Stolen Magic

Shadows of the Immortals Series, Book 1

By: Marina Finlayson

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson

Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Lexi Jardine may be a thief, but she's not stupid. When a crooked fireshaper wants her to steal a ring from the boss of his order, she knows it's a one-way ticket to sleeping with the fishes. Her answer is to drop off the face of the earth.

Safely hidden in a quiet seaside town, she just needs to keep her head down and pretend to be a regular human. Since her only magical ability is the power to control animals, that should be easy, right?

Then a new fireshaper shows up in town. He's hot as hell but oddly hostile. With his suspicious eyes watching her every move, her safe haven starts feeling more like a trap. When her best friend disappears, Lexi knows the time for hiding is over. Though the fireshapers are more powerful, Lexi's not one to abandon a friend - but it will take everything she's got to save them both from the flames.

©2016 Marina Finlayson (P)2017 Tantor

It has a little something, but not enough

There was something engaging, perhaps the potential to develop the characters, a little extra mystery about the protagonist...But three things made this an especially unrewarding listen for me. A basic rule of writing is "show me, don't tell me" and the author often slips into the superficial "tell me" mode. Second, a good editor might have helped the author eliminate frequent repetition of phrases and sentiments. Last, the narrator's nearly constant mispronunciation of Apollo's name, as A-PO-lo (like the pony) was seriously distracting. It felt like a rush job all around.

out a 10 I give it a 10 a good book loved it lots

it was an amazing book it had a lot of amazing charters and I need book 2

Good

Loved the ending. Was a slow start but eventually picked up. Lexi is a mystery but I think it will unfold in each book.

great book

I don't know why it took me so long to read this book but I can't wait to start book two

Pretty good

This is a pretty good story. I enjoyed the characters and the world created. The story started out really good but fell apart at the end. I'll read the next one because I really liked the characters.

Different Than Past Stories

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

First off I like how this book started, it wasn't with the origin story but instead with the main characters in hiding. I liked how you had to put pieces together but they were not hidden from you, it depended on your own interest int he book and not having a bunch of pages all at once dedicated to backstory that doesn't make sense at the time. It was also interesting with the different types of species and how they all interact with one another. If I have read something like this before I am not remembering it so to me it was pretty original in the world it developed.

Intriguing

Good story line. Auther did good job. will listen to book 2. Hope it follows and integrates parts of book one.

Great fantasy!

Stolen Magic
Shadows of the Immortals Series, Book 1
By: Marina Finlayson
Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
Great fantasy with shifters and more. Great world building and very cool characters. Interesting plot that ends well but teases with a great info that made me want the next book now!
Lots of suspense, action, touch of romance, and great fantasy.
The narration was great too!

Pretty good

This is a pretty good story. I enjoyed the characters and the world created. The story started out really good but fell apart at the end. I'll read the next one because I really liked the characters.

Fun story.

enjoyed the story. interesting take of characters. looking forward to listening to more stories like this.