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Charm City
- The Demon Whisperer, Book 1
- Narrated by: Roy McCrerey
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
The darkness is rising, and one man stands against it: the exorcist mage Simon Alliant. But in Baltimore, he finally meets his match...a part-mortal divinity with the power to whisper away demons.
Simon Alliant is an exorcist who battles demons, whether he wants to or not. Sometimes it's not so bad...he gets to play with magic, after all. But for Simon, magic represents a demon of another kind. He's addicted to magic, and it takes more than a handful of charms to keep that particular demon at bay.
Chiara is part Light, part Dark, and stubbornly mortal. The woman has a way with words: She literally talks demons into abandoning their human hosts. Simon thinks that's not the only trick she has up her sleeve - and that's pretty high praise coming from a mage like him.
As intriguing as that may be, Simon has too many reasons to distrust her...one of them being his more-or-less partner, an angelic Watcher. Amid all the celestial warnings of the rising dark comes a new prophesy that makes him wonder: Is Chiara a threat to him and all of mankind?
Or will she be his salvation?
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- C. Rowlands
- 26-08-18
Good book and not just a good 1st episode
The first book in a new series can often be a difficult balancing act for an author, the first book has to be sufficiently self-contained that a reader can enjoy it in it's own right and not just as part of a larger series, but it also has to introduce a fair amount of the important characters of the series and set plot points up nicely for the rest of the series too. Luckily, the author manages to accomplish this balancing act very well indeed, producing an enjoyable read that works as a standalone book and as the entry point to a new series.
While, it is fairly stereotypical when it comes to urban fantasy books for the main protagonist to be a little rough around the edges, somewhat snarky but still principled, Simon Alliant works well as a main character that sort of reminded me of the way they portrayed John Constantine in the short-lived tv show. Other similarities in the case would be that he is aided by an enigmatic angel and encounters a woman with mysterious powers, albeit in the case of Chiara, her powers are basically a more natural version of the ones Simon has himself with her not needing the various charms, amulets etc that he does to carry out an exorcism.
The performance of the narrator was generally a good one with his tone and voices enhancing the book quite well, giving the characters distinctive enough tones to make them stand out, possibly his delivery could have been a bit quicker, but that is a subjective issue that is readily avoided with variable speed options anyway.
Overall, this was both a good book and a good start to a new series, which is just what you want from it.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Lee
- 31-07-18
Too Short
Although the root of this tale is good, the execution is a little rushed, there isn't enough character building for me.
I feel this should have been a ten-hour story, not five and a bit, then there would have been enough time to get to know the characters.
There is one point that confused me a little, the writer calls a half-angel, half-human hybrids, Enochian's. As far as I know, Enochian is the supposed language of the angels and the hybrids are called Nephilim.
The narrating is of an average quality, although I did have to play this at x1.25 as he does tend to speak quite slow.
Overal, if you like stories about angels and demons then you'll probably like this, if not then maybe this isn't for you.
This audiobook was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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