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Strange Brew

By: Caitlin Kittredge, Jim Butcher, P. N. Elrod, Karen Chance, Patricia Briggs, Faith Hunter, Charlaine Harris, Jenna Maclane, Rachel Caine
Narrated by: Christian Rummel, Therese Plummer, Jennifer Van Dyck, Dina Pearlman, Gayle Hendrix, Karen Chapman, Marc Vietor
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Summary

 Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic!

In Charlaine Harris' "Bacon", a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line to find out who killed her beloved husband.

In "Seeing Eye", by Patricia Briggs, a blind witch helps sexy werewolf Tom Franklin find his missing brother - and helps him in more ways than either of them ever suspected.

And in Jim Butcher's "Last Call", wizard Harry Dresden takes on the darkest of dark powers - the ones who dare to mess with his favorite beer.

For anyone who's ever wondered what lies beyond the limits of reality, who's imagined the secret spaces where witches wield fearsome magic, come and drink deep. Let yourself fall under the spell of this bewitching collection!

©2009 St. Martin's (P)2009 Audible, Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Science Fiction
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Book overall rating ★★★★★ Stars

Thoroughly enjoyed this collection of stories, the best anthology I have read so far
Top Three stories: ‘’Seeing Eye’’ by Patricia Briggs, ‘’Last Call’’ by Jim Butcher & ‘’Vegas Odds’’ by Karen Chance

1. ‘’Seeing Eye" – Book 1.5 (Alpha & Omega) by Patricia Briggs ★★★★★
2. ‘’Last Call" – Book 10.7 (The Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher ★★★★★
3. ‘’Death Warmed Over" – Part 1 (Holly & Andrew) by Rachel Caine ★★★★
4. ‘’Vegas Odds" – Part 2 (The Lia de Croisset's Stories) by Karen Chance ★★★★★
5. ‘’Hecate’s Golden Eye" – Book 11.5 (Vampire Files) by P.N. Elrod ★★★★
6. ‘’Bacon’’ (Sookie Stackhouse World– A Dahlia Story) by Charlaine Harris ★★★★
7. ‘’Signature of the Dead"– Bk 0.5 (Jane Yellowrock) by Faith Hunter ★★★★★ (Molly’s POV)
8. ‘’Ginger" – Book 3.5 (Nocturne City) by Caitlin Kittredge – ★★★
9. ‘’Dark Sins" – Book 1.5 (Cin Craven) by Jenna Maclaine ★★★★½ (Great story lead me to read all of the Cin Craven books and greatly enjoyed them too)

(Holly & Andrew) by Rachel Caine
(Holly & Andrew Part 1) found in- ‘Strange Brew’- "Death Warmed Over"
(Holly & Andrew Part 2) found in- ‘Hex Appeal’- "Holly’s Balm"
(Holly & Andrew Part 3) found in- ‘Kicking It’- " Forked Tongues"

(The Lia de Croisset's Stories) by Karen Chance
(War Mage Corps & Were Politics from The World of Dorina Basarab & Cassandra Palmer)
(Lia de Croisset' Part 1) found in- 'Wolfsbane and Mistletoe’- "Rogue Elements"
(Lia de Croisset' Part 2) found in- ‘Strange Brew’- ‘’Vegas Odds’’
(Lia de Croisset' Part 3) found in- ‘Inked’- ‘’Skin Deep’’

“Seeing Eye” by Patricia Briggs - A Tom Franklin & Moira Keller Story, how they met and Moira’s back story (Tom & Moira were featured in The Alpha & Omega Series Book 2 'Hunting Ground')

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This was a thrilling collection of storys by some amazing authors. I usually have a favourite in these collections, but with this one I really REALLY enjoyed them all.
Brilliant compilation.
Stunning narration.

wow! awesome!

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Struggled to get through this audio book, the narration just didn't do it for me and apart from the Jim Butcher story, I was hard pressed not to skip forward to the next story! I felt that most of the stories were aimed at the ladies, with romantic liasons with Vampires, the undead etc!

Not for me!

Not for me!

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I'm not normally one for short stories but I really enjoyed listening to this collection. It's a good way to discover new authors and also to hear new stories from favourite ones. I'll certainly be checking out some of the contributors.

Excellent listening

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Consider this an audiobook equivalent of 'dipping your toe in the water first' before committing to the swim. The field of sci fi fantasy has a bewildering level of choice and I thought this audiobook was brilliant because it gives you a snapshot of authors works to experience all with their own styles. Everyone is bound to find a future favorite author who's works to pursue! The choice of narrators is excellent and each allow you to get lost in the story for a while.

Dipping Your Toe In

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