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Shrill Dusk

City of Magic Series, Book 1

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Charley is a cleaner by day and a professional gambler by night. She might be haunted by her tragic past but she's never thought of herself as anything or anyone special. Until, that is, things start to go terribly wrong all across the city of Manchester. Between plagues of rats, firestorms, and the gleaming blue eyes of a sexy Scottish werewolf, she might just have landed herself in the middle of a magical apocalypse. She might also be the only person who has the ability to bring order to an utterly chaotic new world.

©2019 Helen Harper (P)2019 Tantor Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Magic
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There were a lot of moments in the first half where characters said phrases and words that we just don't say here. Also, no-one carries pepper spray, it's illegal here and not worth trying to get hold of.
The middle was good as the storyline is interesting and not too predictable.
But towards the end it lost me again when it got all morally righteous. 'Good guys don't kill people we just send the badies away'. It read too teenage idealistic.

Annoying if you're English & too morally righteous

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this isn't your usual kind of fantasy audiobook but is a refreshing modern take on it. I didn't want to stop listening xxxxxxx

differently good

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I enjoyed the different twist on a supernatural story. Being a Lancashire lass added to the enjoyment.

A good read and listen

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I have listened to a number of Helen’s books over the last few weeks and I have always been impressed with the strong female lead characters and the unusual take on the urban fantasy tropes that are in each series unique but entertaining. I will continue to listen to Helen’s books as long as they keep popping up on here. A word should be said about Ruth’s narration, she has an excellent grasp of accents and dialects and makes the whole listen enjoyable.

Pretty darn good

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It's obviously written by someone who's never even been to Manchester let alone lived there. If you're from there it'll annoy the crap out of you because it's weirdly vague about where things happen and uses subtly wrong terms to describe places.

That said, it's a pretty good story pretty well done and the narration is great.

If you're from Manchester it'll annoy you

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