The Lost Night

I generally enjoy all of Jayne Castle/Jayne Krentz/Amanda Quick's books, this one was no exception. The beginning felt slightly disjointed, the transition from Frequency City to Rainshadow Island felt a little rushed. I almost thought I accidentally forwarded through a scene, but I know that she uses that style in a lot of her writing. Though it is easier to 'see' the transition when you read than when you listen, lol.

Castle's female characters are always a bit feisty and a little 'unusual' in that they never seem to fit in with the norm (of the society the books are set in). Their quirks are part of their charm, and usually the reason the hero ends up falling for them. I've always liked the mix of fantasy & mystery & romance she puts in all her series. I am fascinated with the idea of psi- abilities and like the way she's still able to put a slight twist on it given Harmony's history - a bit of old fashioned sci-fi alien technology mixed with old-world fantasy psi-abilities.

I basically logged on to Audible today to see if she had any other more recent books out in any of her pseudonyms. Alas, not until next month!

Definitely recommend the author and this series, as well as the Arcane Society series which can be seen as part of this series too, if you squint :)

this is another typical Harmony book-- it was very good.

If you like her books you will not be disappointed. --
a good addition

I must say that I love, adore many of the Jayne Anne Krentz Books, but I found myself cringing while listening to this story or falling asleep to "The Lost Night". I typically adore the paranormal in Jayne's stories. I also enjoy the plot replayed over and over again -- that of two powerful talents finding each other. I have not managed to finish listening to this title though I've managed to fly solo to the USA and back to Sweden and take a 11 hour train trip within Sweden... again, solo (meaning no children to watch at the time). I simply must not be a Harmony fan. It is a pity. This was my first audible listen, and a treat to myself. But it one that I could not manage.

I don't know how to be fair to Joyce Bean in this review. After-all, she portrays the messenger in this dynamic. I had a super difficult time enjoying her voice when listening about Harry Sebastian. I cannot distinguish if this is because Harry's lines were simply not pleasing for me to hear or if it were the portrayal of the lines.

Jayne Castle delivers consistently engaging paranormals and this is another one to add to my keeper shelf. In the Lost Night, the main characters are interesting and have real (paranormal) issues. I enjoyed Lost Night so much I listened to it twice the first week I got it.

I would change the narrator. Her voice was grating and awful. When she made her voice deeper for the male characters it made me cringe and not want to keep listening. I know she can't help it but she kind of ruined it for me.

My favourite character in the story was the dust bunny.

She read the story very well, but her voice wrecked it for me.

A different narrator.

This book was average to me - not great, not bad. The story was pretty good, but all the weird paranormal elements in the book were somewhat distracting. I feel like this book should be part 2 in a series, as it was hard to understand why the setting was on another plant that is earth-like, but not earth. Some background seemed to be missing. The characters were somewhat hard to get into or relate with. I had to force myself to keep listening for the first couple of hours, but thereafter, I got into the book more and could finish it. If you have plenty of credits, give it a try, but if you are trying to be selective, I'd pass on this one.