Coming of age with monsters

This book is a fun read. A young man who works with his brother as a Warden to control supernatural beings but dreams of moving to the city. He is thrust into a new reality when his brother vanishes and he is required to track a monster to protect his neighbors and himself.

This is a first person telling. The story is interesting and at times amusing. The young man must develop determination and understanding to survive.

The narrator did a very good job with this material.

This book was provided free of charge and this review was freely and willingly done.

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It's very short

This has everything you need - good guys versus bad guys, a sub-plot and a reasonably suspense-filled climax. I kinda enjoyed it but felt it should have been allowed to develop over a longer story.

Straight on to Book 2 in the Series ...

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Short

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This is a short novel that begins the Warden series. A Warden is somebody who takes care of their local town and protects it from creatures, like the titular wendigo. Errol, the apprentice to his brother who is the town Warden, is thrust into the role that he doesn't want after his brother goes missing. Accompanied by a girl from the town, they set off to discover what happened to his brother.

I liked the premise of this book. I love the idea of there being Wardens. And I thought that the interaction between the two main characters was pretty good. But the book itself just didn't grab me.

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Brilliant

I really enjoyed this audio book, I was surprised as any my age I wasn’t sure if I would. But I can honestly that even someone as old as me can enjoy this.
The characters and storyline are really awesome.
I highly recommend this audio book.😱😰

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Reluctant Supernatural Sheriff

I have previously listened to and enjoyed other books from this author from his superhero series, so was interested to see how this more supernatural series would turn out and on the whole I found this one to be an equally enjoyable listen as those, the main downside is probably that the fairly short length means that we probably don't get as much detail as we might like from a first book in a new series.

The wardens are supernatural protectors, defending the people in a region from the threat of strange and dangerous creatures, it is a job that the main protagonist, Errol, finds both boring and dangerous at the same time. He is forced to take on the role when his older brother goes missing and despite his reluctance, he grows into the role as the book progresses.

The narrator gave a good performance overall with a suitably dramatic delivery and sufficiently distinctive tones for the various characters to nicely enhance the book.

Overall, this was an enjoyable listen, but I'd have liked to have had a bit more world-building in there with it being book one of a series.

[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

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Scary world makes for Great story

This is quite a different book for me to listen too, I normally choose murder mysteries but I enjoyed the author's Kid Sensation series and this series is read by the same narrator. Two big plusses for giving this series ago. Glad I did, I really enjoyed it. I loved the way the author left little clues as to how the story was going to unfold but there were small enough that you didn't actually see them coming, until they were explained.
Wardens protect the world from what we're once only thought of as mythical creatures and monsters but who protect the wardens. This is the question being faced by 16 year old Errol when his older brother goes missing. Not able to sit and do nothing when the villagers demand he steps up and takes his brothers place. It is not long before he is having to travel to the one place he never really wanted to go, the bad lands where the worst of the worst monsters live. Relying on just few a weapons, some magic and the knowledge past down to him from his brother he must out wit a very dangerous foe to stay alive.
I really enjoyed this book and started book two as soon as it was finished.
The narrator is just a pleasure to listen too.

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".. all kinds of things that go bump in the night"

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When the walls came down, all types of creatures previously thought mythical streamed through to earth. To protect the surviving population of humans, a warden system was developed, screening the surviving habitations from the monsters in the badlands. The wardens lived at the very edge of civilisation, were trained in weaponry and some magic, knew the habits of the creatures that might be encountered - and usually died young.

Errol's father had been a warden. He died when Errol was nine, when brother Tom took over from his dad. Now Errol, at 16, had been trained to be Tom's deputy. But he doesn't want to be a warden, thinking it was "stupid, boring and dangerous." But when Tom suddenly disappears, Errol has no choice . He goes into the badlands to look for his brother. What he finds is a Wendigo.

A simply written, easy on the ear, enjoyable adventure story filled with imaginative scary creatures, a well developed main protagonist and some unusually exciting battles. The excellent narration by Mikael Naramore helps bring it all to life, his careful, well paced reading of the text and clearly defined voices of the characters assisting in the build of tension inherent in the text. This is a story full of underlying humour and, although there is violence and gore at times, is very suitable for young people as well as being enjoyable for the older readers. An original and exciting romp through monster lands.

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enjoyable story

I enjoyed this book very much
part tracker and part magician, the Wardens are monster-hunters -

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Entertaining and Energetic.

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An entertaining an energetic short listen. The narrator really brought the characters to life in this short story.

I thought the story was well written and was action packed in such a short audiobook. It was clear that Errol did not want to follow in the family business and become a Warden but as soon as became apparent that his brother Tom has gone missing, he headed out to find him along with Gale.

Errol's quick thinking saved his and Gale's life out in the Badlands along with his knowledge and training, all thanks to his brother Tom. He still has not found Tom, but Errol will not give up looking as he believes Tom would not give up on him.

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Great Story!

Great story about a young man learning what he is capable of set in a very dangerous world.  I look forward to reading more of the Warden series.

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