The Nate Temple Series: Books 0-3

The Nate Temple Series Boxset Book 1

By: Shayne Silvers

Narrated by: Joel Richards

Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

The first three novels and the prequel novella in the million-selling Nate Temple Series: Obsidian Son, Blood Debts, Grimm, and Fairy Tale.

My name is Nate Temple, and I’m secretly a wizard.

I ride a foul-mouthed unicorn, I drink with Achilles, and I’m pals with the Four Horsemen. I’ve even cow-tipped the Minotaur. I understand the theory of following the rules...I’m just not very good at the application.

Because rules were meant to be broken, and St. Louis has a bit of a supernatural infestation these days. Someone should probably be keeping an eye on these things -and probably an eye on me, too. Before I blow up another building...or three.

©2012 Shayne Silvers (P)2020 Argento Publishing, LLC

Basically Batman with lizard brain

Sort of a fun story. Definitely glad I got 4 books for one credit. But that’s it.
I couldn’t get passed the fact that every single woman in this story is described in excruciating sexual detail. And all but one woman character is portrayed as flirty, blushing and or their bust size and body shape absolutely was crucial to the story.
The author breaks the fourth wall so much that his childish tenor and vocabulary ooze thru the page and makes me hate the main character.

Overcompensating

This guy literally can’t introduce a female character without commenting on her breasts or some other “attractive” aspect of her body. Seems to be overcompensating for something. Was giving this series a try. Nevermind

you need a different narrator

couldn't finish as the narrator made me want to gouge out my eardrums. might be a great story but I'll never find out this way

Great if you like fast-paced anxiety? :-/

The story is actually good. But...the main characters are basically miserable at -all- times. Betrayal, massive stress, no good choices, No character development except for constant unnecessary emotional pain, anguish, and consequences for going the route of 'lesser evil' - because those are the -only- paths they get to pick from. No one ever gets down time where they get to enjoy the world the author builds (thus allowing the reader/listener to enjoy it) . No one ever gets anything they want. No one gets to be happy. Ever. It's just a non-stop bullet train of pain and sadness.

I listened to the first 6 books in the series, -hoping- that something good happens to any of these great characters eventually. Hasn't happened yet in 6 books, and honestly it stresses me out.

Author does a great job conveying the character's emotions to the reader/listener. But it upsets me the only emotions they get (and thus share with the reader/listener) is anxiety and emotional pain. I -like- the characters, and I sort of hate the author for constantly breaking them down without giving them a chance to build back up. Occasionally funny dialogue and banter helps mitigate the sheer depression, but those moments are band-aids on a bullet wounds.

If you love bullet-train style fast pace, and reading about other people's emotional misery...it is a great story. But if you actually want to smile aside from the occasional funny quip...you're better off looking elsewhere.

I Really Really Wanted to Like This Book

....but I hated the Main Character. The Temple is everything you think you love about Batman and then realize you hate Batman. He's super rich, women love to fuck him, he's his own man that owns his own bookstore. Fine. It's canned. That's the point or reading Urban Fantasy. My problem was that the character was equal parts misogynistic pig and fantasy trope. I couldn't get over the "women want to fuck me but I only love this one woman and I love her with everything I have but Imma fuck all these other chicks cuz I'm a man." His friends are marginally better. The story is good but I hated the MC and I just couldn't get through it. The narrator is good but really didn't belong reading a fantasy setting that wasn't serious. He was dry, uncaring of the media, and seemed to force himself through certain passages. I just don't think this book was a good fit for him.

Just the ok

Lots of confusing and slow spots

Hero came across as dumb most of the time

Started in the middle, but went back to the beginning

I love listening to series where the stories progress. But I started in the middle and that was ok because the stories were complete in themselves. I love the Templeverse! Suggest it for anyone who like real people & situations with magic thrown into the middle. Highly recommend this series!!!’

Poor Man's Harry Dresden

If you can make it thru the horrendous narration in Book 1 , then you deserve to be disappointed by Book 2. Don't get me wrong someone must have talked to the narrator after Book 1 because it's a little better.....gone is the very affected "Sam Spade" type of hoarse unintelligible monotonous narration that actually made me nod out and not give a crap about the characters or the story line. But unfortunately after reading and hearing other types of books of the same genre, there just seems to be a bit of lack of original imagination......For me Books 1-3 were lacking in original imagination....by that I mean taking known mythological characters and trying to revive them into today's situations.....if they were all new characters that might have been better.....so you find yourself not really enjoying or having your attention and imagination captured like in the Harry Dresden or Sandman Slim series.....both those narrators breathe life into the characters and the stories have "original" characters with full character development....no so in this series....the best part was "Cow Tipping" the Minitour and that happened in the first 5 minutes of Book 1.....then a few cool fight scenarios....then downhill from there. Try the Harry Dresden or Sandman Slim Series and you'll see what I'm talking about...... gonna put the rest of this book on hold and listen to the "Marshall Drummond Case Files"

Love!!

I love Urban fantasy and have found a new love -- Nate Temple, my hero!

NOT BAD AT ALL BUT COULD BE BETTER

The only real issue I have with this book is the financial debacles in this story. The fbi cannot freeze the company accounts simply because the majority shareholder (The owner, Nate) is missing. It being a shareholder styled company means it is traded on the open market. It is considered its own entity. It is more than likely a LLC (limited liability company). Meaning what personal issues the owner is involved in outside the company, the company cannot be in held in situ or liable for what he does personally outside company business. Also Nate cannot do whatever he pleases with the company. The board or shareholder reps would have to vote and agree on implementing anything that affects the company, its value, and its public opinion or reputation.
Other than that, the story, its action scenes, depth of its world, character personalities, and its side quests or alternate storylines all tie together nicely and without confusion. Well written for the most part.

Could learn a lesson or three from Jim Butcher !

Not bad, has potential. but needs to reign in the school boy "dog on heat" attitude when it comes to the female characters. Really could learn a thing or two from a more mature, better author like Jim Butcher and the Dresden Files Series. Dont get me wrong, the stories are good but wears a bit thin when all the women have spectacular breasts and cause the men to strain in their trousers ....just crack on with the story mate and leave the smut to cheesy teenage vampire crap

Brilliant story

If you can get over the horrible monotone delivery in the first book, then you can realise what a great story this is. The delivery does get better, but the narrator isn't the most inspiring, luckily the writing does grip you & you want to know more about Nate, his friends & his world. He does seem to have gone from magical, slightly better than average to almost godlike in only 3 books though. So what can come next?

shayne silvers /starting again from the start

I have read all shayne silvers books and now I'm getting them on audio and it's amazing how much I missed reading the books and the narrative is really good , I would recommend these books 📚 either on paper or audio....Happy reading 📚 everyone

kick arse action and gripping story

Brilliant, great series. Its a non stop roller coaster of excitement and emotions. Good narrator and a very easy listen.

Great series

This is a great series, funny with really good storylines, GRIMM in particular is fantastic. Looking forward to continuing the series