Dark City
The Order of Shadows, Book 1
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Dark City
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Narrated by:
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Shawn Compton
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By:
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Kit Hallows
Hidden magic lurks in the heart of the Dark City. Can one man keep it from tearing itself apart?
The name's Morgan Rook. I was done with demons, werewolves, and creatures that didn't even have names. I'd cleaned up enough of the city's darkness to earn my exit. Sun, sand, and no more bodies.
One last job changed that. A vampire's rampage. Bodies piling up like discarded toys. Beneath it all, something older — and far worse. A darkness that had the monsters themselves trembling.
I had another reason for staying. A witch named Elsbeth Wyght had murdered the woman I loved, and I wasn't leaving until I'd found her.
No badge. No backup. Just magic, monsters, and me, a man who's one step away from being a vigilante.
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My only criticism was that, it was a lot, there was a lot of effort to thrust the main character against or alongside just about every Supernatural you can shake a stick at while too quickly uncovering enough backstory to make the reader feel like the main character is powerful-special.
That diluted the mix a bit for me but as the first book in the series I understand that is an important reason to stand out and get a reader reading the second book, personally though my reason is actually the character Dopple who as he was introduced I couldn't get an image of anyone but Peter Lorre out of my head. Such a strange and wonderful side character who I hope to learn more about as I work my way though the series.
Also the fantastic narrator, this was my 4th(?) Shawn Compton narration and I enjoyed the total tone change immensely, quite bespoke for the PI genre.
Come for the Memorable characters.
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Luckily, the author takes these familiar themes and adds more than enough to the main character and a varied supporting cast to comfortably move beyond the familiar, producing a strong and entertaining story with interesting world-building for any subsequent instalments in this series.
On the whole the narrator does a good job with this book, but could have perhaps injected a bit more life into their delivery to further enhance the characters.
Overall, a strong first book in this series and I will be interested to see how it progresses.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
Urban fantasy with a supernatural PI
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Morgan Rook is a jack of all supernatural trades , he kills demons , monsters and other dark things that lurk in the shadows.
I really enjoyed book 1 and have added the rest of the series to my wish list.
Fabulous
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I gotta say I really enjoyed this book, the main character is very likeable. As a supernatural detective serise makes this quite unique, I'll not say anything about it as I'd not want to give anything away.
The narration is brilliant, reminds me of an old fashioned, black and white PI serise, where the PI has his thought narrated aloud. Brilliant!.
So all in all a decent book is I'd happily recommend this to anyone.
A great story.
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