Liar City

Sugar & Vice, Book 1

By: Allie Therin

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

A 2023 AUDIOFILE EARPHONES AWARD WINNER

A murder has Seattle on edge, and it falls to a pacifist empath—and a notorious empath hunter—to find the killer before it's too late

It’s the middle of the night when part-time police consultant and full-time empath Reece gets an anonymous call warning him that his detective sister needs his help. At an out-of-the-way Seattle marina, he discovers that three people have been butchered—including the author of the country’s strictest anti-empathy bill, which is just days from being passed into law.

Soon, Reece’s caller arrives: a shadowy government agent known as The Dead Man, who is rumored to deal exclusively in cases involving empathy. He immediately takes over the investigation, locking out both local PD and the FBI, but, strangely, keeps Reece by his side.

As the two track an ever-growing trail of violence and destruction across Seattle, Reece must navigate a scared and angry city, an irritating attraction to his mysterious agent companion, and a rising fear that perhaps empaths like him aren’t all flight and no fight after all…

"Readers will be yearning for more the minute they finish the final page." —Library Journal, starred review, on Starcrossed

Sugar & Vice

©2023 Allie Therin (P)2023 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited

Almost DNFed, but glad I did.

I can’t say I enjoyed listening to it, but that was because I went in imagining I’ll be getting a romance akin to the author’s previous books.
It is not.
It’s a drama with an overwhelmingly oppressive atmosphere throughout. I had to make myself continue several times because of the amount of angst and things just kept turning from bad to worse for the protagonist.
However, it is a well written book that did leave me satisfied.

loved the audio ❤

this is one of the best audio books for me this year love the Sarcasm in this book I would recommend and as always love joel Narration

Wonderful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I found Liar City to be funny, fast-paced, and enthralling. Leslie is one of my favorite voice actors, and I loved this performance. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series! I’m not sure where some of the less-than-5-star reviews are coming from. Maybe they’re due to expectations based on Therin’s other books? Possibly there was an expectation of more romance, but this seems like a slow-burn romance series, and those expectations will likely be met in later installments. Also, given Evan’s personality and background, it would be out of character for anything of that nature to develop so quickly.

When does the next book come out? I can't unread this, my heart

The whole thing was exciting, it had funny bits, I love the bond, the mystery the everything. When I got to the end though,... You hate that you need more is all I can say. My heart is not okay.

Clunky and unsatisfying

I like this author, but not this book. The premise is clunky and overwrought, and the explanations of it become tedious. The implied romance hardly exists, the noirish storyline is oddly boring, and the whole experience was unsatisfying.

Soooo good!

Love the plot! This was such man original premise and it turned out great. I’m already reaching with gimme gimme hands for the story to continue.

I’ve never heard of this author before but you better believe I’m going to look if she has more books bc she is an incredible storyteller.

Quite different.

I liked the story. Im interested to see where this series is going to go.

did not finish

Even Joel Leslie couldn't save this one. didn't like it at all Joel did his best

Almost DNF

The story itself isn’t great. But there is no romance in this story. The protagonist’s interest is flat of emotions the whole story and there is no connection. Regret the purchase.

I'm so disappointed

I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved. I've been looking forward to the audio so I could relive it over and over while I do other things... but the narration was so affected and irritating that I couldn't force myself to keep listening. I know Joel Leslie is very popular, but he simply ruins books for me. Such a disappointment!