Moonshine

Cal Leandros, Book 2

By: Rob Thurman

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

After saving the world from his fiendish father's side of the family, Cal Leandros and his stalwart half-brother Niko have settled down with new digs and a new gig - bodyguard and detective work. And in New York City, where preternatural beings stalk the streets just like normal folk, business is good. Their latest case has them going undercover for the Kin - the werewolf Mafia. A low-level Kin boss thinks a rival is setting him up for a fall, and wants proof. The place to start is the back room of Moonshine - a gambling club for non-humans. Cal thinks it's a simple in-and-out job. But Cal is very, very wrong. Cal and Niko are being set up themselves - and the people behind it have a bite much worse than their bark.

©2007 Robyn Thurman (P)2014 Audible Inc.

I like the new narrator

I think one of my favorite things in this series is the creative cursing and I'm not referring to traditional swearing. The brothers get a little angsty but I enjoy their bond. There are strong supporting characters and an interesting plot. MacLeod Andrews is a solid reader with easily distinguished character voices.

A new narrator

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

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

I have listened to Steal Hart which was narrated by the same person. This book was done so well that I didn't realize that they had the same narrator. He gives the craters their own voice allowing them to be a distinctive presence through out the, never reminding a person of other books that Andrews has narrated.

Any additional comments?

The change in narrators is the best thing that could have happened for the audio versions of this book series. I disliked the narrator for the last book Nightlife.

Good, solid writing, and GREAT narration

Dyed-in-the-wool urban fantasy fan here. I've chewed my way through Dresden, Sandman Slim, Bobby Dollar, the Iron Druid, and many more that aren't as good, before stumbling across the Leandros brothers. Their adventures compare quite favorably with those (perhaps) more well-known series, with nice doses of epic battles of good vs. evil, scary monsters and super freaks, imaginative takes on age-old supernatural legends, a little romance, a little comedy, and lots of witty banter and a great, nicely fleshed-out, very real-feeling relationship between the brothers, Cal and Niko.
Of course, it doesn't hurt to have the ever-fabulous MacLeod Andrews narrating. He gives perfect voice(s) to the Sandman Slim books and Sanderson's Steelheart series, among many others; I'm thrilled that Audible has gotten him to perform books 2-9 of the Leandros books. The narrator of book 1 wasn't dreadful, but not great either; Andrews is pitch-perfect in tone and has created voices for the many human and non-human characters that are always right on the money.
It's a happy prospect to be spending a good part of this winter with the Mac Leod Andrews and the Leandros boys. Wholehearted recommend!

Good story, very interesting

I really enjoyed the story, the only problem is the main characters are almost too grim. The only emotions that really come across are cynical or angry for the MC, stoic or concerned from his brother. The parts of the story where they could get excited, or even should be so, they aren't. Some relief from the gravity would have made a nice counterpoint. Otherwise, the story is interesting and the world building is great. Very clear imagery, without being too wordy about it.

The narrator is great, I love how he does the wolfy and monsterous voices.

New Favorite Series

I’m so happy I started listening to this series.
Also very pleased there r even more titles to go!
All the different monsters/kin, etc make it a lot of fun to listen.