Red Hood - The Hunt

Urban Fairytales, Book 1

By: Erik Schubach

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson

Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins

Publisher's summary

A third of the world's population are cursed to become werewolves on the full moon, and walled cities like Seattle protect the Clean Bloods. People like Detective Daria McQueen protect the gates of the city to stand against the packs of wolves, three nights a month.

When Daria discovers a breach in the wall while on her patrol, and saves a family from infection by three hungry wolves, Daria herself is saved by a wolf hunter she had believed to be nothing but an urban legend: the Red Hood, Maireni Damaschin. The mysterious woman in a red cloak seems to possess inhuman abilities.

Daria and Maireni find themselves caught in a tangled web of deception that goes back centuries, which could spell the end to Clean Bloods and throw the world into servitude.

©2015 Erik Schubach (P)2016 Erik Schubach

awesome remake!

Erik is so creative! i don't know where he gets his ideas but I'm glad he does. i can't wait for the next book in the series.

no words to describe how great

I have been a fan of Erik for years but this series is fantastic. Urban fairytales now these are the stories I would have loved growing up and I'm 61 years old!!!
Hollie always does a superb job on Erik's works on to the next one.

great book

This is a great series for anyone that enjoys fairie tales. After testing this book you will want to read the complete series.

This was fun!

Loved this one! I am definitely getting the rest if thus series! Classic Schubach style with some glorious grit! And Holly blew this narration out if the park!

Could not stop listening

I will definitely read the rest of the series. I loved the humor and the two main characters.

Love to see in Syfy

I Love this book hope2nd one Comes out Soon I would love to see this in syfy just a thought

Excellent!

It was great listening to this fascinating story. Holly Jackson once again comes across with excellent vocals and brings the characters to life. Erik Schubach's ability to weave a story using normal fairy tales and twisting them into a fascinating romantic adventure is excellent. The characters spring to life and pull you into their world wrapping you in the actions and almost smells of their adventure. You can feel the fears, joys and heat of the characters as they spin their tales. Maireni and Daria make an awesome team fighting against the evil of the werewolf invasion. This is an excellent story and one you will want to come back to more than once.

Great book

Loved the book but the performance was not great. I got use to it but it just seemed to have very little passion

Big Bad Meet Red Hood & Detective Ass Kicker

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Seattle is under siege! An unusually large and focused group of werewolves are howling at the walled city of Seattle under the full moon. Detective Daria McQueen is one of many SPD officers assigned to keep the "Clean Bloods" (people uninfected by the lupine curse) safe from werewolves every night of the full moon. She is driven year after year by the need to find her missing sister and avenge the murders of her parents by an alpha werewolf. Maireni Damaschin, aka Red Hood, drops into Daria's life under a full moon. The two women both harbor dark secrets and a thirst for justice. As the two women track a mysterious green-eyed werewolf, their sexual chemistry sizzles and their attraction for each other grows. Will they discover the lair of the beast or will humanity fall to the werewolf's curse?

Hollie Jackson delivers a solid performance as both Daria McQueen and Maireni Damaschin. The novel is told through Daria's eyes for most of the novel. When the adventure takes a twist 3/4 of the way through, the novel shifts back and forth between Daria's and Maireni's perspectives. Hollie builds suspense and anticipation of what will happen next as the women battle impossible odds, with her intuited pacing (at times quick and at others languid) and emphasis.

The brisk, yet reflective, tone and pacing of Daria's sections reflects the matter-of-fact, take no shit kind of woman that she is. As Maireni, she uses a passable Romanian-accented English that enhances the air of mystery surrounding the character's background. It's worth remembering that many years and miles have influenced Maireni's diction. Hollie also draws out Red Hood's flirty nature, which makes for a lot of fun in the scenes between Red and the Detective.

Many of the characters seem to be slight variations of each other. The main difference between Hollie's characterizations is whether the people are from the Pacific Northwest, Romania, or London, and gender of the characters. This is not necessarily a huge draw back, as there are only a few instances in which I had trouble telling who was who.

Overall, I definitely recommend this listening experience, especially to people who enjoy modern-day retellings of fairy tales, fantastical creatures, and spicy, suspenseful adventures!

What does Hollie Jackson bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She adds nuance to the chemistry between Red and Daria. I also enjoyed her accents.

Who was the most memorable character of Red Hood - The Hunt and why?

Red Hood is very flirty, fun, dark, and mysterious! Loved her! I also liked the grittier, focused, down-to-earth Detective Daria. I look forward to the next installment.

Little Red

Love the audio as much as I loved the book. I Love the 2 main characters for this. I will definitely be listening to the next audio as well.