When Gods Die

Sebastian St. Cyr, Book 2

By: C. S. Harris

Narrated by: Davina Porter

Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

The young wife of an aging marquis is found murdered in the arms of the Prince Regent. Around her neck lies a necklace said to have been worn by Druid priestesses - that is, until it was lost at sea with its last owner, Sebastian St. Cyr's mother. Now Sebastian is lured into a dangerous investigation of the marchioness's death - and his mother's uncertain fate.

As he edges closer to the truth-and one murder follows another - he confronts a conspiracy that imperils those nearest him and threatens to bring down the monarchy.

©2006 The Two Talers, LLC (P)2015 Recorded Books

Enjoyable story

Loved it. Looking forward to the next installment. The vivid characters pull you into this era and make you want more.

Excellent English murder mystery

Enjoyed this book immensely with its multiple characters and twists.
Great series set in the early 1800s England.

Thoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery

Thoroughly enjoyed this murder mystery. Loved the historical facts interspersed within the story. Looking forward to the next book in the series.

Very entertaining

Davina Porter narration was perfection.

This is my second time listening to Sebastián St Cyr book series first time was through Hoopla and enjoy it so much decided to buy them all through Audible.


Book 2

Better then the What Angels Fear!

While I enjoyed the first novel of this series enough to continue, I believe in book 2 is where the series really starts to take off! I considered the first book (What Angels Fear) more of a "set-up novel" introducing us to the characters and it kind of had a "by-the-numbers" mystery, I was able to figure out the killer about half-way through. However, the writing had a lot of potential, the author was very good with historical details and I enjoyed the characters, so I decided to give the second book a shot. And I'm so glad I did!

The mystery in When Gods Die kept me guessing until the end and I was completely wrong about the who the killer was. I love how the author seamlessly weaves historical details into the story, even down to the way the British pronounced certain words and their everyday lives. For example, while obviously the Ton lived a very indulgent lifestyle and I knew about the parties and the London Season, I didn't realize that most of them stayed up very late. This in turn meant that most of them didn't rise until late morning and it was actually improper to call on someone before 11am.

I'm not the biggest fan of Kat, I like her character (she's a survivor) and she grows on me in the later books, but I don't think she's right for Sebastian romantically. It's a sad fact that love doesn't always win, and that those we love may not be best for us. Their love was wonderful but I don't think it would last, especially in that time period when social presentation and birth status was very important. However, that being said, I love how Sebastian seems to be ahead of his time in how he treats women, those of the lower social order and foreigners. I'm not sure if it's just his personality, his time in the army or the fact that he was born the 3rd son but it's nice to see.

Davina Porter is perfect in narration (I believe she's half-British/half-Scottish), I love the cadence of her voice and she has a very good voice for Sebastian and for Paul Gibson his friend. My only complaint is a lot of her other male voices tend to sound the same. There's kind of a dandy/metrosexual voice, a creepy villainous voice and a strong male voice that's a slight variation on Sebastian. That seems to be it. However, you get used to it (I just finished book 8) and it doesn't detract from the stories too much.

Excellent

Any book narrated by Davina Porter is wonderful to listen to. I feel like I'm watching a really good movie.

An absolute Must !

Wonderful at all levels. I simply adore the entire series. If you enjoy historical novels, you'll binge on this and never look back.

Wonderfully written!!!

I must say that audible is not being fair. They had books 1,6,7,8,9,10. Which was to said to be able to be read as stand alone too. Which is soooo wrong. After I finished Bk10 Audible put up Bk2 which I've just finished reading and find that I'm left with mixed feelings. I know that Kat and Sebastian will never be together and that Sebastian finds love again with Hero. But to read how much he cares about Kat now and wants to make an honest woman out of her just hurts me. And there is so much that we find out about Sebastian and the mother that he thought dead so long ago. I just wish audible wouldn't do this to us by putting up gaps in our story series!!!

Great Story and Characters

What about Davina Porter’s performance did you like?

She is remarkable, I could listen to her all day.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

I hate that you don't have all the books in the series. Makes me wish I never started the first one.

What a series!

This series is addictive. St. Cyr is sexy and smart, along with Kat his paramour. The reader learns a little more about both leading characters as the series progresses. Davina Porter is amazing as the narrator and really adds to the story.