Club Nexus

Ivy Granger, Psychic Detective

By: E. J. Stevens

Narrated by: Traci Odom

A demon, an Unseelie faerie, and a vampire walk into a bar...

This Ivy Granger anthology contains short stories set in Club Nexus, the hidden haunt of Harborsmouth's paranormal underworld.

"Iced": A bargain gone wrong leads a highborn Unseelie faerie to life as an enslaved bartender with a taste for revenge.

"Dusted": Being a highly skilled predator doesn't necessarily put you at the top of the food chain at Club Nexus. A southern vampire with a hankering for blood and wanton violence may have bit off more than he can chew.

"Demonized": The demon attorney we love to hate has his eye on a certain rockabilly human. Too bad she's brought a crossbow loaded with holy-water-dipped bolts for this night on the town.

"Jinxed": Just when Jinx needs a carefree girl's night out with Ivy, a smoking-hot demon tries to buy her a drink. She really is the unluckiest human on the planet.

©2013 E.J. Stevens (P)2014 E.J. Stevens

CLUB NEXUS REVIEW

CLUB NEXUS was an interesting listen. I liked it but not as much as I liked BLOOD AND MISTLETOE. It was from different points of view of the characters and I wasn't sure about the changing of the voice. It was hard to get used to. It was overly dramatic when it didn't need to be. I feel it would've had better legs had it been read normally.

That being said, I think the series will move past it and still be good. In this book, the listener gets a better idea of who the characters are therefore possibly setting up the next in the series. It was a super idea with the same setting and different perspectives, just too dramatic.

TRACI ODOM's voice was contrasting to the narrator from Blood and Mistletoe. I'll have to listen to the next book before I can form a solid opinion as I had a hard time with the voice change.

Audiobook received from author in exchange for an honest review.

many points of view

many points of view about the same incident that happened at club nexus to give a full view of what happened.

A few hours in Club Nexus, and we learn the danger

If you could sum up Club Nexus in three words, what would they be?

Jaw dropping events.

Have you listened to any of Traci Odom’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I've listened to Traci in two previous books in this series, and this is the best vocals for different characters yet. She does a wonderful job of slipping into the different characters. She even drops her tone to project a male image with a slight accent.

Any additional comments?

The four stories are all of the same time within Club Nexus but from four different views. Each view brings in new information about the characters and events that take place in Club Nexus. I like how these stories all intersect yet are different and bring us one step further with each ending. We learn something new in the events of the night we are living through.

In listening to these stories, I almost forgot Traci was reading them to me. That's a good thing! The story took over and the narrator blended into the story.

All the stories are in the first person though. But as short stories it works well. And Traci using different voices and taking on each character makes the first person fit to the stories.

Love the short story collection

This both is and isn’t a short story collection. It’s a book where you hear the same story, but from the view of different characters. It was a lot of fun to read. I hope to hear more about jinx and her suitors later in the series.

Great story told from various POV

This is a great short, urban fantasy story in the Ivy Granger, Psychic Detective series. The story covers one night in the paranormal nightclub, Club Nexus and is told from the POV of Jinks, Forneus, a high born Unseelie fae and a southern vampire. This story reveals the dark underside of the nightclub and the depravity of rouge vampires. It also manages to make you laugh and shows us the that demons might have a softer side.
The narrator did an excellent job of the different accents, as well as doing both male and female voices equally well. I really enjoyed her narration, especially the vampire, Cyrus's southern twang.
It was great hearing the story from the different perspectives, it illustrated well how one’s own concerns colour how things are seen. My favourite was Forneus’ point of view, and I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him at the end. This enjoyable story interweaves well into the other books in the series, has humour, action and romance to keep you entertained.