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Swing Shift

By: William D. Arand
Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
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Reports to write, forms to fill, coffee to drink, leads to run down.

Gus’s life was a tedium and boredom he’d grown comfortable with. One that he sought out after he’d come back from his tour of duty.

A detective in the paranormal investigations department. A job he could work day in and day out in relative peace. One cold and forgotten cup of coffee at a time.

It was an environment that made some sense to him. At least in comparison to civilian life where almost nothing did. On top of that, it gave him a chance to hide what he was from the rest of the world.

An apex predator that made the entirety of the paranormal world fear him. His very species was often killed as soon as they were found out.

By government and citizen alike.

He’s a Boogieman.

A name that made humans laugh, and vampires curse. It was a strange life to be sure.

Now though, Gus’s stable non-life is about to be kicked over. Whether he likes it or not, he’s about to be handed a case that’s going to mess up his already screwed up life.

©2019 William D. Arand (P)2019 William D. Arand Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Paranormal & Urban
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Engaging Plot • Unique Premise • Distinct Character Voices • Interesting Worldbuilding • Captivating Mystery

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The book was nice but for me, the performance of the person reading was absolutely terrible. She made all the male characters sound like the slow male bully you find in every middle school drama.

Good book terrible reader.

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I really liked this story! Swing Shift follows, Gus, a Paranomal Detective as he attempts to solve a mystery that continues to build up to a massive conspiracy. Along the way he gets help from a human detective just learning of the supernatural world and a pyscho-magic chick who becomes obsessed with him.

There is some real detective work conducted. Some door to doors, a car chase, a couple foot chases, and of course reports completed. It was easy enough to follow but not so mundane that it was boring. The author allowed the story to build at a solid pace, so as new things were added it didnt feel overwhelming at all.

One of my favorite things about the story is that there are multiple female characters and they aren't jealous of one another. A lot of times in these types of stories the women are at each others throats. However, this one features two strong confident women. An A+ to you for that Mr. Arnanda!!!🤗 All these "beautiful" women falling for our main character... well that's 😒... the story was good enough to shine over this though.

The harem situation seemed a bit random in this story. I guess writing harem or reverse harem stories is what's popular now? I've never read this author so this could just be his nitch. Personally, I felt the story would have been just as good without it. How easily all the women jumped on the sharing-bandwagon was just enough to make me giggle. Definitely the imagination of a fantasy writer 🤣 But as long as it doesn't turn into an Anita Blake type novel, then I'm willing to take the ride. I like the detective part of it enough to compromise.

The narrator did a decent job to me. There was a different voice for each character. She narrated in a different voice than the Main character. It was fine to me but it was the first time I've heard it done that way.

The second book isnt available on audio yet. I hope this isnt gonna be one of those series where the physical book is released but it takes 6 months to get to Audio... that would be annoying. Release them at the same time! Start recording early!

4 Stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟. Great book.

Took a chance and found something nice!

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This is a great step into the paranormal world by Mr. Arand while still keeping it tied to the rest of his other books. It has some really good characters and surprise appearances of characters from his other series. I can’t wait to see where he goes with this trilogy

Great addition to the Sovereign-verse

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Every woman is described as pretty. Two of three women fall instantly in ove with the hero and are overly sexualized vixens. There isn't much depth to them either. They are child's fantasy.

I was a bit surprised. I did enjoy the story and the characters, despite the teenage fantasies they tried too hard to fulfill as if they were straight out of a 1985 college comedy.

Perhaps with more focus on their craziness and oddities (which were oddly charming) and less focus on their tits and clothing, they could develop into real characters with motivations other than screwing the hero...

What time was devoted to the plot was actually interesting. It was well-delivered and felt much more realistic in its portrayal than I expected. Better authors have done worse. Nothing except the harem girls ever made me roll my eyes. Which is rare for the modern fantasy genre.

I docked it a star for the childishness of the harem fantasy. Otherwise it was a well done story and never left me feeling uninterested. The performance was also absolutely perfect. I have never heard this lady before but will definitely look into what else she has done. I would also listen to more books by this author, depending on how much he entertains his boyhood fantasies in them. All-in-all it was good listen.

Immature but not without charm

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once again Andrea masterfully narrates a wonderful tale that keeps you fully involved in the story. The characters written in such a way that you want them to succeed in all that they do whether in above the law or not. I cannot what th he get to the second and have it queued up ready for my next listen.

Brilliant

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