Great book. Wrong narrator

Loved the first book and Kate Scarfes voice really suited the character. Julie Teal is a good narrator but totally wrong for this. Shame. Spoiled it for me.

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yet another great Elizabeth cage story!

absolutely loved it! jodi Taylor is awesome! has you laughing and crying in one instance!

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Great Narrator

Continuation of White Silence though good stand alone unusual thriller weaving in the world of ESP. Narrator differed from first book but cleverly managed to capture the mood and mannerism of the first book, and the story seemed seamless.

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Too wet for me, I'm afraid

Not a patch on the St Mary's books as far as I am concerned. It's a cross between romantic fiction with some young adult style fantasy.

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A story full of the unexpected

loved it. I thought, as I read chapter one, this was a traditional motif, but then it made a sudden, unexpected and riveting turn. From that moment on I was hooked.

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Very different narrator from book 1

Still an excellent reader but gave a very different feeling to the character. Think I preferred book 1 but this is still very catchy and makes you want to listen!

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The wrong narrator for the story.

This story follows on from the first but takes a turn away from the first in the series, and focuses instead on a different kind of evil and wickedness. There is still a bit of seeing dead people, but this is more witches, and demons, folklore, a lost sword, and even a troll. I found the story a bit clumsily paced veering from slow to fast and back again quite randomly. The supernatural elements of Elizabeth are well blended into a believable and relatable character but some of the other fantastical elements were less credible. The question marks in the story are often reflected on by the main character so clearly the confusion and murkiness is deliberate and the unanswered questions I assume will be addressed in the next book in the series.
It is a shame the narrator was changed for this book. Her voice is older and her characterisation different from the first in the series and sadly she wasn't as good. Not bad but not as good.
This is still a good and engaging book which I listened to in one day. I will now go on to read the next.

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Love the story

I am enjoying this series, unusual and interesting, a nice break from what I usually listen to. It is a shame however that they couldn’t use the same narrator as the first narrator suited the character so much better. This narrator is of course very good on most books but on here sounds like a plummy grandma telling a story to a child and not a 20/30 something young woman. A lot of the modern phrases, wording and quick humour that I enjoyed from the first book was lost in the reading of this second book.

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Worth the wait

I do love the way that Jodi Taylor writes, I really enjoyed the first in this series and waited eagerly for this one. I was not disappointed, the characters I loved are still around and an additional one is added to the mix. Parts of this book are a bit over the top in weirdness, but all in all it was a riveting story and very nicely written and narrated.

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Inconsistencies in voice for Series (20-something character now sounds 80 in the second book)

I make a point of listening to the Jodi Taylor books on audible. I feel like something went wrong at audible when they chose Julie Teal for this book.

The first book clearly states that the main character is in her 20s - and the voice by Kate Scarfe ‘worked’ beautifully with the character.

Even if Ms Scarfe was unavailable, they should have chosen a similar ‘voice’ to give like to Jodi Taylor’s book.
Instead I kept picturing a ‘Judi Dench’ type of character when listening (not a clever young woman).

I hope Audible steps up to fix this error, especially if this is a continuing series.

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