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  • By Fairy Means or Foul

  • A Starfig Investigations Novel
  • By: Meghan Maslow
  • Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
  • Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (121 ratings)
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By Fairy Means or Foul

By: Meghan Maslow
Narrated by: Greg Boudreaux
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Summary

The last thing half-dragon, half-fairy private investigator Twig Starfig wants to do is retrieve a stolen enchanted horn from a treacherous fae, but there's no denying the dazzlingly gorgeous unicorn who asks Twig to do just that. Literally, no denying, because compelling the reluctant detective is all part of a unicorn's seductive magic.

To add to his woes, Twig is saddled with the unicorn's cheeky indentured servant, Quinn Broomsparkle. Dragons are supposed to want to eat humans, but Twig's half-dragon side only wants to gobble up Quinn in a more personal way. Making matters worse, it's obvious the smokin' hot but untrustworthy sidekick is hiding something. Something big. And not what's in his trousers. In the PI business, that means trouble with a capital Q.

Throw in gads of zombies, a creepy ghost pirate ship, a malfunctioning magic carpet, and Twig's overbearing fairy father's demands to live up to the illustrious Starfig name. Naturally, an old but abiding enemy chooses this time to resurface, too. Those inconveniences Twig can handle. The realization he's falling for a human who isn't free to return his affections and whose life may hang on the success of his latest case?

Not so much.

©2017 Meghan Maslow (P)2022 Meghan Maslow

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good fun

I can't quite find the right words to describe this one. All in all I really enjoyed this one. If you are not a fan of the m/m slave trope. This is not for you! However there are no consent issues between Quinn and Twig as they are rather sweet with each other.
Aso the audiobook made me laugh several times out loud in public and blush at other scenes. Greg Boudreaux's voice was perfect through it all!

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Marvellous and magical

Just finished listening and I can’t rate this book high enough. I love fantasy stories and this one ticks all the boxes for me. Trodden down hero, magic, magical creatures and wonderful world building. Such a fun story I’m looking forward to reading more in the series.
What a master of narration Greg Boudreaux is.
He has such a terrific range of voices for the various characters including an officious fairy. A complete joy to listen to.

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Trust me, its worth it

Downloaded as a bit of fun and couldn't be more impressed. fun, well-rounded, compelling.

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Wonderful fairytale with perfect narration!

What a wonderful adventure in the world of dragons, wizards, unicorns, demons and whatnot! The narration is perfect Every creature has unique voice, I especially love the accent of Bill the Demon! This book has very unique worldbuilding with evil unicorns and sophisticated demons! I laughed out loud several times.

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Very Enjoyable

The story and characters  are engaging and the narrator has very distinctive voices for each character, always a plus for me.

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Amazing

Hands up this was one of the BEST listens of the year. I haven't laughed so much at a book in a long time. The story is fast paced, the characters are witty and the feel of the book is so good. But what topped it off was Greg Boudreaux. His narration was just fantastic, a massive array of voices, intimations spot on and he did all of the extras that many narrators miss, he sighed and laughed and shouted and well, he does a stand up job. If you want a funny feel good love story this is it.

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Good fun

This was a light fun read with lots of fantastic spark, snark and warmth. I really liked Twig! He was a grump with a huge heart and I have a soft spot for those :-) There is a lot of fun side caracters that I look forward to reading more about in the next book.
My one hang-up was that a lot of trouble could have been awoided if Twig and Quinn would have just talked. Just sat down and talked instead of always assuming that they knew best. I know that this is to drive the plot along I’m just nok a fan.
Gregs narration is as always spot on. He is so good at differentiating the different voices that you are never in doubt about who is saying what. Always a mayor plus when he is the narrator!
Overall well worth a credit :-)

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Surprisingly Great!

This is an absolute gem 💎
It’s witty, funny, whimsical and downright hot and horny.
I highly recommend this if you’re looking for something different to the norm of this genre of audiobook.
Thoroughly enjoyed and can’t wait to hear more from Starfig Investigations!

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Fantastic

The book is great and amazing, Greg just made it better! I was a joy to listen!

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predictable but sweet

i enjoyed this book mainly because of the great narration and colorful characters. but the story of magical journey has been done to death before.

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