Jeff Hays is one of my top three narrators for popcorn fiction, but he took a whole to warm up and provide more enthusiasm, inflection and breathe life into the characters for this series. Granted, this is book one and I could see that being a decision to make the characters sound more like how they were written from his perspective, but I also found that decision (whatever the reasoning) made them much less enjoyable, “real” and relatable. Overall a solid performance and story for the genre.