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A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE SERIES

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As always Gary provides a great story with plenty of laughs
This is a welcome continuation of the series

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Wizards and time travel

I enjoyed this book but not as much as the previous books which is a shame because this is the conclusion of the trilogy (make sure you read or listen to books four and five before jumping into this one). I don't know if it was the time travel or having two Jonathan's but I must admit I got a bit lost what was happening and why they did certain things. It's not because I had a big break between each book, guess what I have been doing for the last three days. Maybe it was because over the course of the three books a lot has happened and people have switched sides, it certainly contains a lots of twists and plenty of action, so I will certainly enjoy listening to it again.
Jonathan stuck in time has to wait it out for the world to catch up with him but he hasn't been idol as he grows old. In fact he has been raising the man he was sent to kill, can he bring about change by being a father? Henry Winslow's three entities are set to return and with this also sees a younger Jonathan, Kelly and Naomi arriving in the 1920's. Has Jonathan done enough to set about changes to the time line to make sure all his friends survive? Time will tell.
I am a big fan of audio books so really appreciate a a good narrator and Joe Hempel is firmly up there with some of the best, in my opinion.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

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"Magic. You gotta love it!"

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For a wizard with no magic of his own (other than that of being impervious to the magic of other people), Jonathan Shade really gets about a bit. Currently stuck in1926 at the grand old age of 85 (as he says, "Getting old sucks, and not in a good way"),, he still has to perform his mission, the destruction of the would-be immortal. Of course, this is complicated by his having brought up Henry like his own son ...
But help, of a kind, is at hand in the form of a youthful Jonathan and some of the gang, including Kelly, arriving back in time to accomplish the actual murder. Yes, it does help to have read the two preceding books in.this time travelling trilogy within the Jonathan Shade series, but not essential: the twists and turns might be mind bogglingly elaborate but it's such a fun story it is easy just to go along with the plot without trying to test the theories.

As with the previous Shade books, the dialogue is tight, often funny, lots of memorable one liners and the characterisations are good. This time the story is recounted entirely in the first person, again, from the point of view of Jonathan Eaton, the name Shade the older is using during his prolonged stay in his past. As always, Joe Hempel is Shade, slick talking, quick thinking and devious: his narration is perfection. Could have been tricky having to voice two Jonathan's, but Mr.Hempel overcomes this effortlessly, somehow differentiating between the two whilst still maintaining the voice of Jonathan for both. So impressive.

This is such a fun series, I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who enjoys thrills and spills and a tiny touch of magic with their action. A big thank you to the rights holder who gifted me a copy of Wizard's Nocturn, via Audiobook Boom. It certainly brought some extra magic into my life. Hope there is more to come ...

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The final part of the time-travelling trilogy

This is the final part of the time-travelling trilogy and if you haven't read both Anubis nights AND Sunset Specters then you are going to be about as lost as if you were blindfolded in the desert at night without a torch or a map.

It's a good story in 1920s New York and it ties up the loose ends from the previous two books with some interesting final twists as the story winds down to a close. The narrator does a good job of holding your interest. I enjoyed this, and so long as you're read the previous two books you will too.

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