KJ Charles, The Magpie Lord: The way the magic works is interesting. The sex is hot. I am not crazy about Collins as a narrator; he uses a light, slightly playful voice throughout, doesn't lean into emotional passages, so it feels like he takes some of the potential emotion out of it. But he does lean into the sex passages. I will be reading more of this series.
Adrian McKinty, The Cold, Cold Ground (Sean Duffy #1) Won an award (Spinetingler Award for Best Crime Novel). Mystery/police procedural. I liked this a lot. It's set in the early 80s, in Ireland, during the troubles, and the runup to Charles's and Di's wedding. I remember that era. The protagonist really goes through the wringer. It's hard to see how future books in the series are going to sustain the intensity. One reviewer called McKinty a "master craftsman of violence and redemption." Yeah. That. The narrator, Gerard Doyle, uses a very enjoyable Irish accent.
Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb #1) Narrated by Moira Quirk. Narration worked for me; didn't stand out as great or bad. Necromancy, spaceships, love/hate relationships, delightfully snarky assholes, loyalty, scarygore galore, magic murderous skeletons. If those tags appeal to you, you will like it.
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Adrian McKinty, The Cold, Cold Ground (Sean Duffy #1)
Won an award (Spinetingler Award for Best Crime Novel). Mystery/police procedural. I liked this a lot. It's set in the early 80s, in Ireland, during the troubles, and the runup to Charles's and Di's wedding. I remember that era. The protagonist really goes through the wringer. It's hard to see how future books in the series are going to sustain the intensity. One reviewer called McKinty a "master craftsman of violence and redemption." Yeah. That. The narrator, Gerard Doyle, uses a very enjoyable Irish accent.
Tamsyn Muir, Gideon the Ninth (Locked Tomb #1)
Narrated by Moira Quirk. Narration worked for me; didn't stand out as great or bad. Necromancy, spaceships, love/hate relationships, delightfully snarky assholes, loyalty, scarygore galore, magic murderous skeletons. If those tags appeal to you, you will like it.