Gideon Bean

Auras & Embers, Book 1

De: Gwen DeMarco

Narrado por: Janine Granda

All Gideon Bean wants is to be left alone to burn corpses in peace. Is that too much to ask?

Nothing exciting happens at Peterson Cremation Services–exactly how Gideon prefers it. All his life, he has seen things–scary and bizarre visions that weren’t really there. Working the night shift at the crematorium and days at Sheryl's Shell Shack lets him keep his head down and ignore the strange world around him. The last time Gideon reacted to one of his hallucinations, he ended up in a psychiatric hold. He can’t let anything like that happen again–it would break his mother’s heart.

Then suddenly, a woman with flaming wings and fiery eyes crawls out of a crematorium oven one night.

Dacey Menet is a Mythical who is reborn in fire. She’s investigating a series of local murders and disappearances, and she is enraged to have been one of the victims. Now Dacey needs Gideon’s help to catch her murderer.

Because it turns out his ‘hallucinations’ are real–Gideon Bean can see magic.

©2024 Gwen DeMarco (P)2024 Gwen DeMarco

Yay.... Back with the mythicals

I was so happy to be in a new world but one that I was familiar with from Sophie Feegle series. This is a great story. Ms. Demarco has great world building skills and the side characters are awesome. So I'm hoping to have follow up stories. Our ML is a crematorium worker that is unaware of his magical abilities. He carries some baggage from years of not knowing the things he was seeing were in fact real. His introduction to this world comes in the form of a phoenix like creature that is reborn once she is placed in the oven and comes out in a blaze of glory. And the story begins. The romance is being built very slowly but the potential is there. This is more about the magical world and the mysteries that surrounds it. It is exciting and unique and I loved it. Give this a listen. It held my interest until the last. And it's a set up for the next book in the series.

Fantastic start!

Where to start? If you listened to Sophie Ffegle books you know the basics. This is set in the same world. I don’t wanna spoil anything but if you like Urban Fantasy check this book out. Can’t wait for book 2!

Very Enjoyable Story

I really like this story,storyline and characters in this book. Already have the nectone and will start it as soon as I post my review Narrator does afine job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline!!

I’m addicted

I love the characters and how it’s all put together. I finished all of the Sophie books and just finished this one looking for more I highly recommend. I can’t wait for the next one to come out.

love the chemistry between the main characters

Great story! great narration. couldn't put it down. main characters have great chemistry. lots of little plots with people. guessing all through the book. can't wait for book two!

Great Story

Just as good as her last series. Imaginative story, great characters, and the performance was spot on. Strongly recommend this book and all other Demarco reads. Hopefully the next book in this series is quick to follow.

Another stellar book

This author is new to me but I am devouring her work like crazy. I loved the Feegle series and this one is just as good. I was cracking up when the banging started and despite knowing why there was knocking the rest of the story was just a surprise. I love this authors character and world building. Her storylines are unique and are just fun to read for listen to. Narration was great! Can’t wait for the next book!

Gideon and Dacey!

I was completely swept away by this story—hooked from start to finish. The narration and storytelling were both five-star quality, perfectly bringing the characters and world to life. I can’t wait to dive into book two, and I’m really hoping it brings even more development in the relationship between Gideon and Dacey!

Do they live or work next door?

The characters are always strong and she shows us how the magical population may…just may be living and functioning right beside us!

As always, love this author

Gideon Bean is your average adult, mostly. (Aside from a few hallucinations every now and then.) He keeps to himself and works 2 jobs to pay rent. It just so happens one of those jobs is at a crematorium overnight. Nothing exciting ever happens until one night he puts a box in the fire and a woman with wings of fire comes out. After meeting Dacey, his life will never be the same.
Gideon is a perfect unassuming MC. He really is just an average person living a normal life. And once he gets pulled into the world of mythicals, he realizes that he wasn’t as crazy as he thought he might have been. After a little hesitation, he ends up jumping right into the world of mythicals like a natural. Dacey is such a fun character! Even through she’s an agent of the Conclave, you’d never know it. She is the perfect complement to Gideon. She knows how to pull his inner strength out of him.
This book is set in the same world as Sophie Feegle but with new characters and a new location. This story has us in Florida. The workplace setting is similar since this a crematorium, but that type of setting really works for both series. It helps you get a feel for the MC isolation at first.
There is a lot of building up of the story and suspense in this book and then towards the end you are hit with the action. I loved the plot and then once you get to the showdown, it’s so hard to put the book away! You just have to know what will happen! And of course there were twists you didn’t see coming as well!
I listened to on audible, so I can’t wait for the next audiobook to be released!