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The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't

To Say Nothing of the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar (The Parasol Protectorate)

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The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't

By: Gail Carriger
Narrated by: J. Daniel Sawyer
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A short tale of mummies, werewolves, and well-preserved felines set in this Parasol Protectorate prequel!

When Alessandro Tarabotti and his valet, Floote, find themselves in Egypt on the queen's business, a chance encounter with tourists quickly leads to a...situation...with the local mummies. Can Allesandro complete his secret mission before he's hijacked by social obligation? And how will his aunt Archangelica react to his treatment of her cat?

For years the subject of speculation and rumor, the nature of Alexia Tarabotti's father's adventures and romances is finally revealed in this glorious full-cast audio production with an original score by composer Danny Schade. ArtisticWhispers Productions and New York Times best-selling author Gail Carriger are proud to present you the long-awaited stand-alone prequel to her defining steampunk masterpiece The Parasol Protectorate.

©2014 Gail Carriger, LLC. (P)2014 ArtisticWhispers Productions, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Paranormal & Urban Science Fiction Steampunk Urban Cats Funny Adventure Shifter

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This needed to be longer. The father's adventures could be their own series into antiquity. I'd also love to know wtf tempted him to reproduce with Alexia's b*tch mother 😑

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Excellent companion to the soulless series. I've enjoyed all of her books and especially the parasol protectorate.

excellent

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Gail Carriger is a great author, the only problem is because this story is so short, it feels rushed and not as delicious as her Etiquette and Espionage series, The parasole Protectorate and the Custard Protocol series which was disappointing. I would loved to have a whole novel of Mr Tarabotti and Mr Floot's adventures with the Templar knights, their travels and how Mr Tarabotti got such a spicy library. Alas, we only got a snippet and how Mr Tarabotti happened to get with Alexia's mother and some werewolf like stuff and a mummified cat that drives the plot along. overall it's kinda fun but to short and mich more action Manly feeling

shirt story

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Before this, the only thing I had read by Carriger was "Soulless", and I did really enjoy it. I grabbed this to try and get a little background info, and while it was good it didn't really give me what I was hoping for. It was a story from the past, but only showed that the dad did some cool things then and worked for interesting people. I guess I felt there could have been more to it. Still worth a listen.

Short but nice

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I really did not like the performance. The accents were done well, but the narrator was like listening to a 10th grader and the special effects were distracting. I couldn't even hear half of the dialogue because they used an echo effect that made the voices terribly quiet. I got the gist of the story, and I love Gail Carriger's work, but no more dramatizations, please.

Better to read the book instead of listening

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The narration makes me blanche. This added very little to the other stories. In short, I hated it. Please do not do this again.

Wow this is bad in comparison

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I couldn’t even listen to the first story... the narration was amateurishly bad. I enjoyed several of Gail Carriger’s books so I was expecting entertaining short stories... very disappointing!

Terrible narration

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I loved this series so I thought I would try this prequel. It was okay. I likely won't ever listen to it again though. It didn't hold my attention well enough. The narration was wonderful and the best part of this book. It was a quick listen at only 52 minutes.

2.5 Stars

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Death and destruction for some purpose that probably furthers the plot but makes this little segment really unpleasant. Poor cat plot point is wasted; somebody doesn't like cats.

Distasteful

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the narrator was beneath the material which was not great. it was weirdly forced and inelegant.

disappointing and forced

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