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Chardelia Foss and the River of Fear

The Danny Canterbury Tales, Book 1

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Chardelia Foss and the River of Fear

By: Dominic Jericho
Narrated by: Alicia Rose
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Summary

"My fate may be a pool or a puddle, a sea or a soup, a rain-cloud or a river, a lake or a long bath. I am water. If you let me, I will carry you everywhere."

When Danny Canterbury begins his fourth year at St. Oliver Plunket’s all he wants is for fellow student Janna Chisely to notice him. But when sinister episodes shake the school, Danny finds himself at the center of a destructive plot. Can the enigmatic Chardelia Foss help him rescue the truth before it becomes too late?

Chardelia Foss and the River of Fear is a startling debut that marks the pain of first love within the often dark skies of school.

©2017 Dominic Jericho (P)2018 Dominic Jericho
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The book held my attention all the way through, entertaining for adults as well as younger people. The narrator wasn't the best but I managed to stop noticing her.

Enjoyable listen

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Chardelia Foss and the River of Fear by Dominic Jericho is a coming-of-age series that I listened to on audio narrated by Alicia Rose.

This is the first book of Dominic’s that I have read and it definitely won’t be my last. He does an amazing job on his describing events to make you feel like you are actually there.

Alicia did a great job on the narration. I felt like her voice really fit the characters and made the story come to life.

I would recommend this book if you like Young Adult coming-of age series.

Coming-Of-Age Series

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I'd no fault whatsoever with the narrator except for the mispronunciation of "enveloped". The story is well told and delivers well, but there are a couple of glaring errors. I felt Chardelia should have appeared earlier in the book considering she was mentioned in the title. The reader/listener keeps asking themselves throughout about a third of the book who is this Danny character. The book also feels on the lengthy side and could be edited to a tighter degree.
When I was growing up, we had school stories like Jennings, William, and Billy Bunter but YA stories have come a long way since. Since those years we've also had the Harry Potter books, of course. The characterizations within the novel are excellent and there is an underlying tension within the story that works extremely effectively. The plot of the story seems a little unwieldy at times but overall things move along nicely. There are elements to the storyline I didn't particularly like, but equally there are things that make this Audio book an enthralling listen. The writer offered me a free code in exchange for an unbiased review and I hope I've given justice to his work which remains an outstanding piece and one I'm confident to recommend.

Detention Gaunt.

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I quite enjoyed this book, set around teenagers being detectives solving the clues complete twist at the end

An interesting book

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I would say that I am veracious reader and listener and get through a few books/ Audio books a week. I have eclectic tastes which range from Jeffrey Archer to Stephen King, my main genres are Fantasy and Sci-fi.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

At the moment I am listening to more sci fi and fantasy with only a spattering of thrillers so please bear that in mind with this review.

Narration/performance – This has to be one of the most frustrating books I have listened to. The Narrators voice is fine however there is a constant humming noise at first I thought that this was my phone so also tried it on my laptop and my wife’s phone but with no joy. It meant listening to this for me annoying and I found it distracting.

So anyway onto the story. I started off by feeling that this was more a coming of age story than a thriller and I couldn’t decide if it was an adult book or if it was targeted towards mid – late teens. The vocabulary used is advanced and not an easy read. There are a lot of characters added quickly in this book and I found my self on a few occasions skipping back for clarification on certain elements. This book ends well and I felt contented there were several threads/ sub plots left unresolved but this is a series so I am sure that they will be developed in later books.

For me this would have been a 4 if it wasn’t for the narration It may not bother other people but for me it is a large part of the experience.

Good story didnt like Narration

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