The Lies of Vampires and Slayers

Magiford Supernatural City (Magic on Main Street, Book 1)

By: K. M. Shea

Narrated by: Amelia Hugh, Cody Roberts

By night, they fight in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. By day, they are friendly next-door neighbors. Neither of them know that their alter egos are archenemies.

I’ve spent my life training in the family business of slaying vampires, but I’m tired of all the death. I want to prove we slayers can help society, not just break it.

I start my new life by joining the Magiford supernatural task force, which exists to protect humans and supernaturals from harmful magic.

There’s just one problem.

All of my teammates who work the night shift with me are scared of me since slayers are the assassins of the supernatural world. Worse yet, even though I’m doing my best at pretending to be a human during the day—a necessity as a lone slayer can quickly become a dead slayer—I’ve utterly failed to win over any of the humans in my apartment complex since I have the charisma of an overdue investigation report.

That changes when a handsome vampire moves in next door. Connor may not be willing to try any of my failed attempts at baking, but he’s charming and not afraid of me. Plus, he’s the first friend I’ve made who has the time to hang out with me after work.

Things are looking up, or they would be, except a mysterious and extremely powerful vampire has declared downtown his nightly hunting ground. I’m the only one on my team who can match him in a fight, something he finds endlessly entertaining. That isn’t a good sign for my general life expectancy.

My greatest goal might be to win over my squad, but if this vampire doesn’t back off I might not live long enough to achieve it.

The Lies of Vampires and Slayers is the first book in the Magic on Main Street urban fantasy trilogy, and is part of the Magiford Supernatural City world. This series is packed with humor, magical fights, and a sweet, slow burn romance between a slayer who battles social anxiety and a vampire who is sick of his immortality.

©2023 K. M. Shea (P)2024 K. M. Shea

Pretty good book.

The narrators were great.
I am not much of a fan of the Female Lead not knowing her value and worth in terms of her skills. That repetition was a bit upsetting, but beyond that it was great!

Favorite!

I love anything by K.M Shea, but this one might be my favorite series of hers. So so good!

The characters are so much fun. I truly enjoyed the voice actors. Looking for more books with these two voice actors.

I almost quit the first book in this series because of the main characters gibberish. Thankfully, I keep listening. I really appreciated the arch of her development by the end. Great story!!!

The relationships Jade has with everyone. The humanity-disinterest vampire etc

Audio is great even though its not a duology of female and male voices doing their own gender. I think their still good. Did good to portray different voices of each character. I like Connor voice and Tatiana voice. Jade and Sunshine was a breeze to hear. Grove matches him very well.

Another win for the Magiford world

I love the Magiford books, and I'm always excited when another trilogy comes out on audio. These voice artists did a great job, and the story is as delightful as expected for this author/world.