Magic Bite

Supernatural Bounty Hunter Series, Book 1

By: Leia Stone, Lucia Ashta

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Evie Black and her demon imp partner, Cass, are two of the most fearsome supernatural bounty hunters on the West Coast. But when Evie’s beloved grandmother dies, her world shatters. After finding the bottom of a bottle of tequila, Evie breaks the one rule she knows better than to ignore: Never hook up with a werewolf. Especially when he’s the local alpha who, oh by the way, happens to be her gran’s sworn enemy. Yeah, complicated doesn’t even begin to cover what happens next. 

This is a full-length adult urban fantasy novel. Please be advised there is adult sexual content and language. You know how alpha werewolves get.

©2018 Leia Stone and Lucia Ashta (P)2019 Leia Stone and Lucia Ashta

Most Interesting World Concept C-

Most Interesting World Concept I read in a while. Brave and Loyal band of friends Evie and her imp partner gather around them. It could be me...but the sex and profanity seemed a little top heavy. it could have been done a more southern tipsy then stripper tawdry. That may of had me routing for the character sooner. #uniqueworldsetting #Shifters #UrbanFantasy

Boring and flat

Nothing special, a boring story without a spark. There is no heat, no drama, no significant character development, it’s all superficial and forgettable. As I read the reviews of other books written by Leia Stone, I find that they are all the same, and I will never read a book written by this author again.

Fun to listen to, but easy to pause.

It was a fun story. Can't say I'd listen to the next installment. Just a bit too predictable.

Ehh....don’t listen to this

So the idea was a decent one. The issue is the story. Half of the time she talks about the wolf she is in love with but denies, another good chunk is sex scenes, the little sliver left is the story. The author does t develop a plot not really write a story but more of a sex fantasy book. Sounds like a teenager who is sexually stimulated but unable to do anything about it wrote the book. If you don’t believe me give it a listen...

The reader did a good job though.

Almost a 5.

A fun listen. A somewhat different and interesting take on magic and supernatural creatures. There's a kitsune in the Wearing the Cape series who is really cool, but a love interest to the heroine. Here the heroine finds out she is herself a kitsune. Not quite a 5 because I have mixed feelings about the femporn bits, but I am definitely getting the sequel. The cliffhanger caused me a cry of anguish.

Disappointing

Decent storyline and character development with that being said eve is the only one getting a climax out of this book. No climax no real conclusion, the book simply ended.

Brilliant Beginning of Series

I absolutely love this story and binge listened whenever I could. It has everything a supernatural fan could want- action, adventure, love, sex, suspense, friendship, magic & best of all mythical creatures. This story is like none that I have read. It is full of surprises. The narrator's perfect pacing and character voices really brought the story to life. I look forward to more in this series.

Great twist on a Paranormal Romance.

This book was a lot of fun. I was excited to see that the main character was part Asian like me. Cass is hilarious. The fact that he is a hot pink imp in booty shorts... loved it. Brock was a sexy, dominate, alpha male and genuinely seemed like a good guy. There were a few twists I did not see coming at all so I was happy that it caught me off gaurd. I am also curious to see how Brock and Evie handle this situation in the next book. Oh and that ending... cliffhanger. But a good one.

I actually had the pleasure of listening to the audiobook and loved it. The narrator had the perfect witty and sarcastic tone for Evie and I just laughed anytime she read Cass's lines. (Listened at my favoirte 1.25x speed)

Recommend to anyone who is a Paranormal Romance reader that loves wolves but looking for some fun and original twists!

terrible language

the story plot was not very good, and with every other word starting with 'F' it was not fun to listen to. In fact the language was so bad that I will not be listening to the rest of the series. It's too bad the authors couldn't use a more grown up version of the English language, what are they still 12 years old?????

Terrible reader!

The story was entertaining and kept me wanting to find out what came next, but the reader almost caused me to trash this. There were no tonal inflexions had a period at the end of every breath. Just terrible!

Nice enough but feels unfinished

obviously the first book so it has a lot of worldbuilding to do. end feels more like a chapter end.
Also it basikly dedicates 2 chapters to sex senes

Way too much swearing

I usually enjoy this type of story but I didn't really get past the first few chapters as for every other paragraph, there was some sort of swearing or bad language which made it really hard to enjoy.

Its an OK book but artificially chopped

This book is the first of a 3 part series and isn't a bad listen but I am not sure the series is really worth 3 credits.
What we really have here is a 16 hour book split into 3 parts and the splits are quite arbitrary.

Its not 3 linked shorter stories which each can stand alone but one book sliced into 3, and 3 credits is quite a lot for this. If at some point all 3 are bundled together for 1 credit that wold be much better value.

Now I have that off my chest to the book.
First the narration by Kate Marcin is excellent she has a good range of voices for the different characters and a clear and enthusiastic reading style..

The Story is fine, although a bit implausible, and holds the interest. I know no story with vampires werewolves demons sirens etc is really plausible but you know what I mean. It has a bit of a YA feel to it except for the 18 rated bedroom action and swearing which makes it totally unsuitable for a younger reader.

The Characters are great you cant help but like the key players Mollie ( the only human) being my favourite and the baddies are suitably evil. A tale of good v bad

The book was going along quite nicely most characters now established and then it stopped - see above.
The second book carries on from exactly where this one ends.

If you are enjoying it keep going with the others - they continue pretty much the same to complete a decent full story

Its my first book by either of the 2 authors and there is enough there to persuade me to try more but might be looking for when available in some sort of 2 for 1 deal if 5-6 hours is a usual length.

Fun PNR

Unique and fun PNR. I loved Cas, and the whole dynamic they have. Super excited for book 2

Love love love

I didn’t think I would enjoy a book with a funny look pink creature on it, but I could risk missing out on this because everything leia stone touches is gold. This was no difference! I can’t wait to devour the next one

Great set up looking forward you next one.

Loving Brock and Evie and Cass fun characters with plenty of attitude.
Enjoyed the story it starts off faster than expected lol. (Don’t have kids in the room) and I like the progression and discoveries that are made, feel like this book set everything up and I’m looking forward to next book and seeing the story and characters develop from here.
I did feel the narrator spoke a bit fast and found myself having to rewind bits, but that’s partially due to me listening while I’m cooking and things to. xxxx

Easy to Follow

I enjoyed listening to this urban fantasy tale. A respite from my usual genre of choice. I like that this story feels more adult compared to Fantasy that I used to read.
Both main characters have strong personality and the clash was inevitable, but so was them ending up together, despite the challenges.
It's a fun read. Strong dose of profanity and steamy content. But it is fun!
Kate Marcin did great with her narration on this one.

Brilliant

This book is so beautifully crafted taking you to another world. It has a super sassy heroine, wonderfully sexy shifters and Cass is just brilliant! The amazing narration brings another dimension to this book making it thoroughly entertaining but, what a cliff hanger, definitely leaves you wanting more.

Loved it!

This story drew me from the very beginning! Just the right amount of adventure, romance, mystery and of course snark!!!

Magic Bits

This is a funny look at supernatural discovery, and emerging powers. I giggled through this book, with its twists and turns. Read with great feeling by Kate Marcin.