His Consort

By: Mary Calmes

Narrated by: Scott Smith

Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

A new life in New Orleans is all Jason Thorpe had hoped: His quaint little store attracts a devoted staff, and his warm, loving heart grants him a loyal circle of friends. He's perfectly content, having left behind the chill of a confusing and danger-filled night in Washington, until he discovers something unbelievable lurking in the steamy darkness of the shadowy streets of the Vieux Carré, something that turns out to be terrifying...and utterly mesmerizing.

The prince of the vampires, Varic Maedoc, is visiting New Orleans when he finds out the man who once helped his counselor is there in the Quarter. He thinks to simply meet and thank Jason - until he lays eyes on him. Varic’s devoted himself to protect the honor of his race, and he's never wanted a mate before...but he immediately knows he must have this man, and no one else will do.

Varic may want to bring Jason safely into his world, but someone who doesn’t like the human's soothing influence on vampires has deadly plans that would disrupt Varic's dreams. Now, unable to tell friend from foe, Jason finds himself wondering how to hold on to the prince’s heart when he’s fighting for his life.

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i love it

you will not be disappointed it is so worth it you will love it too I don't want it to end if she makes another book that goes to this one I would really love it

Iffy narrator

The story was as typically instalove and bonkers as any Mary Calmes story ever is and I thought the narration was sub-par, so this one ranks between two and three stars for me. The narrator doesn't have much range in voice characterizations, and inexplicably chose to have most of the characters sound like they were from New York. The one character who is definitely from NOLA had a southeastern-southern accent, Tiago, a vampire born during the French revolution, had a whiny California surfer dude accent, and Hadrian, a vampire born in ancient Rome, had an American accent that was barely different in timber from the one used to voice Varic and later Doro, so good luck telling those characters apart. All in all, I would say the narrator ruins what is otherwise an entertaining though slightly weird story.

Good storyline but way too much fluff

This story has the potential to be five stars. However, there is so much fluff in there that the storyline has moments where it falls by the wayside. Mostly because it gets so far off of the storyline with useless nonsense that by the time it comes back to the storyline one can find themselves bored. However if you keep on reading the storyline itself very good.

A Refreshing New Redefinition

His Consort is a refreshing new redefinition of the tried and true Vampire genre, in the model of Dracula, to one of co-evolution with humans of a different species called Vampyrs. Gown is the sleeping in coffins, bursting into flames in sunlight, garlic aversion, wood stakes, and the mindless blood lust to dink only human blood. Blood drinking remains but only as a civilized consensual act. Humans are genially off the menu by order of the Vampyr monarchy centered in Malta. The other tip of the hat to traditional vampire lore is the need for humans to give consent for a Vampyr to enter their home. Finally silver has been modified so it no longer burns Vampyr flesh but will weaken their powers so they may be bound.

With the above flexibility Mary Calmes has fashioned an action packed story that forms the background to a romance between the Prince of the Vampyrs and a human, ex-special forces military, with a recessive gene, bridging the gap between the human race and the Vampyr race; making them ideal mates. All this occurs in the middle of factions, conspiracies, and betrayals by Vampyrs motivated by greed and lust for power. This action makes a good read and a great listen.

This story is narrated well by Scott Smith. Mr. Smith provides multiple voices and accents for the different characters all with a pleasant tambour to the ear.

Stunning!

Wow, what an amazing new Story! Magnifico! I loved this. This has been exciting, romantic and absolutely absorbing. I simply wanted this to continue on and there is definitely more story to write, that a second novel is a chance. I hope Mary will produce a second story,

loved the story

I have listened to this several times over the years and I have the same reaction. Story great, narrator good but I have to say Jason is the most annoying character ever. A toddler doesn't question/argue as much as he does.

Human or not don't mess with the Vampyre!!!

I thought this story was great. The world building was huge but necessary because it was very different from the traditional vampire world I have read about for years. I found this history fascinating and the way it was told by different characters and in different ways kept it interesting and it didn't happen all at once. I didn't mind how long it took Jason and Vieux to meet because that gave me time to become invested in many of the secondary characters as well. I loved the way Vieux loved Jason. It truly felt, to me, like Jason was his world. I almost got huffy a couple of times when Jason got some very stupid ideas in his head. But they were over before I had time to get annoyed.

Scott Smith was outstanding as the narrator. HIs voices were bang on adding a whole new dimension to the characters. The smooth silky voice he used for Vieux played a big part in convincing me that his love for Jason was truly a gift.

amusing

it was an easy listen and the most amusing part was the halting quality of space that a few characters did that reminds me of Kirk on star trek mixed with old English

Love the story hate the narrator

So I enjoyed the story and hated the narrator. Also, at the end of the story it ends improperly, considering the e-book is actually longer and has a different ending, so they really didn’t even finish the book and it’s entirety, which is weird because in the second book, it starts off with information that happens in the first book that you don’t even get to Know unless you read the e-book version of the first book. That being said, I love the book and it’s e-book format both the first and second one the narrator and this one is very boring. The accents are off his tone and pitch in reading speed are very slow and Drawling and put you to sleep and honestly ruin the book for me so I’ll stick to just reading it in the e-book format

Not what I hoped for.....

I had high hopes for this book but was sadly disappointed, especially after her Timing series. So much talking and unnecessary filler. You are almost half way through the book before the main characters even meet. Some portions of the book are just to ridiculous to enjoy. I can only hope there was so much info and back story because Mary Calmes is planning a second book. Otherwise the book was only okay and not worth the 8 hours I invested in listening to it.