• Imago

  • Imago Series, Book 1
  • By: N.R. Walker
  • Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
  • Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (132 ratings)

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Imago

By: N.R. Walker
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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Nerdy, introverted genius lepidopterist, Lawson Gale, is an expert on butterflies. He finds himself in a small town in Tasmania on a quest from an old professor to find an elusive species that may or may not even exist.

Local Parks and Wildlife officer, Jack Brighton, is an ordinary guy who loves his life in the sleepy town of Scottsdale. Along with his Border collie dog, Rosemary, his job, and good friends, he has enough to keep from being lonely.

But then he meets Lawson, and he knows he's met someone special. There's more to catching butterflies, Jack realizes. Sometimes the most elusive creatures wear bow ties, and sometimes they can't be caught at all.

Lawson soon learns there are butterflies he can't learn about it in books. They exist only in a touch, in a kiss, in a smile. He just has to let go first, so these butterflies can fly.

Imago is the story of finding love, bow ties, and butterflies.

Contains mature themes.

©2017 N. R. Walker (P)2020 Tantor

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Fantastic story, disappointing narrator

What can I say about Ms Walker? Her ability to create a picturesque world & dynamic characters is unmatched! I loved everything about this book! Intriguing main characters, emotional moments, sexy moments, comedic banter, wit, intelligence, adventure. Imago has it all! 5 out of 5 stars for the story.
Did you catch my caveat there? “For the story”?..... Ya.. the narration was definitely not worthy of a 5 star rating unfortunately. Mr Ferguson does not have the ability (at least not in this book) to differentiate characters. There were several parts where I had to relisten to a segment to figure out who said which lines. It totally took me out of the story. And there was little-to-no emotion thrown into the narration. He literally just read the words out loud. It was disappointing to say the least. Ms Walker has had very talented narrators for her previous audiobooks (Joel Leslie, Glen Lloyd, Nick Russo), so the bar was set pretty high tbh. Hopefully for book two in this series Mr Ferguson ups his game. 2 out of 5 stars.

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/Shrug

I love N R Walker books, she's one of my favorites. Imago is a good book but I was unhappy with the audio rendition. The narrator interpretation wasn't my cup of tea, inflections of words and sentences were disappointing, I was shaking my head a lot while listening to this.

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I love this story but was a little disappointed in

I've read a lot of Ms. Walker's books. She's pretty much an auto-buy for me. I've read this series and I ABSOLUTELY LOVED it so when book one was released on audio, this was a no-brainer for me. I adore both characters. The vocal performance rating could be totally me, but I was disappointed. There were times I couldn't tell the difference between them and had I not known the story I would have not had any idea who was speaking. The characters felt very emotionless which is not the case for either of them. I don't feel this book was done the justice it deserved but it is still a wonderful story. My original review of the book is included below.

Let me say upfront that I am a HUGE fan of Ms. Walker and am not sure I can say anything I haven’t already about how wonderful her writing is and how I feel like she writes books just for me. I am a big fan of sweet romance, low angst stories with characters that melt your heart. Ms. Walker delivers that big time in this book.

I LOVE LAWSON. While it’s usually hard to pick a favorite with Ms. Walker’s books, there is usually one character that has a slight over the other. As much as I love Jack, Lawson is absolutely fantastic to me. He is brilliant, witty, and beautiful. I love that while he may appear shy; he will stand up for himself and will tell you what he wants and how he wants it. He is a force to be reckoned with for sure.

Jack is a sweet man who I automatically loved just for the way he treated his dog. He is immediately and absolutely smitten with Lawson (and I don’t blame him). I bet he looks absolutely fantastic in his uniform too!

They are perfect for each other; both finally finding someone that understands each other’s job and realizing what’s important to the other. Their banter is adorable. I CAN NOT wait for more of these guys!

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unexpectedly good

I didn't think I would like the story but it was really good. I loved the narrator as well

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Well crafted story! 5stars

This is the second book I have read by this author and I absolutely love their writing style. I never finish the book thinking that something g could have been added. It’s always perfect in storyline, detail, character, and plot. I also ALWAYS listen two times in a row because it’s that good.

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Oh my heart

There was nothing to dislike. This may well be one of my favorite books by this author. Just fantastically well written. So many facts and information. You can’t help but want to be a conservationist after books like these. Well done.

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N. R. Walker knocks it outta the park AGAIN

What I love about this author is how I smile so much while listening!!! The character development is distinct- and how the couples are a perfect match develops with zeal and sizzle!!!

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  • 08-04-23

Fantastic book

I waited a long time to purchase this book because of the mixed reviews, even though I have enjoyed almost every N.R. Walker book in my library at a 4-5 star level. The narrator was a frequent complaint, which can make or break a novel. However, the review of one of our fellow readers whose evaluations are generally aligned to my taste convinced me to try Imago. I am sooooo glad I did!
It was a wonderful story! And while I agree Anthony Ferguson didn't distinguish between Jack and Lawson's voices, he didn't have to! Every chapter was preceded by the identification of POV in that chapter. For example, Ferguson would say "Jack" before reading a chapter and the listener would know who was "talking". I personally enjoyed Ferguson's accent and found his pronunciation of terms quite fine. So, I gave him 5 stars, and have no complaints.
I had no idea what a lepidopterist would actually do in their career, and found the information N.R. Walker wove throughout her tale to be interesting and perfectly important for the level of genius Lawson possessed. I know what imago means now! I always enjoy Walker's descriptions of Australia's natural flora, fauna, and land. So the descriptions of Tasmania were delightful. I like the small town Walker created, and Jack's home in the outskirts of the little town sound comfortable in beautiful natural isolation.
I've just purchased the second in the Imago series and am looking forward to Jack and Lawson's next adventures told in Anthony Ferguson's velvety accent.
Don't be put off by the narrator complaints, just pay attention to who's talking in a given chapter as identified at the beginning!

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Great story but narration below average

I enjoyed the story, but not the narration. Most of the time I couldn’t tell which MC was speaking. No distinction between their voices.

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Story was ruined by the narrator…

The story itself is good but the narration was terrible. The narrator sounds robotic and ruins the chemistry between the two MCs. I finished listening but I will definitely not be purchasing anything else by this narrator.

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