Totally a werewolf guy over vampires and zombies, now that zombies are mainstream. I have recently listened to a few off beat werewolf stories that didn’t quite hit the mark. This one totally did. This was fantastic. Not only is this a unique werewolf story, the plot stands out from most of them. I’ve come across little bits of pieces of this story before but I think this one put them all together with a nice little bow wrapped around. Definitely going to get more from this author.
Everything about this plot was perfect, I loved the settings, and really enjoyed Jake as the werewolf, a man torn between his two selves. The story line felt more real than a typical werewolf fantasy story. I found it a little cliché that Jake meets up with Gwen, a Dr. who is able to continually patch him up and send him on his way; but, their interactions seemed real and kept me wanting them to meet again. I liked Gwen, then hated her, wanted to be Jake, then thought maybe not. This provided a lot of excitement. The author really created a great story in an often overly copied genre.
Travis Baldree is definitely in my top 5 for narrators. I really love his gritty voice for specific characters and his ability to switch it off for others. He did all the characters amazingly and did the hunters perfectly. He really has a craft for this and I’m trying to get as much of his work as I can. His voice alone made this worthwhile.
There are people who knit pick grammar, spelling, pronunciation, junk science, etc. I am a gun guy. I get chills when I hear bad gun things. I heard, “this is a Glock 17. Single stack of 10 9mm rounds in the clip. Less than a standard 17.” I don’t even know what to make of that. I get this was in dialogue so it could have just been the character but I hear this made up stuff so often I had to stop the story and listen to it a few times. It was that classic record scratching halt to everything.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.