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City of Gods and Monsters

House of Devils, Book 1

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City of Gods and Monsters

Written by: Kayla Edwards
Narrated by: Wen Ross, Zura Johnson
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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 City Fiction
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Big miss on narration

I had to stop listening to the audio of this book and revert to reading it. The choice of narrators was a big miss in my opinion. Dual narration is a great thing when they both get to voice their respective characters throughout the book. The female narrator and male using an opposite voice for parts completely made me cringe and took me out of the story which is unfortunate because it’s such a good book! I hope this gets resolved for book two as it ruined the experience for me personally.

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Horrible narration. Amatuerish.

I sought mindless fun fantasy.
qThe content and story suited my specific needs.

Did not complete because the voice acting was appalling and laughable. Like a project by 4th graders faking gruff voices and girly voices.

Do NOT waste your time!!!

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Overhyped

This book was highly recommended on TikTok but I was pretty disappointed. The characters personalities were just not consistent or really believable. I personally thought that there was too many types of supernatural beings included which I found a little distracted from the story.

There was a lot of action but I still felt that the book progressed slowly. I think the story would have been better if it was more condensed.

The narration was okay but instead of using dual narration they flipped back and forth within the same chapters, instead of each narrator voicing their own chapter.

I’m starting to believe that everyone who is recommending this on tik tok is secretly being paid.

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