Unchained

Feathers and Fire, Book 1

By: Shayne Silvers

Narrated by: Nicole Poole

My name is Callie Penrose - and I'm a rookie spell-slinger from Kansas City. I work part-time for the Vatican Shepherds, hunting monsters for them, but you won't find me in the pews on Sundays. Not really my thing.

But when my boss is injured by a werewolf, it's time for me to put my big girl pants on. Because the Spear of Longinus - the one that allegedly stabbed Jesus on the Cross - has surfaced, and it's going up for auction. And every flavor of monster in my city wants it. Even a demon and a Nephilim, just for fun.

The only way to survive the war and get the spear first is to team up with Nate Temple, a handsome, reckless wizard from St. Louis. But he has a dark side, too, and I don't fully trust him, despite what my body tells me.

Framed for murders I didn't commit, I find I've become Kansas City's most hated wizard overnight. Because keeping the spear will get me killed, but giving it away will get everyone else killed. And letting Nate handle it will only paint me as weak. What's a girl to do?

Especially when Hell knows more about my past than I do...

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Interesting premise, fun listen

There really is a fair amount of background noise in the recording, and although it didn’t ruin the book for me, it’s distracting. I’ll still get the next. I’m interested to see where it goes.

Timeless

this is a book I can read over and over again and I don't say this about many books I don't really read many books but this one caught my attention

Interesting introduction.

The characters are ok.
It is difficult to review without knowing what parts of the story are going to be developed or explained.
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It is based on a very shallow horror movie version of Christian mythology.
I am ok with that, but mythology nerds will probably be upset.

Wow

I always gravitate toward paranormal reads/listens especially when narrated by Nicole Poole. She always does a phenomenal job no matter the content.

Unchained is a mix of all supernatural beings and worlds and absolutely blew me away. I can’t wait to dive into the rest of this series.

Difficulty Staying Connected

I am not sure what happened. The story started and I was interested but then I had a hard time staying connected. My mind wanted to wander instead of focus. Have you ever had someone tell you about the dream they had...it starts off interesting, kind of exciting, there's potential. But, as the person continues it gets convoluted and you start to feel lost, no longer interested, don't care and doesn't make sense. Kind of like you had to be there. You know that person totally gets but because you didn't experience it for yourself you kind of just shrug and are glad when the conversation changes subjects. That is this for me. I don't know if it is the writing g style and what the author chose to focus on such as a bunch of details. It seemed like the focus was on arbitrary things regarding the main character. I like a broader perspective and more story and character development. Sometimes first person can be superficial and lack dimension and this did for me.