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God Touched

By: John Conroe
Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
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Summary

Book 1 of the Demon Accords.

Chris Gordon is a rookie with the NYPD - one with a secret. In his spare time Chris is an exorcist without equal, with a gift from God. But when he saves a beatiful girl from a demonic attack, he discovers there is more to fear than just demons. Finding himself surrounded by vampires and were-weasels and facing a giant short-faced bear, Chris struggles to stay alive, all while protecting his deadly new girlfriend. And then there's her overprotective vampire mother!

©2010 John Conroe (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

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Superb Series of Books

I am writing this review having finished reading the entire Demon Accord series about three weeks ago. Having only recently discovered my liking for supernatural fiction I came across God Touched and decided to give it ago. I finished it in double quick time. It left me wanting more, and I soon devoured the rest of the series. Great characters all properly drawn 3D people with all their faults and weaknesses, set in a supernatural world that doesn't confuse the reader with too many changes to the laws of physics.
What can I say. Read this first book and I would be very surprised if you don't want to read the rest.

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Reads kinda like a teenage boys fantasy

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I guess I'd say it's alright if you want something fairly trashy. Especially if they were a guy.

Would you recommend God Touched to your friends? Why or why not?

I don't think I would. The love story in it is a bit... I dunno predictable. I kept waiting for the main character to put on a fedora and say m'lady.

What does James Patrick Cronin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Clear reading, good pronunciation, very listenable voice

Did God Touched inspire you to do anything?

I dunno maybe read the next one in the series. It's trashy but could definitely be a guilty pleasure

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I kinda felt like, the story could have been better.

Loser guy becomes super cop, and also super hot, and also gets a super obsessed girlfriend who is also super strong but ultra loving and cutesy. Has to eat tons of greasy food and do nothing to keep in shape.

My eyes did roll a few times. Generally enjoyable though.

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Hard to stop listening to this series

Where does God Touched rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I found the world of demons, vampires and werewolves fascinating.
The main character escalates in power through the series, which worries those that would like to control him.
I found the narrator very good, I tried to limit my listening to commuting but I found it hard to stop listening.

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Vacuous Nonsense

Too many science fiction/fantasy writers have no real art for story telling and too many lack the technical competence to write even middling quality novels. In this case the author has created or otherwise obtained a good idea for an urban fantasy but lacks the ability to create a half decent yarn.

First person stories can be tricky and new authors fall into the trap of this approach since it seems easy ... "I did this and I did that ..." and so on. But first person stories mean that your central character must carry the audience with his thoughts and actions. If the reader thinks your central character is a boring meat-head then the story can be completely ruined for that reader.

I found the central character of this story annoying, irritating, boring, naive, and lacking in intelligence. Even so it is still possible to write about a set of events that happens to someone like this in an interesting way, but the author fails to do this.

Tropes can be fine, so can story formulas, and they can give the reader comfort - but it's how you deliver the story that is the measure of the writer. The delivery of this book is rather disappointing and unimaginative. The lead character's relationship with the "love" interest is vacuous and yawn-inspiring.

There was also no sense of tension, surprise, suspense and so forth. I never felt that the main character was in any real danger, he was basically too powerful and too quickly able to resolve situations. This approach is boring and completely unrealistic given the less than stellar cognitive ability of the lead character.

I'd be here all day if I was to outline all my pet hates from this story. I frequently found myself thinking, "show don't tell; lazy so and so".

The naive execution of this story, I thought it was written by a teenager or some person in their 20s with limited life experience but the author's website photo reveals him to probably be in his 50s or 60s having spend 20+ years in banking and investments which I would suggest he sticks with instead of inflicting his brand of nonsense on the rest of us.

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Good

I really enjoyed this book. The story is well written and funny, and the characters are great. The narrator is okay, he has a nice voice, although his accents can be a little cringe worthy. Well worth a credit.

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Written by a 5 year old?

Terrible. If I could return it, I would. If anything, I feel like audible should pay me for damages.
I've gone through a lot of urban fantasy during this year, a lot of it fairly trashy (& a lot unexpectedly good!), so I thought I built up some resistance, but this one was just too much... Best described by one of the previous reviewers as "the teenage boy's fantasy" . I would bring the bar even lower.
The plot seems to serve only one purpose - so that the hero can yet again be surprised at how hot women find him (insert an eye roll). How many times?! Especially one sexy Russian vampire (reader's performance is great but perhaps next time he may consider gentler accents, these make the characters sound a little dumb).
Book sounded like listening to my nephew who's 4... And she bought him all the guns in the world! SO many guns and the mightiest weapons and let's list them all, and danced in the sexiest way in the smallest attire, and they are both the most special, and he can eat all the burgers he wants and his blood is the tastiest and his muscles the biggest, like, to the moon!
Cliches I can take, but this should have remained in the author's desk drawer.

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good series...

the idea of a low in the ranks cop, who realises he has an ability and becomes more than anyone expects him to be, is a basic story line. However this one by his likeability, manages to pull other supernatural characters to him. He grows in power and acquires "talented" friends to allow him/them to fight even more powerful foes. I disagree with the person who suggested that when Declan O'Carroll came on to the scene, the books lost something... the story goes onto different characters and we find out more about them and then they interact with our main protagonist in the next book, whats the problem with that?

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Great Read

Wasn't sure when I first started to listen to this book., but it turned out to be a good book and I am looking forward to listening to the next in the series.

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  • 10-02-16

just as awesome.

if you have read the book, then this enhances the experience, enjoyed the reading version

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What can I say

To be honest I did not really know what I was getting with this book I had no clue it was about supernatural things but I can say I am hooked I just love it I had finished it with in the time it is read to you just was not able to stop if you were to ask me would I recommend it I would say yes with out hesitation

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