Disco Reads, An Audiobook Review
A whole new series, if shorter than some of the others I tend to read, for this week's review.
Nightlord: Sunset - Garon Whited
Read by Sean Runnette
The Story
From the book jacket:
Eric didn’t ask to be a vampire. In fact, he didn’t even believe in them. Biting your own tongue with your fangs does a lot of convincing. Even so, being a part-time undead isn’t as easy as you might think. It can let you hold down a day job, true, but sometimes the night “life” can be more than a little difficult, what with those bloodthirsty urges and predatory instincts kicking in, to say nothing of vampire hunters coming through magic gates.
Luckily for Eric, he can rely on his trusty steed and her unwavering support, his flaming sword and its sarcastic wit, and his own snarky sense of humor.
It doesn’t hurt that Eric used to be a college Physics teacher and is a quick learner. Adapting to life as a Nightlord has its challenges, what with traveling to a magical world, being hunted by enemies of his kind and learning to wield magic.
Nightlord: Sunset is the first book in Garon Whited’s Nightlord series.
This is such a strange twist on the Vampire idea. Not only is the main character a new and strange play on the Vampire concept themselves, the narration style of this book is simply unique. Set as a first-person re-telling, it features a lot of 4th-wall breaks and commentary-asides that you really can't help but get pulled in. This adds so much comedy in most cases, but it does also allow for some real emotion to be portrayed, because he can add more description to his mental states.
The story really starts what will come to be a very fascinating series, with some excellent Urban Fantasy plays on High Fantasy. If you ever wanted to know how a tech-nerd would react to becoming a soul-eating Lord of the Night, and how he might tell that story afterwards, this is for you. He does magic like a developer writes code. It's amazing.
The Narrator:
Sean Runnette
Probably the perfect voice. It's a standard, and not really unique sounding male voice that really adds to the not-so-mystique type of character in Eric. The emotions are portrayed in a truly believable manner, without the hyperbole in tone so many narrators resort to all to often in their telling of a story. What more can be said for a good performance other than, this was the right person for the job.
In Summary:
If you are at all technically inclined, or love a good tale of an every-day person made into the Supernatural, this is a must-read. Plus I love supporting self-published authors.
As always... 10/10 - Would recommend.
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