R F Whittaker

Ambrose is in a self-imposed exile after he accidentally killed a man with his magic. Now this wizard roams the wilderness looking for a purpose and possibly for redemption. He comes across Bertold who has a bloodsucker imprisoned. He’s waiting for the sun to rise and roast her alive. Ambrose won’t stand for this and his actions change the course of his life, bringing unexpected companions into his life along with deadly danger.

This tale had some high points, some amusing moments, and a lot of info dumps. Sometimes I was totally engaged and sometimes I was bored. the villains are really easy to spot being brutish, so that took some of the suspense out of the book.

Florentina is the bloodsucker (vampire) that Ambrose rescued at the beginning of the tale. She’s got some dimension to her. She’s suffering from an illness that means she needs fresh blood. Ambrose vows to find a cure for her but his wizard skills are still in their fledgling state. He bumbles his way through the book. Florentina offers some wisdom and acts like a central spoke around which all the other characters rotate.

Each time we got a new character in this tale, there would be a big info dump that would mostly be their back story. It was a rather tedious way to get introduced to each character. It often took me away from the plot. From Florentina to Reggie to the Wolfboy to even Bertold. It was like reading a character development sheet instead of being an integrated part of the story.

Florentina and Ambrose fall in love almost instantly. It’s not even lust. It’s this deep soul-cleaving love. Since it was so automatic I had trouble getting behind it.

The Tookingtons were amusing. They were these little animated flowers that acted as an honor guard for Florentina. Definitely dangerous in great numbers.

By the end, Ambrose and his crew still have some things to wrap up. I smell a sequel in the making. I was very satisfied to see that Ambrose had found his tribe. He’s the stronger for it.

The Narration: Jake Urry is so good in every book I have listened to him narrate and his performance here doesn’t disappoint. He gives Florentina an accent. The Wolfboy gets his own unique voice. The ladies sound like actual women. Ambrose’s emotions are nicely displayed in this narration.… (més)

This story follows Robin Robinson, a man-whore in every sense of the word who uses door-to-door cosmetic selling as his front.

This story needs work. There's several places with wrong words, missing words, and missing commas and apostrophes. There are always several spots where it's very repetitive. Within three paragraphs the narration says the same exact thing (though there are one or two slight modifications done to the repeated lines). This story needs an editor badly.There's also at least inconsistency as to the starting location of Anthony.

The story itself is rather dull. There's no real point to it at all, and by the end I was a bit disgusted with the main character.

I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone even if the editing was corrected.

I give this book 1 of 5 paws… (més)

This story follows a thief who's on death-row and scheduled for the gallows for a crime he technically didn't commit.

The story is definitely an interesting. The superstition used in it isn't one used often, though it would be amazing if it were actually true.

There are a few grammatical errors, simple ones that are easily missed. (and no I'm not speaking of spelling, the author is obviously not from the States so his spelling is slightly different from ours), just some simple missing commas really.

I would recommend this to any lover of crime stories, and even those who like the paranormal aspects of things since it does have that feel to it.

I give this story 4 of 5 paws.… (més)