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Title: Unmasked

Author: EM Kaplan

Narrator: TJ Richards

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-17

Publisher: EM Kaplan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Mel can sense the blood beating through her companions' veins. She can count the moments between heartbeats to tell who is sincere and who is lying. She can make herself stronger for short periods of time, heal small wounds on her body, and manipulate light to change her appearance subtly. These abilities are useful skills for a Mask - a preternaturally sensitive, cloaked and imposing, impartial arbitrator, both revered and feared by everyone.

Mattieus Ottick, or just Ott to his friends, comes from the frozen north to hunt the strange ogre-like creatures, or trogs, that threaten the northern mines. Magical beasties? Nightmares come to life? The world as Ott knows it is about to change. Blessed by easy charm and good looks, Ott is used to the attention of females, but, gods above, he is knocked flat by the kiss of the ethereal woman he rescues.

Members Reviews:

Must pay attention!

Mel is a young woman from a society called the Masks, a group of people who are hypersensitive to their surroundings and the feelings and motivations of those around them. Masks are to be neutral, unfeeling and dispassionate, it is what makes them the arbitrators of their world. Mel is different, she feels, she hopes, and eventually, she loves.

The premise of this story was very good. The twists and turns that commenced during the listening held my attention throughout the entirety of the book. There was a lot of information given, and many subplots happening along with the main storyline. This was a book that I had to pay attention to or I would lose my way. There were a few plot holes that I hope are rectified in the next book in the series.

The narrator did a great job and I enjoyed listening to her voice cadence.

I provided this review in exchange for a complimentary copy of the audiobook from the author, narrator, or publisher.

Amazing fantasy listen

LOVED this book! Well crafted world with complex characters, and an intriguing storyline that kept me hooked from the first sentence. Excellent narrator as well, she really brought the story to life. Will definitely be listening to the other books in this series. I recommend this one for fans of Patrica Briggs and Robin McKinley. I received a free review copy of this audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

Fantasy romance - good series start

This book clearly indicates that it's the first book in a series. Accordingly, there were threads in the story that didn't wind down completely by the end of the story. If this were a standalone story, I'd point out things like the unresolved disappearance of characters down cellar pits or a full explanation for why Rob's father summoned the Masks and plotted the events that followed once the Masks arrived. I'm assuming that we'd see what happened to those characters in the next installment in the series, so I wouldn't identify these unexplained gaps as flaws in the story.

There were a few romance threads in the story, but there was nothing explicitly racy in the romantic scenes to make readers uncomfortable.

While I was listening to the audiobook, I was wondering if things were going to take brutal turns (in the same vein as Game of Thrones, when beloved characters suddenly get tortured, murdered, abandoned, raped, betrayed, etc.). The bad guys were bad but they weren't utterly evil, and we met other characters that I thought might turn into bad guys but they didn't.