Burning Bright

Ivy Granger Book 3

De: E.J. Stevens

Narrado por: Melanie A. Mason, David Wilson Brown

Burning down the house....

Things are not going well at the offices of Private Eye. Jinx is having demon problems, the city is overrun with pyromaniacal imps, and Ivy's wisp powers are burning out of control, attracting the attention of both the Seelie and Unseelie courts.

Along came a faerie queen.... It's the worst possible time for the Green Lady to call in a favor, but Ivy's bound by her deal with the glaistig. Too bad there's no wiggle room in faerie bargains.

Ivy must rid the city of imps, keep Jinx from murdering her one solid link to Hell, and fulfill her bargain with the Green Lady - with sidhe assassins hot on her tail.

Just another day's work for Ivy Granger, psychic detective.

©2014 E.J. Stevens (P)2015 E.J. Stevens

Fantastic turn of events!

Book three of the Ivy Granger Series continues where book two left off. Ivy Granger is a psychic detective with her partner and best friend Jinx (a rather clumsy and unlucky girl). Ivy has saved the life of a Kelpie King (now her boyfriend) and saved her beloved city from out-of-control, and evil paranormals. During the process, Ivy had asked some pretty powerful para's for favors which in turn put her in their debt. Now both the Fae Queen and Vampire King are calling Ivy to pay up.

With most great and well written paranormal stories, there are always more than one crisis happening within the book, and Burning Bright is no exception! The story starts out with Jinx waking up to a terrible hangover from Club Nexus, only to find out that this was the Green Lady’s way to ensure Ivy would pay her debt to her and kill her witch friend Kaye McShay! While Ivy is still trying to process what just went down, the city is also under attack by a bunch of fire imps that have been running amok all over town starting fires! This leads to the Vampire King's favor she owes him... The crusty ol' vampire wants Ivy to find out who is up to the fires, and extinguish them, permanently! Vampires and fire are not a good match, get it? Fire and match, bahahaha! Then there is the weird thing with Jenna the Guild Hunter. The Guild sent her to Germany on a mission, really?! No one is believing this, but there is too much else going on for Ivy to investigate it further.

The family dynamic that has formed from book one to now is pretty hilarious. Ceff the Kelpie King is still hot and heavy with Ivy, Forneus is still mooning over Jinx, and Arachne who is Kaye's apprentice is stepping up into her witchiness now. Ivy also adopts another stray and adds to the odd pack. Sparky, the new stray is so adorable, I love him! I think this is exactly what Ivy needed. During the course of the story, I was lead with clues as to the future of the next book with a big “war coming” that is mentioned but no specifics like with who and when. There is also the matter of finding Ivy's father still as well. The third installment of the Ivy Granger Series does not lack danger, sex or imagination by a long shot! This book is for sure One-Click worthy!

Narrator Review

Melanie A. Mason and David Wilson Brown return from Blood and Mistletoe, Book 1.5 of the Ivy Granger Series. My last encounter with the duo was horrific. Mainly the audio quality sucking big time! HOWEVER, for Burning Bright they seemed to have learned from their mistakes and pulled off a Hail Mary!!! MY GOD! The timing, the audio, the tone all in sync and sounding fan-tab-ulous! Amazing redemption play, and congrats on a job very well done! I give you both a 5 star rating for your performances! I was so enthralled through the entire book that I had totally forgotten about my previous experience. I love you both, and because I'm already in love with Traci Odom, I will be torn in two now when the next book is released. Damn the powers that be for doing this to me!!

**Audiobook provided by the author for an honest review**

Ivy's Journey Continues

Ivy's journey continues in book 3 and once again we get a story filled with action, suspense, romance and best of all magic & magical creatures. The narrator does an excellent job bringing the story to life. This is one of my fave series and Im excited to see where the author takes Ivy next.

Awesome!

I recently brought this on sale and am very glad I did. The story is fast paced, vivid and higly imaginative, worded so well it made visualizating the characters, environment and concepts easy. The narrators voices were crisp, clear and set at a lively pace.

Ivy's debts are paid and friendships tested

What did you love best about Burning Bright?

E.J. does a wonderful job of blending these tidbits in as the story goes. It fills in gaps and continues the three dimensional feel of the world and characters. I do enjoy the story and adventure Ivy goes on here. There are many great friend moments in this book. Moments that show how important those you keep near are and how you can help them.

If you’ve listened to books by E.J. Stevens before, how does this one compare?

I liked this story better than the previous books for a few reasons. The story was a little bit more complex with more than two things happening, tying it all together. And this duo of voices fits for me much better.

Which character – as performed by Melanie A. Mason and David Wilson Brown – was your favorite?

This novel is narrated by the duo that also voiced a novella. They are Melanie and David. And I do enjoy having both of them for female and male characters. Melanie has the emotions to go with the words as she speaks, and she's not overly bubbly for Ivy. Melanie sounds down to Earth and more real to me for Ivy. Melanie also does an accent from the old world for the Green Lady, a lilt to her words. David is a lovely addition to Melanie's female readings, giving us all the male voices to complement her characters. David's voice for Forneus reminds me of Jack Nicholson. There is one sentence that is repeated, missed in editing. But overall I enjoyed their interpretations of the characters. I do like the slight enhancements such as the sounds of a character on the phone and the echo of a ghost talking!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Ivy gives some great advice in this book, and learns a few things about those she judged harshly. I liked the advice she gave to Arachne and having to face what she did.

Any additional comments?

The characters are fun in the mix too. Ivy is growing as a character. I don't seem to remember Ivy swearing as much, as she does in this book, in previous books. Mind you, it's not as heavy in swearing as other UF books I've read, but more for Ivy. Ivy still has a habit of 'saying' she's not soft of heart, stubborn, or a smart mouth. This always seems to rub me wrong when I hear/read it. She says it, but I don't think I see it as much in her actions. Now when others say it or she does do something, it's okay, it's just when Ivy thinks she's being stubborn after she's being stubborn that feels repetitive for me. E.J. has a way of writing in puns, little jokes, and thought from Ivy that are play on words. They are fun at times, and also a few that have you roll your eyes because it's corny. lol.

Oh! Sparky! He sounds like a cutie. Really. Adorable little thing (that could grow to be so big!). And Forneus. I knew Ivy couldn't keep him away forever. lol. Torn is a fun rival for Forneus and loves dangerous adventure, so he fits so well.

*I requested to review a copy of this audiobook for an honest review from the author.

To die or not to die, that is the question

As things keep heating up in Ivy’s life, she are faced with death from every angle. This book is a fast paced and full of action as the other books in the series. I love how with each book I get to know the characters better and new angles to the main plot is reviled. This book can be read as a stand alone book, but a would recommend reading the other books in the series first. I really love this series and are looking forward to what happens next.