Even Though I Knew the End

De: C.L. Polk

Narrado por: January LaVoy

A magical detective dives into the affairs of Chicago's divine monsters to secure a future with the love of her life. This sapphic period piece will dazzle anyone looking for mystery, intrigue, romance, magic, or all of the above.

An exiled augur who sold her soul to save her brother's life is offered one last job before serving an eternity in hell. When she turns it down, her client sweetens the pot by offering up the one payment she can't resist—the chance to have a future where she grows old with the woman she loves.

To succeed, she is given three days to track down the White City Vampire, Chicago's most notorious serial killer. If she fails, only hell and heartbreak await.

©2022 C.L. Polk (P)2022 Recorded Books

Lovely, Punchy and Well-crafted Novella

This books does such a good job of introducing the stakes early and not giving away too much too quickly. The Mystery of the White Vampire is engaging and is entangled more deeply entangled in Detective Helen Brant’s (MC) motivations and life than she realizes. The Queer representation in this book is lovely and showcases its difficulties in the 1940’s respectfully and fulfilling way. I’ve read this short and punchy Novella twice this month and I’ll be coming back to it more this year.

Loved it

This book had a lot of my favorite tropes. A fun short read that was tightly written and well structured. I am going to recommend this to friends.

Good story and characters

I enjoyed this novella. The characters and story held my interest. Good message and the end was poignant.

an absolutely captivating novella

I could go on and on about how I loved every aspect of the story. But instead let me just say it is a short, wonderfully placed, beautiful story in an intriguing world.

Sapphic Supernatural

Quick and easy listen. If you’re a fan of supernatural and sapphic stories, this is for you!

Good short story

Very interesting and well written. Character development was awesome too and left me wanting to know more about this world. Give it a listen for sure!

Wonderful Short Read

This was a great short read it’s got all the fun stuff I love like magic, demons, angels and lesbians!!
This book isn’t full of unnecessary dialogue it gets straight to the point. Amazing pacing, great voice actor and smooth writing.

Atmospheric, historical, sapphic romance with supernatural elements

CW: homophobia, conversion therapy, graphic violence

I felt like the author really captured the flavor of a “hard boiled” noir detective story. The dialog and descriptions of places and people was pitch perfect! The supernatural elements were very intense, with a wild ending! The visit to the insane asylum was kind of hard to take, however, especially with the conversion therapy references. This isn’t a “cozy” mystery at all - very intense and pretty dark at times. But a rollicking good story, though the ending was kind of predictable. Overall, a good story!

The narration was good, but not exceptional.

Drop everything and read this

The case is satisfyingly dark and twisty. The romance is breathtaking. Great narration too.

Great novella!

Solid story, stellar world building and prose, and surprising twists. A great noir mystery with fantasy elements. The narrator also does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life.