Greywalker: Greywalker, Book 1

I actually bought this book as well as the sequel but they have sat on my book shelf for a long while now gathering dust as I kept finding something else to read and would come back and flip through for a moment or two and just decide I wasn't ready to read this one quite yet.

Then I found the audio book, had some credits to burn and said 'what the heck!' and I'm very pleased that I did.

Greywalker takes a new twist on the paranormal and their powers and I rather enjoyed the book. I think a few parts of it are stretching it on how quickly she jumps into some rolls but honestly, what book doesn't do that when dealing with the paranormal.

This is a very good audio book, the narrator did her job marvelously and I have to admit that the second that the follow up book becomes available as an audio listen that I'll be snatching it up eagerly.

The narration is adequate but not great. Mia Barron has a clear and distinct voice but a couple of character voices were very irritating. A teenager turned vampire seemed more like a preteen, whiny and such with no rebellious edge. I do think the narration was effected by the story and writing style. I bought the book having read a Greywalker short story. I could not tell if I liked it so I tried the first book in the series. It is rather dry with long expository sections explaining the "grey". It would have been better, in my opinion, to just let more things happen and learn about the "grey" as a by product of the story. The central character, is very stereotypical and frankly hard to care about or engage with as she goes about solving the mystery. Supporting characters, such as, Quinton, just appear and have the skill set she needs at that moment. Again cliched. I read other urban fantasy and tried this but I was disappointed as the book, to me, is very blase. Average.

Here's the thing. I got this book on sale (thank goodness) and I am still up in the air about it. There were concepts/ideas that seemed interesting, but the descriptions were often long and drawn out and still left me scratching my head (huh?) wondering what was going on.

Perhaps, it's that this is the first in the series and there's a lot of world building to trudge through. I had to rewind/back up and relisten to parts often to try to make sense of "the Grey".

Then there is the matter of the narrator. She wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great. It was hard to listen to sometimes as all I could hear was her lisp( except, oddly, when she did an Irish accent.) It's like when you are watching a movie in the theater and notice a small tear or imperfection in the screen somewhere; and then for the rest of the movie you just keep noticing it and it grates on your nerves, taking away from the overall enjoyment of the movie. Yeah, it was kind of like that.

I am NOT saying to stay away from this author/series. There were things I found compelling and interesting (both concept/story wise and character wise). I would, however, recommend getting it from a library though. Be sure you like it before you spend your money on it. If I had wasted 2 credits on this, I would have been irate. However, for just under $5... it was worth trying a new author/series.

If they switch out narrators or if other books in the series go on sale for under $5 again, I might pick them up... otherwise, save your credits.

This book was in my wish list,it is 2 credits so I let it sit there.It went on sale so I got it for 5$.Im glad I waited(saved my credits)! It was OK.Its the first book in the Greywalker series and is dedicated to alot of setup for that series.How Harper became a Greywalker,what is a Greywalker,what she can and cannot do.I love books in a series, I love getting to know the characters so I will at some point get book 2.I hope its better now that the ground work is laid.

Now, I hate to pick on the narration but this is the MAIN problem with this book.The supporting casts voices were bad.Harper was fine.The rest either sounded like someone with the croup or any one of the seven dwarfs( sleepy, dopey, ect)I know the narrator changes tone so the listner can distinguish characters but some of these were really bad.

Liked the story. Very suspenseful and can't wait for the 2nd installation. However, the narration was terrible. The narrator spoke too slowly, e n u n c i a t e d every letter, it seemed, and there was negligible voice distinction between the characters. Hope she does it better in the next book. I ended up borrowing the book from the library in order to appreciate the flow and flavor of the story.

This is a good book. I really enjoyed it, and it has a really interesting twist on most usual urban fantasy novels.

Ghosts and other paranormal monsters are part of the "grey" existing partly in our world and partly in the grey. Only some people, like Harper, are greywalkers and can move from the normal to the grey. I thought that this idea was new and original, but it still felt a little awkward at points. That's why I'm only giving it a four star review.

Besides that is has almost no cussing, and no sex scenes, though there were some innuendoes. That was a nice change from some urban fantasy.

My only real complaint has nothing to do with the actually story, but the cover. I saw this on goodreads and decided to look it up on audible to get the audio. The audiobook cover is atrocious and disgusting. I don't know why they didn't just use the book cover ... So just don't be turned off by the horrible cover of the audiobook.

I found the story pretty original and fresh. A very interesting twist on the supernatural. That is saying a lot considering how much sci-fi and fantasy lit there is.. It was a good listen, the narrator was good. I will buy the sequel.

I would have given this book five stars but I do think 2 credits is to much. I wasn't happy when I saw this go on sale for 5 dollars. Though good for those whose timing was better.

The narration was good; though it took me a short bit to get into it. (I also think she gets better as the book and series progresses.

The story was good and moved along. Sometimes the motivations of the characters was surprising, but not so much so it took away from the story. There were interesting things that went on but the focus was Harper the main character.
I always liked x-files except that sometimes it went to far with the creepy stuff. This story had just the right balance. All in all for me this was a good choice even having to use (2) credits.

This is my first book by this author and it grabbed me from the beginning. I will be buying the other books in the series.

This book had a good premise and a diff take on the supernatural but it dragged on and on. I had to listen in short spurts to even make it through the book. The one positive thing I can say is that Mia Barron did a good job narrating.