able to forget.

Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones - and in her blood. After all, her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering its secrets. So when her father loses his fortune and moves Yeva and her sisters out of their comfortable home among the aristocracy and back to the outskirts of town, Yeva is secretly relieved. Out in the wilderness, there's no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. But Yeva's father's misfortune may have cost him his mind, and when he goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the creature he'd been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. The Beast.

Deaf to her sisters' protests, Yeva hunts this strange creature back into his own territory - a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of magical creatures that Yeva's only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin - or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty or the Beast?

Members Reviews:

It was ok

The story fell short for me. I found myself hooked in the beginning but the romance felt dry in the end. I also feel the male narrator did amazing while the female voice was just ok.

An excellent story!

Megan Spooner is a very talented storyteller. I enjoyed this version of a familiar tale and recommend reading it. You will be pleased with the twists.

SLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWW

45 minutes in and I can't seem to catch. Sad really, as I wanted to love this story.

Yawn Fest

I can't begin to describe how mundane this book was to listen to. It's a re-telling of beauty and the beast and it is SO boring. I would skip honestly.

Great stand alone book!

This book was recommended to me and it was perfect! I enjoy retelling of fairytales and this did not disappoint!

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Title: The End of Oz

Author: Danielle Paige

Narrator: Devon Sorvari

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-17

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 195 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In this dark, action-packed fourth book in the New York Times best-selling Dorothy Must Die series, Amy Gumm travels from Oz to the twisted land of Ev, where she fights to free Oz from evil once and for all.

My name is Amy Gumm. You might remember me as the other girl from Kansas. When a tornado swept me away to the magical land of Oz, I was given a mission: Dorothy must die. That's right, everyone's favorite Wicked-Witch slayer had let the magic of Oz corrupt her. She turned evil. So I killed her.

But just when we thought it was safe to start rebuilding the damaged land of Oz, we were betrayed. Now I'm following the Road of Yellow Brick as it helps me escape toward the mysterious land of Ev, where the Nome King rules a bleak and angry world. And what I'm about to find is shocking: My original mission may not have been successful.

I thought my job was over, but it's only just beginning. And it's up to me to foil Dorothy's plans for revenge - and finally save the land I've come to love.

Members Reviews:

Loved this series

What a wonderful story from beginning to end. Following Amy in her travels as she traveled through Oz. All the loss, the triumph, the twists and turns. Learning about what happened to Dorothy and why she did what she did. The way the story ended makes me what to read more. I dont know if Danielle Paige plans on continuing the story, but one can hope and if she does, I will be there ready to read it. Devon Sorvari was great in the way that she narrated each story in the series. Thank you for such a wonderful story.

Great end to the series.

The book was well paced and had a good ending. I love the narrator and she does a fantastic job.

fun alternate Oz

this is a fun adult version of the Oz we grew up with. decent conclusion with possibilty for another series.

Totally disappointing

This book was totally disappointing, after watching books one, two, and three, develop and mature both in writing style and the characters This book was terrible. The story was poorly developed in the writing was completely juvenile.

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Title: High-Rise

Author: J. G. Ballard

Narrator: Tom Hiddleston

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-08-17

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

From the author of the Sunday Times best seller Cocaine Nights comes an unnerving tale of life in a modern tower block running out of control.

Within the concealing walls of an elegant 40-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. Cocktail parties degenerate into marauding attacks on 'enemy' floors, and the once-luxurious amenities become an arena for riots and technological mayhem.

In this visionary tale of urban disillusionment from the renowned author of Crash and Cocaine Nights, society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, recreate a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.

The audiobook of High Rise arrives as interest in the book and J. G. Ballard's work reaches a new peak. The film adaptation of High Rise, directed by Ben Wheatley (Kill List, Sightseers) will be released in September 2015, starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.

Tom Hiddleston, who is known to millions worldwide for his role as the evil god Loki in the blockbuster Thor and Avengers movies, has lent his voice to this first UK audiobook adaptation of High Rise, which was published in 1975.

J. G. Ballard was born in 1930 in Shanghai, where his father was a businessman. After internment in a civilian prison camp, he and his family returned to England in 1946. He published his first novel, The Drowned World, in 1961. His 1984 best seller Empire of the Sun won the Guardian Fiction Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was later filmed by Steven Spielberg. Ballard's memoir, Miracles of Life, was published in 2008. J. G. Ballard died in 2009.

Members Reviews:

High-density insanity.

âLater, as he sat on his balcony eating the dog, Dr Robert Laing reflected on the unusual events that had taken place within this huge apartment building during the previous three months.â

High-Rise is an stupendous book about how the increasing density of our cities could lead to mass insanity. The high-rise of the title is a forty-storied project with a thousand apartments that is inaugurated in London, a building designed to be completely autonomous, with supermarkets, stores, swimming pools, gyms and even schools.

As time goes by, the trivial everyday disputes because of noises, animals, children, parking spaces, elevator use; everything intensifies. The dwellers gather in tribes of close storys, with a particular rivalry among those who live in the top luxury floors and the cheaper ones on the bottom. It all leads to all out anarchy and floor wars, social collapse and beatings, invasions, deaths, rapes, gratuitous violence and cannibalism.

The book is full of âballardianâ ideas, such as how the cyclopean building is really built not to house the residents, but for them to hide in. Is the place where you can disconnect yourself from society and let loose your primal instincts of territory and ownership. Where your inner animal can be himself.

It is incredible how this isolation progresses in the book. In the beginning it is just an unconscious anger, leading to a kind of collective insanity and ending in total madness. The dwellers become animals, dominated by an instinct to sleep by day and go out at night to fight.

