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Full review now posted!

Olympians and Dark Elves and Vampires! Oh my!

It takes a pretty enthralling story to have me glued to an audiobook and choosing to listen instead of reading a physical book on my own. Usually, audiobooks are for laundry and walking the dog and driving. At least, they are for me. So when I’m grabbing for my headphones at night instead of my Kindle, it’s obviously an incredibly addictive audiobook. This was one such book.

The first Druidic apprentice in over a millennia has finally been bound to the Earth and is an apprentice no longer. Unfortunately, Atticus has no time to enjoy the fact that he has doubled the world’s Druidic population. Instead, Atticus and Oberon and the newly minted Druid are on the run from the Olympians. Both pantheons. And the gods have trapped the unfortunate threesome on the European continent, cutting them off from other plains and outside aid. They are being hunted in earnest, and their only hope of survival lays in making it to the British Isles.

Man, a lot of stuff goes down in this book. There are so many action scenes, but I was actually able to stay connected through all of them, which is an impressive feat for me. There were some insane injuries, extending even to death. There are new characters and mythical creatures introduced, and there were a couple in particular that I found fascinating. There are multiple scenes that are heart wrenching, and I truly empathized with the heartbreak felt by the characters. There were also some laugh out loud funny scenes, which I really appreciated. The story felt well-balanced, and every second of it was enjoyable and addictive.

Yet again, I can’t praise the audio narration enough. Luke Daniels is an incredibly gifted reader, and all of his voices for the various characters are both unique from one another and pleasant to the ear. I’ve loved every single audiobook I’ve listened to that has been voiced by him, and I believe I’ve listened to at least nine books that he’s narrated. If you’re considering trying audiobooks for the first time, this would be a fabulous series to serve as an introduction to the format.