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I Was a Teenage Weredeer

Bright Falls Mysteries Series, Book 1

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I Was a Teenage Weredeer

By: Michael Suttkus, C. T. Phipps
Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle
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From the best-selling author of the Supervillainy saga

Jane Doe is a weredeer, the least-threatening shapechanger species in the world. Blessed with the ability to turn furry at will and psychically read objects, Jane has done her best to live a normal life working as a waitress at the Deerlightful Diner. She has big dreams of escaping life in the supernatural-filled town of Bright Falls, Michigan, and her 18th birthday promises the beginning of her teenage dreams coming true.

Unfortunately, her birthday is ruined by the sudden murder of her best friend's sister in an apparent occult killing. Oh, and her brother is the primary suspect. Allying with an eccentric FBI agent, the local crime lord, and a snarky werecrow, Jane has her work cut out for her in turning her big day around.

Thankfully, she's game.

Set in the same world as Straight Outta Fangton.

©2017 Charles Phipps (P)2018 David N. Wilson Dark Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Paranormal City Dream Celebration

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"I can't recommend it highly enough." (The Bookwyrm Speaks)
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I liked this story. The world building - deer shamans, the spirits, and Alex, is great and the narration was excellent.

A good story well told.

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I Enjoyed this audio book very much from start to finish great story line too

Brilliant book

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Another trilogy and well produced series from the CT Phipps (and co) machine and I found Jane entertaining in her cameo in the recent Supervilliany audiobook.

I liked the reverse Supernatural twist that had an interesting vibe through the book. I also enjoyed the amateur detective sub-plot with the Dresdenesque peacekeeping storyline.

Unlike Jacob/Cassius/Gary I don’t think the character resonated with me in this story. The pop culture references worked, there’s a neat anti-climax and character development from naive teenager (to a point) but I didn’t feel the same amusement and emotional attachment. Perhaps influenced by other reads, but it could have gone a bit darker with what was available on the table.

U found it a good, solid start to the series, but for me a grittier story and beefier support cast would have elevated it a notch but that may depend on the market as it’s pretty teenager friendly.

A pacy ‘reversed’ Supernatural.

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This was a fun YA UF comedy that had the feel of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars about it. The world was fun and packed with some cool magic. There was plenty of humour and a bit of action and mystery. Some parts of the story were weirdly dark despite the light overall tone!

Jane and the rest of the characters proved a likeable and interesting bunch so it was easy to get sucked into the story as she used her powers to try and clear her brother of murder charges.

I'd have rated this even higher but I felt like the second half of the story was just not quite as strong as the first half.

I felt like Arielle DeLisle did a decent job with the audio. She has a good voice and seemed to get the tone of the story and the timing of her comedic delivery right most of the time. The one flaw was that a few of her secondary character voices could have been better. Still, on the whole I did like her performance.

Fun UF story!

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Perhaps, best classified as an Urban Fantasy, for Young Adults, with elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars, set in a place like Twin Peaks, crossed with Bon Temps, Louisiana, from True Blood.

If you're looking for an urban-fantasy, mystery-thriller, served up with a healthy dose of witty banter, wisecracks, sarcasm, snark and punny puns, then look no further...

A FUN and yet occassionally, DARK URBAN FANTASY

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jane Doe (yeah thats her name) is a weredeer that is soon to realize that her ideas of what she wants for the future to get on with life and out of town. this coming of age not book was full of laughs and surprises. lucian is a dragon and drug dealer, Alex id a martial arts expert and has magic. a snarky werecrow and off course werewolves and vampires.

were creatures vampires dragons and warlocks

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Jane Doe is a weredeer on her 18th birthday her peaceful life is sent into turmoil when her best friends sister is murdered and her brother is the prime suspect . Really enjoyed listening to this and I am now listening to book 2 and hoping there’s more books to come. Arielle DeLisle narrates perfectly .

Excellent

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So far I’ve read about superheros & villains, techno thriller, UF thriller and now, with Brightfalls, a UF murder mystery. I really did like it. The premise that the MC is a weredeer is fun and while the story feels light, there are some dark undercurrents.

I didn’t like the way the story flirted into the realms of PNR and would have been disappointed if it got expanded on. Fortunately for me it didn’t but it was enough to knock the rating to 4 stars.

The plot moves along with some nice revelations along the way. I’ll definitely be recommending it.

The narrator also does a good job. The characters were consistent through the story.

Another different genre for CT Phipps

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couldn't finish the story as the word racist came up in almost every paragraph. I feels like the reader is been hit over the head with it

terrible

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