Harmony Black is much more than your average FBI special agent. In addition to being a practicing witch, she’s also an operative for Vigilant Lock, an off-the-books program created to battle occult threats—by any means necessary. Despite her dedication to fighting the monsters threatening society, Harmony has become deeply conflicted about her job. Her last investigation resulted in a pile of … dead bodies, and she suspects the wrong people are being punished for it.
While on a much-needed vacation, Harmony gets pulled back into action. This time, though, she’s gone from solo work to being part of a team. Their target: the Bogeyman, a vicious and elusive figure…and the creature that destroyed Harmony’s childhood.
Surrounded by quirky, fascinating characters as dedicated to one another as they are to their new partner, Harmony must learn to trust her team—and a new romantic interest—on a dangerous and deadly mission that conjures up memories she’d much rather forget.
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I enjoyed this one a lot–fun, fast-paced, good characters. Oh, there was a place or two that was a bit unbelievable, but it’s urban fantasy, so it can happen. I liked Harmony Black, I liked the side characters and the plot had some nice twists. Looking forward to book 2.
Harmony Black by Craig Schaefer and narrated by Christina Traister is a spooky and exciting fantasy read with the real boogie man, demons, and other supernatural creatures. Harmony is a FBI witch that is on a case that means a lot to her. Someone is taking children and often making it look like it was the parent. Harmony’s sister was kidnapped and Harmony and her mother saw who really took her, the boogie man! Good story with lots of great characters and mini-stories inside the main one. Love the suspense and fantasy action.
Narration was excellent!
Harmony Black has everything I’ve come to expect from a Craig Schaefer story–deep characters, fast-paced storytelling, and an emotional edge, all mixed in among a plethora of supernatural beastliness that makes the book hard to put down.
I really liked HARMONY BLACK. It’s a cross between the Dresden Files and the X-Files except the FBI duo is two women, who fit together perfectly. I loved the dynamic between Harmony and Jessie. They played perfectly off each other’s strengths and weaknesses. There was no jealousy or confrontation or tension between them. Just two women backing each other up, no matter what. I dig that.
The other members of the team, April and Kevin, were less exciting to me, but they were necessary. Lots of different threads kept this story moving: the boogieman, missing childen, demonic bounty hunters, secret FBI programs, a small-town mystery whose past intersects with Harmony’s. The author did a great job of weaving these elements together in a cogent and interesting way.
I really liked Fontaine, the Chainman. The way he spoke made me laugh. I hope to see him again in upcoming books. Jessie was great too, but her character was tarnished for me by the narration. I listened to this book on Audible and the narrator went too over-the-top with her voice for my liking. She gave the character a weird accent and yelled Jessie’s parts with a grating voice to the point of being cringeworthy. I had to raise and lower the volume every time she appeared on the page. I think if I’d read the book instead of listened, I would have enjoyed Jessie a lot more.
And it wasn’t just Jessie’s voice. The difference in volume between one character to the next could be great, and it was frustrating to have to keep adjusting the dial. I have sensory integration issues, and those wild mood swings in volume did me no favors. In addition to the yelling, the narrator made awkward pauses on occasion–almost stumbles in reading.
Despite those few beefs, I really enjoyed the story overall and look forward to reading more in this series.
The story is entertaining. Definitely a different one then I have read before. It wasn’t my favorite of all time. Though the original plot line finished, there were more added. And I am not a huge fan of that. Thus my rating. Over a good book.