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Stray Fears
- Narrated by: Declan Winters
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Summary
Elien Martel is a survivor, but surviving, he’s beginning to discover, isn’t the same thing as living. In the house he shares with his much older boyfriend, Elien spends his days trying to stay as far away from living as possible. Living, he has learned, means that sooner or later you’ll get hurt.
When a member of Elien’s support group dies under strange circumstances, though, Elien finds himself in a web of bizarre coincidences. The responding officer turns out to be another member of Elien’s support group - a man named Mason, who has made no effort to hide his dislike of Elien. Then, just a few days later, Mason tries to kill Elien in front of dozens of witnesses.
As violence ripples through Elien’s world, he begins to suspect that the coincidences are not coincidences at all. Something is at work behind the cascade of tragedies, something vicious and intelligent. Something that has wanted Elien for a long time.
To defeat it, Elien will have to do what he fears most and face the darkness in his own past. Worse, he’ll have to take the risk of trying to live again.
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- WallE
- 10-10-21
You need to keep on listening
Wow, I finished this book in a non-stop nearly eight hour marathon.
I give this review as a very happy advanced listener.
Gregory Ashe gives us sad endings and new beginnings wrapped up in the supernatural when he introduces us to Elion and Dag.
We meet several people in a lot of pain and full of distrust, a series of unexpected deaths and two beautiful people Elion and Dag coming together.
For supernatural fans the storyline is totally believable and has a touch of Stephen King about it. The backdrop to this story is filled with an ominous power which slowly tightens and draws you in. Even though you are afraid of what the next chapter will bring you have to read on.
Lastly, I cannot leave this review without mentioning Dag's parents. Just what we all need, totally right on, understanding and embarrassing parents! They have some of the best lines in the book.
If this is a one off it has a perfect ending. if that is not the case I can imagine further adventures for Dag and Elion.
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- Mrs. E. J. Curtis
- 26-06-22
Enjoyable Story
A well written story with and interesting concept. The characters are likeable and the narration is very good.
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- L.D.
- 03-10-21
Gripped Me To The End
Stray Fears is a fascinating mixture of horror, psychological suspense, mystery, and romance. This was unlike anything I’ve read previously (most likely because I steer clear of the horror genre), and I was instantly gripped by the eerie and strange events that the characters were dealing with. What kept this book from being too “scary” for me was the relationship that developed between the two main characters. Eilen and Dag make such a great team, they compliment each other and their banter brings humor and levity that balances out the horror and suspense. I finished this book in one day because I could not put it down.
The audiobook was narrated by Declan Winters who did a great job with it. I really enjoyed his performance. Plus the audiobook production was well done and it made for a wonderful listening experience.
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- Mary
- 01-10-21
I love the psycological complexity of Ashe's men
This was a great find. Gregory Ashe rarely disapoints -and he didn't disapoint with Stray Fears.
This story is a little paranormal, and the format is shorter than Ashe's usual books, which I like.
My only complaint about his past titles is a tendancy to over write and drag scenarios out too much.
This story was tight, consise and we are left feeling hopeful for Dag And Eli.
Don't listen to it at night if you're a bit jumpy! :-P
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- Erryn Barratt
- 24-10-21
A new twist from a fave author
I’ve struggled a bit with this review. I’m a huge Gregory Ashe fan, so I had high expectations for this book. And there were some parts I really liked. I liked Elien, despite his inability to tell the truth all the time. I empathized with him and the trauma he endured. I didn’t like his relationship with his live-in psychiatrist boyfriend, though. And I did like his relationship with Dag – precarious as it was. Dag was willing to look further than the surface. He was willing to protect Elien from whatever is happening. And there’s a lot happening. Members of Elien’s support group are dying, and at times I didn’t feel he was concerned enough about his own safety.
Now, I wasn’t expecting the paranormal aspects of this story. They were interesting, and I’d never heard of the mythical creature stalking Elien. Feeding off his pain. All very intriguing and verging on horror with plenty of gore.
The information about the book says this is the first in a series, and although I would love to see more of Dag and Elien, I’m not sure where they might wind up next. Knowing Gregory, though, it’ll be interesting.
Declan Winters is a new narrator to me and I enjoyed his performance. I’d be happy to listen to something by him another time. A solid and interesting listen.
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