The Outlaw Demon Wails

By: Kim Harrison

Narrated by: Gigi Bermingham

To save the lives of her friends, Rachel did the unthinkable: she willingly trafficked in forbidden demon magic. And now her sins are coming home to haunt her.

As Rachel searches for the truth behind a terrifying murder, an even greater menace threatens, for the demon Algaliarept will stop at nothing to claim her, and the discovery of a shocking family secret throws Rachel's entire life into question. If she is ever to live free, Rachel must first walk willingly into the demonic ever-after in search of long-lost ancient knowledge.

But when you dance with demons, you lay your soul on the line . . . and there are some lines that should never be crossed.

Great Book-Miserable Narrator

Again I'll agree with everybody else. This is another great book in the series but a horrible narration, grating, to put it kindly. Jenks sounds like he is on helium! The new narrator could have listened to For A Few Demons More to pick up on names and words she couldn't pronounce. Instead she had to make it painful for us who were looking forward to this audible.com release.

Are you listening?

I have just read the last 4 or 5 reviews prior to the one I am entering now and I am so glad to know that I am not the only one that feels the way I do about this book. I am an avid Kim Harrison fan, and this book is no exception. The story is wonderful and it hurts my heart that I was hoping it would be over soon simply because the voice of the narrator grated on my nerves so badly I could barely stand it. I honesty thought about asking for my money back simply because I just could not tolerate her voice. The way she pronounced the characters names and words and places that I have become so accustomed to in the previous 5 books with the smooth and silky voice of Margarete Gavin was simply vile. It was almost insulting. I just don't understand what happened. I was uplifted to see that our regular narrator is back in the next book and I hope that this does not happen again because if it does I WILL NOT be purchasing it. GREAT BOOK, WRONG narrator!

Awful narration ruins a great story!

Awful narrator! She mispronounces a good portion of the key words and major character names in the story (that is, she pronounces them completely differently than they were pronounced in the last six audiobooks.) That lack of consistency was terribly distracting--I found myself saying the correct pronunciation aloud each time. This seems like such a serious lapse on the part of the company/narrator--shouldn't listening to a few chapters of the preceding books to master often-repeated terms and names when taking over as narrator of an ongoing series be standard procedure?

To top it off, as many other reviewers have noted, she makes all of the characters sound vapid, at best. If I didn't already love the characters, I would probably never read or listen to another Kim Harrison novel (and I read so much that if my standards were very high, I'd run out of books before long, so that's saying a lot). This recording does Kim Harrison's strong, interesting morally complex characters--and the listener--a serious disservice.

Listen to the sample before purchasing!

For some strange reason the publisher changed narrators, from Marguerite Gavin to Gigi Bermingham, and I found this very difficult to listen to being used to Ms. Gavin's voice for the first 5 books. I wish I had noticed the narrator change before purchasing and listened to the sample first. I totally agree with the other comments here regarding the narrator issue. I had to give up listening and downloaded the book to my Kindle so I could read it instead.

Narrator is awful.

Love all the Hallows Books but this narrator ruined this book. Stick with the previous narrator.