Wolf Worm

De: T. Kingfisher

Narrado por: Mary Robinette Kowal

Something darker than the devil stalks the North Carolina woods in Wolf Worm, a new gothic masterpiece from New York Times bestselling author T. Kingfisher

"Narrator Mary Robinette Kowal wonderfully conveys the wryly funny prose and the creeping horror of the story. Giving each character a distinct voice, Kowal deftly and consistently moves between them and superbly renders Sam’s voice." —Library Journal on A House with Good Bones (Starred Review)

“[Mary Robinette] Kowal’s performance enhances this gothic horror audiobook.” — Kirkus

“I saw the devil in these woods.”

Sonia Wilson is a talented scientific illustrator—but she is only able to follow her dream because of her father’s reputation as a renowned scientist. Such is the lot in life for a woman in science in 1899. And after his death, she is left without work, prospects, or hope.

So when the reclusive Dr. Halder offers her a position illustrating his vast collection of insects, Sonia jumps at the chance to move to his North Carolina manor house and put her talents to use.

Once there though, she encounters dark happenings in the Carolina woods, and even darker questions come to light, like what happened to her predecessor? Why are animals acting so strangely, and what is behind the peculiar local whispers about “blood thiefs?”

With the aid of the housekeeper and a local healer, Sonia discovers that Halder’s entomological studies have taken him down a twisted road. His ground-breaking discoveries come with a cost—one that Halder is paying with human flesh.

If Sonia can’t find a way to stop the monstrosity, she may be next under the knife.

A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire

Great story… Cringe voice performance

A very unfortunate voice performance for such a creative mystery. Narration is very good minus one of the male characters. It really bothered me but might not bother you.

Good creature horror!

I really enjoyed this book. As an NC native who moved from Wilmington, NC to the town next to Siler City, I loved hearing the mentions of the towns and our lore (The Devil’s Tramping Ground).

I was looking for a good creature horror and it scratched that itch for me. I would have loved for it to have been longer, maybe to learn more about certain characters and their backgrounds. Maybe go even deeper into the lore of it all. But, still enjoyable nonetheless. Did not LOVE the narrator and did find the voices a bit distracting. Not the worst by any means, but either stick with an accent or don’t do one at all.

Good body horror, bad narrator

Another quick and enjoyable thriller from Kingfisher. As usual, the author gives us a juicy little mystery, this time with extra juice in the form of some delightfully squeamish parasitic body horror. I wish I had read this book, however, as I think the narrator is rather poor. She’s fine with the female characters, but the men are terrible. One male character is supposed to be a southern man descended from Scottish immigrants, and his voice was so awful it almost made this a DNF for me. The protagonist is a bit dim witted in terms of figuring out what’s going on, but the mystery is mostly engaging. That narration though … oof.

as expected

phenomenal. I normally always get New Book Jitters, but never with T Kingfisher. I always enjoy her books. and this was another smashing hit. thank you T Kingfisher!! always awaiting the next one.

Science,Art,Bugs, AND Horror… uh yes, please

I loved this book. It was interesting and entertaining, as well as having a fresh plot. Well written and well narrated. I finished it in a single day. Highly recommend if you like art, insects, horror, or science, cause it has it all!!!!