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Title: Paternus

Author: Dyrk Ashton

Narrator: Nik Magill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 12-28-16

Publisher: Paternus Books Media

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 43 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Even myths have legends. And not all legends are myth.

When a local hospital is attacked by strange and frightening men, Fiona Patterson and Zeke Prisco save a catatonic old man named Peter - and find themselves running for their lives with creatures beyond imagination hounding their every step.

With nowhere else to turn, they seek out Fi's enigmatic Uncle Edgar. But the more their questions are answered, the more they discover that nothing is what it seems - not Peter, not Edgar, perhaps not even themselves.

The gods and monsters, heroes and villains of lore - they're real. And now they've come out of hiding to hunt their own. In order to survive, Fi and Zeke must join up with powerful allies against an ancient evil that's been known by many names and feared by all. The final battle of the world's oldest war has begun.

Members Reviews:

an action-packed mythological adventure

Fi and Zeek are young adults who face the typical obstacles to a budding romance and life in general. Fi is completing an internship at a nursing home while living at home with her stuffed shirt uncle and Zeek is preparing for a conference and working at the same nursing home and madly in love with Fi. Fi is the only person able to take care of the dementia-stricken and invalid Peter. Fi and Zeek stumble through their relationship when suddenly the nursing home is invaded with evil looking creatures who mangle and eat the residents.

Mythological beings on all sides (good and evil) invade the world of Fi and Zeek to the point that nothing surprises them any longer. The question lies in the outcome of the 3rd holocaust, who will win? Good or evil? Regardless, the creatures and beings believed to be mythological are real and at war.

Dyrk Ashton, the author, is an amazing story-teller creating an action-packed adventure by blending mythological creatures and myths into the present world and bringing them to life. One senses the story is not going to be boring even given the slow start. One does not expect, however, to be so totally immersed into the action and story that one is caught off guard momentarily to find oneself so thoroughlyengaged.

Ashton builds the action around the development of the characters, in some cases, the character development is done almost instantaneously such as the first time we meet Clarion. There are several twists and turns, but not so much that one loses interest or connection to the story. The story flows smoothly and each twist is handled with aplomb. This is an epic journey in many ways, one the listener has no choice but to go on once they are snared in the story. Thrilling to the end, one cannot help but wait for the next book to know who wins and who else will meet their mortal demise.

The narrator provided an excellent performance in the narration of the book. Although the book was a total of 15 hours, Nik Magill did not once lose his place or the voice of the characters. His talent helped to draw the reader into the story and captivate them into staying as well as the work of Ashton. His light rhythmic voice made listening to the story pleasant. He never went campy nor did he become shrill as some tend to do during epiclength books.

Paternus is a very good book, one I would listen to again without hesitation and would appreciate more the second time around now that I understand how some of the pieces fit together.

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Title: Silver Road

Subtitle: The Shifting Tides, Book 2

Author: James Maxwell

Narrator: Simon Vance

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-16

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 232 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Chloe's quest to escape the Oracle's prophecy leads her to a magus with a secret: the eldren are not the only race to use magic in warfare. An ancient power is rediscovered, and a forgotten people will return.

Meanwhile, cursed by his birth, Dion tries to forge a new life at sea, away from both the eldren and his former life in Xanthos, but the one thing he can't leave behind is his heritage.

Two kings on opposite sides of the ocean prepare for war.

The clash of civilizations has only just begun....

Members Reviews:

A great adventure.

I'm glad I discovered these treasures from James Maxwell. His storytelling is fantastic, the narration is great. The story doesn't fall victim to the same old, same old. There are length of surprises and twists to keep one interested. I can't wait to start the final installment. So, of I go.

Beautifully written.

Loving this series and can't wait for the 3rd book! Tastefully done, wonderful characters and enough plot twists to keep one entertained.

Fantasy lover

Loved it ! I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. I especially enjoy Simon Vance as a narrator. His voice changes help form a mental vision of the characters yet aren't so dramatic as to leave nothing to the imagination.

wish all audiobooks were in this league

i hate it when a book this good ends.

great story, performance, and humans you can see in the little movie show in your head

Very good.

I wasn't disappointed. It's a definite 4.5 out of 5. I could see a Syfy 3 night movie series. It could happen.

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Title: Tremontaine, Season One

Subtitle: 13 Book Series, Box Set

Author: Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Malinda Lo, Joel Derfner, Racheline Maltese, Patty Bryant

Narrator: Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-16

Publisher: Serial Box

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 27 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

In a city that never was, sex, scandal, and swordplay combine in a melodrama of manners that takes listeners to a world inspired by Elizabethan London, 18th century Paris, and 1980s New York City. Sexuality is fluid, politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers. Intrigue is afoot when a Duchess, a scholar, a swordswoman, and a genius, are brought together by long-buried lies and truths that cannot be denied.

Full list of authors includes Paul Witcover, Delia Sherman, and Rachline Maltese.

Members Reviews:

The best.

Amazing. I loved it. The best audio book I've ever purchased by an order of magnitude.

Bravo!

Any additional comments?

I loved the audio edition of Swordspoint much much more than the book, and as soon as I had finished, listened to the other two books in the series which were equally good. When I spotted this series, I wasn't sure if I was going to like it even though set in the same world, as apart from the first and last one, the episodes had different writers. But I needn't have worried - it is equally as delicious, the continuity between each episode is excellent in style and content, and the narrators are all just as brilliant. Now eagerly awaiting the next series - I'm waiting for the box set so I can greedily listen to them in big chunks rather than having to wait for each to be released!

a strong queer book with a strong plot (for once).

there are few books/series featuring queer romances with good, well thought out, plots. they tend to go south once the sex begins. a well balanced story, enjoyable until the end.