Three dead witches. An unknown killer. One big mistake: they left me alive.My name is Stella and I’m the Familiar to the London Coven.Magic is real. It’s all around you, and it’s dangerous. Uncanny things lurk in the shadows, hell-bent on murder and destruction. It’s my job to make sure the people of my city are protected, and I’m usually pretty good at it, but now… now…
…now something has dropped into my life and torn my coven apart. It did the impossible and murdered three of the most powerful creatures in London, leaving me alone and running scared.
Something evil beyond anything I’ve ever experienced is loose in London, something with the power to squash me like a bug…
…and I’m going to destroy it.
My name is Stella Familiar, and evil just picked on the wrong woman.
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Audiobook review: Familiar Magic is an interesting magical fantasy book with a unique twist on witches familiars. The story was entertaining right from the start and fast paced. If you are squimish with violence, this book may not be for you. The only thing that had me pausing was the breaking the fairy in half and drinking their substance to gain power. It was a first for me. The narrator did an excellent job! I received a free copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
This review is for the audio book.
I really enjoyed this story and was captivated within the first couple of words, it was though a spell had been cast and I couldn’t stop until the end, yes I listened to it all in one sitting. The book took you on so many twists that you had no idea where it was going to take you next in this fantasy action adventure. I loved the characters, especially David with his witty humour as he tried to tough out whatever was thrown at him. There was plenty of action and intrigue as the magic flew, as well bodies. On to book two to see what happens next.
Stella a witches familiar returns home to find her coven in tatters. With the three mutilated bodies of her coven left beaten and battered left for her to find, she barely makes it out of the place she once called home. She finds help in the form of a human, Detective David Tyler. He has no idea that magic existed but is about to take a very quick course In the subject, as the Canny Mr Trick targets them to play his games with. Can Stella get the revenge she so desperately seeks over the death of her witches or is the treat to powerful for just a familiar to handle.
I loved the narrator of this story, she has such a wide range of voices that it made the story an enjoyable experience. I especially like the changing voice of the baddie. I hope she sticks with the series because I think she was a big part of why I enjoyed it so much.
Format: audiobook
Narrator : Heather Tracy
Bk 1: Familiar Magic
Great start, dramatic, intriguing and grabs your attention instantly. Stella Familiar was created by a powerful coven, a lowly familiar! But when Stella is met with a horrific scene and then lands, quite literally, in front of detective David Tylor a hunt ensues to find the powerful creature threatening London.
A fabulous story with twists and tricks to keep you guessing and the Narrator does a fantastic job.
I’m a lucky recieved of an ARC copy of this as per my request and here are my thoughts –
Jumping straight into the action, Stella Familiars story takes you on a fast paced, page turning ride through the secret hidey holes of London, the places the normals (That’s humans to you and me) don’t realise exist.
Her family is gone and she’s alone but for a new friend in David Tyler, a very human detective, who’s home she suddenly appeared in after a show down with a big bad….
This book kept me reading long after I should have put it down and got on with adulting! Definitely looking forward to the next book in the series!
M.V. Stott
Stella Familiar returned home to the London Coven to find all three high witches torn to pieces and scattered around the common room. Stella, their familiar, a thing made by them of dirt, spit and will, made a vow to get bloody revenge. But first she had to survive an attack from a big monster devil dog thing waiting for her. Which she did by teleporting into Detective David Tyler’s kitchen. Talking with David at a cafe, she questioned who she is, and what can she to do without her masters, when she and David are suddenly attacked by the possessed waitress. Now David has now become a believer in Magic. They met a Monk, a keeper of the Sorcerer Tree, which has been stripped of magic, desecrated and burned, much like Stella’s witches. It was a thing of darkness that has attacked, twice now. That creature—that patch of twitching darkness—destroyed Stella’s coven, and now it had killed the Sorcerer Tree, its Church and all of its followers. No way she will stop until whatever had crept towards her in the black memories of the skinned monk was dead. At The Beehive, she got a (reluctant) hint from Razor that there may be information at The Den. They visit the proprietress, the succubus Anya, for a few pages of really interesting action. Now they’ve been summoned by The First Witch. Stella is told she has potential, but not given any additional help or information. David and Stella visit the scene of the crime, are attacked by giant devil dogs, which Stella obliterates. But David has disappeared, leaving a trail of blood behind. She gets a name, Mr. Trick, from Razor at The Beehive, but needs the Black Magic help of the powerful wizard, mighty Giles L’Merrier to find him. The wizard is terrified by the information he gets, and sends Stella away with just an address. Stella fortifies her power with a visit to fairies in London’s sewer. After battling many evil minions of the darkness, she finally meets it face to face. And recognizes it. Questions are answered, though not to Stella’s liking. And then the grand confrontation–no spoilers, you’ve got to read the book, and it’s well worth it.
Familiar Magic makes its debut with a BANG! Action packed from the beginning it just gets more intense with each chapter. I was so enthralled I read it in an hour and now I am going to have to be patient for the next book…I can’t wait!