Roaring Blood

Demon-Hearted, Book 2

De: Ambrose Ibsen

Narrado por: James Foster

I'm Lucian Colt, and this story is mainly about me punching zombies in the face. Loads of 'em.

You'd think that life would be easy-breezy for a handsome, demonic badass like me, but you'd be wrong. The demon doesn't help me with rent, doesn't help me pick up chicks or anything fun like that. Instead, he's all about violence. Lots of it. So, when this super-powered necromancer shows up in town and starts emptying the city's graveyards, my buddy Gadreel thinks it's go time. Before the Veiled Order knows it, a war is about to break out between the living and the dead. Pretty scary, eh?

Oh, and get this! Turns out that this Demon-Heart gig isn't all it's cracked up to be. The guys who stuck this infernal organ in me left out the fact that, someday, when I die, I'll be heading straight to Hell. Ain't that a bitch?

Join me as I kick some major ass, have an existential crisis, get shot down by cute girls, generally mess everything up for my friends and, just maybe, come out of the deal having learned how valuable my teammates are. It's going to be a wild and filthy ride!

Trigger Warning: This book has a lot of guns in it, and sometimes, their triggers get pulled, resulting in devastating headshots. If you're not into that sort of thing, or if you've got issues with dirty words, dirty thoughts or talking spiders, then slowly back away from this book and retreat to your safe space. Wouldn't want you to get your feelings hurt.

©2016 Ambrose Ibsen (P)2016 Ambrose Ibsen

Demons are always fun

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Roaring Blood is about a fella trying to fight fire with fire, sort of, to do good in the world. It ain't always pretty, but he gets the job done.
Ambrose Ibsen brings another thriller to the world with some interesting takes on old ideas. He is very entertaining to read.
James Foster is an amazing narrator. He has a powerful voice but can make it do whatever the story calls for. I have listened to several books simply because he was the narrator.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Anti hero action

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Good story, with superb narration. This a good anti hero novel, I'm not sure the main character knows who he is just yet, but that's always the fun part of a journey. Good secondary characters and entertaining mythos make this series a good listen.

“This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.”

Meant for a much younger crowd.

The main character does express his feelings repeatedly and acts like a hot headed teenager, not a sufesticated 20 something year old with a masters degree in Arts and a taste for classical music. Couldn't keep my interest. The story had so much potential but the main character kept ruining the book for me.
Maybe if I read this book as a middle or high schooler I would have loved it.

Can not wait for book three!

This was even better than the first book. There is nothing in the first book that will prevent you from enjoying this book. Book one delineates how he received the demon heart and his relationship with the order.

Lucian (Lucy) is a little reckless in this story. That happens to some men when they get bigger toys. The demon heart makes him a little stronger and he wants to prove to everyone, especially people who intimidate him, that he is a bad ass, despite being a demon.

Being a leader means making the best decisions for your team, not having the highest body count or make the most important kill. Lucy is just ass hole enough to get people needless killed and spends the remainder of the story trying to prove that he learned his lesson.The secondary characters are funny and add to the book, especially the spider. Since the order uses him as a team leader it would make sense to have a set of the supporting characters.

From book one you also learn that Lucy was partially dead when given the choice of dying or being saved. But the order did not quite inform him of the small print in that option...giving him the demon heart means he will go to hell. It is not that he was Mother Teresa before he got the heart. But that is now a concern that will be (most likely) expanded in the next book.

There is action with all kinds of guns and explosives, cussing and other paranormal happening in the Motor City, Detroit, my home town. Enjoy this because I did!

Macho goodness, demon style!

Where does Roaring Blood rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

At this point I've not listened to many, but this book lands easily in the upper quarter! The narration was superb, and the variation in character voices was great. The story line kept me entertained and engrossed. I'm very tempted to purchase the first book in the series to listen to the story of how Lucien got this way.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jermaine the spider - something about talking spiders is very cool.

Which character – as performed by James Foster – was your favorite?

Jermaine the spider. Mr. Foster did an incredible job with all the characters, but a talking spider with a New Joysey accent? Priceless!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No extreme reaction, but overall the main character reminds me of a cross between Duke Nuk'em and Johnny Bravo... but a bit more scaled down. Pure macho. Hail to the King Baby. Hoo Ha Hoo! Do the Monkey!

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This audio book was gifted to me by the narrator at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.

If you are a feminist or a cuck, this book is not for you. :)