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The Courtship of Julian St. Albans

Consulting Magic, Book 1

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The Courtship of Julian St. Albans

By: Amy Crook
Narrated by: Keval Shah
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Alexander Benedict is a misanthropic thirty-something magical consultant, working with the Agency's top homicide detective, and perfectly content with his life, thank you very much.

Julian St. Albans is the youthful heir to his family's fortune and affiancéd to his beloved Cecil Mandeville, a family friend as well as Julian's lover.

When Mandeville is murdered using magical means, Alex is brought in on the case. It's the worst day of Julian's life, but until they meet, it's just another case for Alex. Neither of them have any idea how their lives are about to change.

Alex has to disentangle the magical threads until he can catch the murderer, and to do that he has to put himself right in the thick of things. His long-denied family connections get him invited to participate in Julian's courtship as a suitor, where he can observe the suspects firsthand. He just has to stay alive long enough to figure out which of the competition thinks Julian is a prize worth killing for.

©2013 Amy Crook (P)2013 Tantor Media Fantasy Literature & Fiction Paranormal & Urban Romantic Suspense Science Fiction & Fantasy Urban Crime Magic
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I love Alex and Julian. The world-building is also wonderful, combining magic with modern life in a clever way. The mystery is solid and the courtship idea was a fun way to bring Alex and Julian together. The only quibble I have is some of the voices just sounded wrong, especially Julian and James. Alex sounds right but Julian is far off and James sounds like the audio speed is too slow. I expected a crystal clear tenor, a young man's voice with one of those British RP accents, but instead it's too deep, too slow, and weird, fake. It's weird because the women's voices and the voices with other accents are good, but many of the male voices are off, which is unexpected with a male narrator. Excellent story telling and characterization but the narration needs help.

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