• One Fell Sweep

  • Innkeeper Chronicles, Book 3
  • By: Ilona Andrews
  • Narrated by: Renee Raudman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (3,991 ratings)

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One Fell Sweep

By: Ilona Andrews
Narrated by: Renee Raudman
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From the New York Times best-selling author, Ilona Andrews, comes a new tale from the Innkeeper Chronicles.

Dina DeMille may run the nicest Bed and Breakfast in Red Deer, Texas, but she caters to a very particular kind of guest...the kind that no one on Earth is supposed to know about. Guests like a former intergalactic tyrant with an impressive bounty on her head, the Lord Marshal of a powerful vampire clan, and a displaced-and-superhot werewolf; so don't stand too close, or you may be collateral damage.

But what passes for Dina's normal life is about to be thrown into chaos. First, she must rescue her long-distant older sister, Maud, who's been exiled with her family to a planet that functions as the most lawless penal colony since Botany Bay. Then she agrees to help a guest whose last chance at saving his civilization could bring death and disaster to all Dina holds dear. Now Gertrude Hunt is under siege by a clan of assassins. To keep her guests safe and to find her missing parents, Dina will risk everything, even if she has to pay the ultimate price. Though Sean may have something to say about that!

©2016 Ilona Andrews, Inc. (P)2017 Ilona Andrews, Inc.

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Took It Right to the Edge and Kept Me Enthralled

One of these days I'm going to stop settling back in amazed surprise when I read/listen to these authors' books. Seriously! I already thought this was a fantastic series and I was all in, but this latest installment in the Innkeeper Chronicles series just raised the bar even higher.

Dina, her latest group of guests, and Gertrude Hunt Inn are in the fight for their very lives. This was nearly non-stop dangerous excitement and, when it wasn't, it was intense character and relationship development action that left me blinking back tears. Oh, and the cherry on top? We get the alien's take on the human tradition of Christmas- laughed so hard the tears came.

I loved that part of Dina's family finally makes an appearance, more of the favorite side characters, and, Hallelujah, more on Dina's romance with Sean. Dina is really brought to the brink in this one and she continues to grow through each trial put before her.

There are some surprises and heart=stopping twists to this one. It will resonate with readers and real world issues even though, as usual, there are aliens to encounter both good, shades of gray, and deeply flawed.

Oh, and that little bell-ringer sentence at the very end made me groan and prepare myself for a long (im)patient wait to see what that thread will produce. That said, there was such great progress made for other threads (ahem smoldering hot Sean and Dina scenes) and closure for the main conflict that I don't mind.

Renee Raudman is the voice of Dina and the Innkeeper Chronicles Cast of Characters. I have sung her praises through three installments now. But see, she, too, rose to the occasion for the depths of emotions and desperation this book produced and more than met the challenge.

This fantastic blend of Urban Fantasy and Sci-Fi is a treat not to be missed. Do yourself a favor and snag these for your own reading/listening pleasure.

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Another awesome installment!!!

This is the third installment of the Innkeeper Chronicles, and I loved it as much as the first. Loved the characters from the previous books and the authors have introduced new characters that are just as great.

Action, laughs, a little romance, one of the best Urban Fantasy series out there. A well written story and another great performance by the narrator. You can't go wrong. If you haven't read the first two books I suggest you go back and read them in order, you won't be sorry.

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Sweep yourself away....

Yes, sweep yourself away into Dina's world! I love this story and am completely invested in the characters, their lives and all of the activities that take place at Gertrude Hunt. I laughed, I cried and in awe of how well these authors weaves tales with such detail and imagination. Dina and Sean's relationship grows. Dina gets a message that her sister needs her, and she sweeps away to another world with Sean and Arland. Previous interactions with George creates a dire situation that requires Dina to make a huge decision. The intrigue ensues and everyone is involved. The battle scenes are amazing and the twists and turns keeps you very engaged. An opportunity arises for Dina to find her parents. The cost is great. Does she take it? Get the book and find out for yourself. I am so looking forward to the next story.

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Love this series! Such possibilities!

An open world with fantasy and sci-fi elements disguised as a romance!
Very well written and narrated. I like the cast of characters and the new races we meet in each story.

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I always like Ilona Andrews books

This one picks up nicely after the previous book, Sweep in Peace. I really enjoyed being back in this universe but I felt it wrapped up just a tad too quickly. Maybe I just would've liked another hour or two in the last 1/4 of the book. Could be either/or/both.

