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City of Gods and Monsters

House of Devils, Book 1

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City of Gods and Monsters

By: Kayla Edwards
Narrated by: Wen Ross, Zura Johnson
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Summary

Welcome to the city of Angelthene. We hope you survive.

Loren Calla has only ever been ordinary. As a human struggling to survive in a city that caters to the needs of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural creatures, she always assumed her life would remain simple, predictable, and as safe as her world would allow.

Until she barely escapes abduction at the hands of Darkslayers—supernatural bounty hunters that possess the Sight, a magical tracking ability that allows them to see a person's aura—and one of her friends is taken in her place. The abductors are demanding a ransom: Loren's life in exchange for her friend's safe return. Loren will do whatever it takes to get her friend back—even if it means accepting help from Darien Cassel, the leader of the Seven Devils, the most feared Darkslaying circle in the city.

Darien specializes in tracking down demons and criminals that are better off dead than alive, so when he takes a job to track down Loren and finds out she is human—and couldn't hurt a fly if her life depended on it—he decides to protect her instead of turn her in for a reward. As much as Loren doesn't want to admit it, Darien is her best and only chance at finding her friend alive, if she can somehow manage to get along with him—and not fall head-over-heels in love with him in the process, which is far easier said than done.

When more women start disappearing, and some of them slowly turn up dead, Loren and Darien's search for answers takes them deep into Angelthene's corrupt underbelly, where they discover a dark secret that threatens to unravel their world. And when tragedy strikes, Loren learns that love can make an ordinary person do extraordinary things.

From the author of Dreams of Ice and Iron comes a new fantasy romance perfect for fans of Sarah J Maas, Ilona Andrews, and Cassandra Clare.

©2022 Kayla Edwards (P)2024 Podium Audio
Fantasy Paranormal Magic Fiction
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The choice of inflections the MMC narrator made were sometimes at odds with the content, so scenes which should have been tense or emotional sounded flat / conversational or even ‘positive’ weirdly.
The FMC narrator was a bit better but I won’t be continuing the series as they are narrating the next book.

Disappointing narration

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The story is good, not mind blowing but fun and easy to follow. Unfortunately the narration is BAD. The male voice is OK, but then female narrator is terrible. She completely ruined it for me, making the FMC sound incredibly whiny and weak, which jarred with the actual words as written. I’ll likely continue the series, but not as an audio book.

Good story, terrible narration

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City of Gods and Monsters: House of Devils, Book 1
By: Kayla Edwards
🎧 Audiobook Narrated By: Wen Ross and Zura Johnson
Length: 25 hrs and 36 mins
📖 Ebook Read Using Kindle Unlimited

I liked these narrators, especially the male.👏 I do think dual narration would've made this more compelling for me.🎧

I found the idea of this city and the magic within it, really interesting. I also liked that the mfc was the only human out of this group. I thought where it fell short was in its lack of back story and how very long-winded it was!

Loren, always trying to act like a non-human, was a bit ridiculous and frustrating. Other than that, I liked her.👍 Darien was delicious.🥵 I loved the found family of the devil's.😍

I'm not sure I'll carry on the series with how much this book felt like it dragged on. I'm quite sad about that, if I'm honest, as the premise was good.😔

Debbie, 1970, UK

A 3.75 Star Complex Tale.😈😇💥

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I liked it. Can’t wait to listen to the second book. Recommended (etc etc more worlds needed to post the review)

Very entertaining

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Good story and I enjoyed the performance. Fast pace and fun. What a book boyfriend 🌶️🌶️

A fun time

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