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  • Shining Smith, Book 1
  • By: Faith Hunter
  • Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
  • Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (318 ratings)
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Junkyard Cats

By: Faith Hunter
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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Summary

From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.

After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human. And the scrapyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.

This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane. Clutched in her cold fingers is a note to Shining - warning her of a coming attack.

With dread, Shining realizes: Someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the scrapyard? Will she even survive? Or will Shining have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands? 

©2020 Faith Hunter (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.

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Enjoyed more than expected

Wasn't sure to begin with, the accent of the narrator almost put me off, but it grew on me . . . as did the story as it unfolded. Clever, a mixture of out-of-this-time tech and all time human emotions . . . . scary believable . . . .

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New genre, same old mesmerizing storytelling

My only complaint is that is too short, but again, I knew this when I purchased the audiobook. Fantastic job both - Faith Hunter and Kristine Hvam. Looking forward toward new book in a hopefully long series!

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It's all about the cats!

I auto buy Faith Hunter and I am never disappointed. It gets even better when Khristine Hvam picks up the narration. I digress, Faith drops us into a dystopian junkyard belonging to Shining Smith. The apocalypse has already happened and the alien bugs settled the score, it left people to eke out an existence where they can. Shining is happy-ish and is way more than she seems, she lives alone apart from the junkyard cats and a war-bot she rescued.

But the world is now run by bikers, the biggest group the Hell's Angels have heard rumours that she is hiding something. Her only warning of the coming attack the note clutched in the dead fingers of her father's last friend. Then Jager arrives ........

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Emotional Rollercoaster

A fantastic read, it had me hooked right from the start, I just couldn't put it down. A fast paced, action packed read with tons of intrigue and exciting plot twists!

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Interesting Concept

Although it is not very long, I'm pleased I gave it a shot. I found some of the concepts interesting and thought it was well worth the (short) listen.

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fantastic

wasn't sure if I would enjoy this book as under 6 hours, but bought it as I have bought all of faith hunter's previous books so glad I did enjoyed it enormously and have already bought the 2nd one

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Short but good.

I am a Faith Hunter fan but, her consent repeating of the titles of peoples professions in a short story starts to grate. ie- the inforcer of the omw. I would like to listen to a longer story before making a decision on if I want to continue.

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Very Faith Hunter

Another strong female character with a cat link though in a different way to Jane Yellowrock. It took about half an hour to get going but once it did I was hooked.

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fast paced action

Action, action! action as the back story is slow,ly teased out. character development an be convenient, jarring abrupt! subtly nuanced and contradictory. Let's see what comes. Shining Smith I suspect will. be around for some time

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Short and needed more - glad I got it on a 241

Loved it but would have been gutted to have used a full book credit on it for less than 4 hours. The story was great and interesting with fab ideas but revolves around one singular event in an obviously much bigger story. Sometimes unsure if the narration is the protagonist speaking out loud so others hear her or just thinking, but can't wait to listen to the next part.

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