All the usual characters are back and we've got a few new faces as well.

I do really like the development with Officer Marace.

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Enjoyed it

Good story good characters waiting to see what happens next. Love the world building lots of imagery.

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Zealots with conveniently powerful weapons

“Yes, the princess you were expecting put on her armor and left to kill the dragon. So sorry.”
My favorite parts of the book were the mini arcs and supporting characters, starting with Dina’s fierce older sister Maud and Maud’s half vampire kid Helen. The chemistry between Maud and Arland worked way better for me than with Dina and Sean. The next book detours to put Maud and Arland in the spotlight and is one of my favorites in the series.

The central story, with Dina granting asylum to an endangered alien species and bringing Gertrude Hunt under siege by another alien species, started interesting but dragged as it became a bunch of scenes where the zealot aliens, nonsensical in their fervor to kill, nonetheless come up with elaborate schemes involving the rarest and deadliest of weapons and the most nefarious and impossible to escape traps … that our motley team triumphs over by conveniently having just the right blood, magic, or alien around to counteract said nefarious weapon or trap.
The world killer? 🙄
A once in a century seed? 🙄🙄
The convenient appearance of a being to save the day? 🙄🙄🙄

“Chicks really dig werewolves.”
This was fun in a pulpy, comic book way. It reminds me of Men In Black, with lots of fantastical aliens, mindtrips (worlds within lockers or, here, seeds of unfathomable power), and social commentary.
The persecution of one alien species in the name of another species’ religion, and the seed focus also had me feeling Avatar and Valerian and the 1,000 Planets. Lots of action and sparkle, trying to be deep, but best enjoyed as a B movie.

There is now a graphic audio version available, which is not only shorter, but also cuts the sex scene at the end down to a thrust and a few gasps. As between the two formats, I prefer the graphic audio, although that’s mostly because I can’t hear Ms. Raudman without thinking of this author-duo’s
Kate Daniels series.

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Writing another review for this book - again

Looking something up, I found that my review for this book wasn't here - and that my rating for this book was 5 stars. Huh.

I don't remember exactly what I wrote, but now I'm putting 1 star across all three categories.

The series was average writing, had some entertainment and humor that made me laugh out loud at some points.

However, the numerous times the authors had to spend on describing bodies (large, muscular, tight, blah blah blah) and the detailed sex scene at the end of this book - verging on pornography - means this book should have been categorized as romance.

I like to know what I'm buying in a book and by putting a book in the romance section, I can avoid books I don't enjoy.

Hope this review makes it. Lately it seems the reviews have been getting gamed and that's unethical. I'm taking a photo of this review to save it.

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a strong continuance of the series

The narrator is exceptional in this story-being able to evoke emotion in how the story is being read. A very gifted voice artist!!!

The story itself is about an Innkeeper- Dina, who's protection of her guests is of the utmost importance. This protection almost costs her her life- in every book.

In this story she is trying to protect a group of people who have almost died out. As payment for her protection, She can ask one question of a mighty being who has to be formed from nine separate parts. The question that the protected guests are asking is where their next home is, and they're giving her the last question to find her parents.

The author is exquisite in her ability to plot and tell a story. The character's are very interesting, including the vampires and the werewolf who is her boyfriend.

The world building is fantastic but like many other authors nowadays, when it comes to religions, and the Creator, she prefers to have none and goes to great lengths to explain and prove in her world (s) how beliefs are all made up and leads to extremism in some -- ulitimately it gives a kind of depressing feel. This anti-religion vibe which says beliefs of any kind are used to make the locals feel good or to control --is a crutch for plot points. (if you are an athiest it's great, if not sad, and really it's just fiction and my opinion)

so-- I do sort of recommend this book ( not that anyone will read this review) it's strong and- well written. It sort of depressed me but may not bug anyone else. besides I love these characters!

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This narrator is awful

I've got all Ilona Andrew's books on print, so this is the first time I've heard this author, and I have to say in hate her. She sounds old, her voice for Dina is high pitched, I find her inflection of tone to be off with the intention of the authors, and when she made Helen's "growling" sound I about fell put of my chair. The narrator makes Dina sound weak and I just couldn't get into her performance.

Anything by Ilona Andrew's is the absolute best and the story itself is phenomenal, but I'll never listen to another book narrated by this narrator ever again.

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