Audio Book Review: The Centaur's Last Breath

The Centaur's Last Breath

By:  April Fernsby

Publish Date:  July 3, 2017, Audiobook Release January 25, 2019

Format:  Audiobook - 4 hrs 45 mins
Narrated By:  Rebecca McKernan

Genre:  Paranormal Cozy Mystery

Series:  3rd in A Brimstone Witch Mystery series; Book 2 ~ As Dead As A Vampire

Impression:  Relaxing cozy mystery with magic

Synopsis:
A Paranormal Cozy Mystery

Cassia Winter is a witch. With the help of her cat, Stanley, she investigates crime in the magical town of Brimstone.

A centaur has died while out on a run. His death is confirmed as heart failure by a doctor. But the centaur’s father is adamant that his son was murdered and asks for Cassia’s help.

Cassia starts to investigate the centaur’s death and is soon convinced it was murder. Furthermore, she discovers the centaur had made many enemies in the lead-up to his death.

As Cassia and Stanley get deeper into the investigation, a stranger comes into their lives. This stranger is welcome, but things quickly take a turn for the worse and Cassia realises someone is out to cause her a great deal of harm.

First Sentence:
"There's been another murder."

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My Thoughts and Summary:

*I was given this free review copy of this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

When I started the audio book, I had to stop and listen to Rebecca. She's a new voice for me. But I found as she narrated it sounded like she was speaking fast. She also doesn't do much of a difference in character or personality when the person speaking changes. As the book went on, I did pick up slight differences but it took me a little to get settled into her pace. I do like that she has the accent that feels to follow through with Cassia and others in Brimstone.

This book starts the next day after solving the case of the vampire death in book two. There are a few things going on in town. There's still dark magic seeping into the town that's agitating the residents and setting them to violent actions. Blythe thinks she knows who's behind the dark magic, but needs Cassia to tend to a new murder and the complaints from the residents of town. Blythe also asks Luca to help, which brings about another problem for Cassia. Astrid, Luca's girlfriend.

Cassia still doubts her magic. She thinks she'll make a mistake and that mistake will hurt someone. This is something she needs to work on, and starts with small steps. Cassia is growing with each case and contact with people. She's doing her best to not get mad and react, she knows this won't help things. Cassia does a great job of keeping calm.

Cassia does appear to be fair in her questioning for the case. She asks about everything and not jump to conclusions. I like this as she feels to be a true Justice Witch in this fashion, and a fair person. Although, there is more going on in town as people feel to be irritable and it might be impacting Stanley and Cassia.

I have my eye on Astrid though. There is something up with her and I wonder if it has to do with the dark magic seeping into the town or if there's more to her. I do enjoy Luca and him spending time with Cassia. He seems so kindhearted.

This is a relaxing mystery with paranormal twist as it's in a magic city. I kept track of the clues and what Cassia learns along the way and it feels to work out in the end. If you looked at the audiobook length, it's just shy of 5 hours. This book is written in a fashion that the story moves forward with each scene. There is no wasted time here. I love this, no wasted words.

I've enjoyed visiting Brimstone, and look forward to doing so in the future.



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