Refreshing...

A dark urban fantasy with a modern day steam punk twist. I absolutely enjoyed the genetic science, political machinations, and strong characters.. it's difficult to put a different spin on weres and vampires but K.L does this without effort.... I have a new favourite author and for me personally cannot recommend it highly enough.. let me add that Courtney Patterson the narrator paces and interprets the book superbly..

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Magnificent

I've seen this book around for years, it's always been recommended and has been sat on my "that looks interesting" list, I even downloaded the sample. If you're like me and it's been on your periphery just take the plunge, you'll be glad you did. If this is your first glimpse, read it, don't wait. It's 100% worth it.

I started it yesterday and haven't been able to put it down. It's gripping, surprising and thoroughly satisfying. There are vampires and weres, intrigue and romance, royalty and dastardly plots. A magnificent mix.

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What the plague did.

This was an enjoyable book well written and with a good pace that allowed the reader to take the " facts " on board. Courtney Patterson narrated the book well with no overlong pauses. But the accents she used were strange, especially the alpha werewolf 's and the, at times, strange British accent. I will definitely re read this book again. Would I recommended it, yes I would.

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Love!

Brilliantly written and read. Highly recommend to any one who likes steampunk, vampires. werewolves and kick ass ladies!

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ok book, terror when audio

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Probably not. I think I am a bit tired of female leads being portrait as unreasonable and unable to control their moods. I mean seriously, if people were this completely out of control- they should be locked up not trained to fight.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Ehrm.... not sure it could be done. If you are nasty to everybody- it is not a good thing, you should be ashamed not celebrate it, thinking it cool..

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The accent! I am not even British (just live here) and I was screaming in pain! I am sure Ms. Patterson is talented narrator, but not in Brit English. It is painful. The way she over pronounce words like 'water', mispronounces words like 'matter' all together (as in nobody pronounces it like that! EVER!)- OUCH! Let's not start on the Scots- it was cry worthy....
I do not know how much was my annoyance with the book influenced by the narration.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Nope, wouldn't work the way it is. Maybe a manga anime might, but all those colours of hair would just look ridiculous in regular movie.

Any additional comments?

Obviously skipping next in series....
Still giving a generous 3 stars as I can appreciate the effort put into 11 and half hour long book which so many people enjoyed and I actually finished- however painful.

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Entertaining story, shame about the narrator

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the story itself, it was entertaining with some new twists for the genre.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator's decidedly iffy 'English' accent started out being slightly annoying. My initial feeling was that it was a book set in London and populated by British characters so why on Earth couldn't they find a British woman to narrate it???!!! This soon turned into it being a case of gritting my teeth before turning the mp3 player on to hear the next instalment.

At one point, I was playing 'spot the worst pronounced word' and 'tomb' pronounced 'choom' has to be it (and possibly the worst-ever example of over-compensating for being American whilst attempting a British accent).

Unfortunately, the werewolf boyfriend is Scottish, so she attempted to impersonate Sean Connery for him... sometimes. Other British regional accents, thankfully, she mainly didn't even attempt.

I think I could've overlooked her multiple misreadings and ignoring punctuation if I wasn't already so on-edge about her accents...

If they wanted an American to read the book, why didn't they let her read it in her own accent? That would have been slightly weird, but far preferable.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Probably.

Any additional comments?

Please, please, American publishers of audio books, let a British person decide whether a fellow American is GOOD at British accents!!!!

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Wonderfully Refreshing English Urban Fantasy

Would you listen to God Save the Queen again? Why?

The narrator truly did a remarkable job of brining all the stories to life. You could clearly distinguish the different characters.

What other book might you compare God Save the Queen to, and why?

There is nothing that comes to my attention that it is similar too, but for fans of Keri Arthur, Charlaine Harris, Tim O'Rourke etc I would highly recommend this,

What about Courtney Patterson’s performance did you like?

The narrator is brilliant. What more can I say!

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