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The Diviners

By: Libba Bray
Narrated by: January LaVoy
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Audie Award Nominee, Best Teens Category, 2013

Something dark and evil has awakened....

Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City - and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult.

Evie worries her uncle will discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far. But when the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer.

As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfold in the city that never sleeps. A young man named Memphis is caught between two worlds. A chorus girl named Theta is running from her past. A student named Jericho is hiding a shocking secret. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened....

This audiobook includes an introduction read by Libba Bray.

©2012 Libba Bray (P)2012 Listening Library Fantasy Fiction Historical Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult New York Paranormal

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I absolutely loved this! I read the book 2 years ago and decided to carry on with the series but thought I’d catch up with the first book via audiobook and I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it! The narrator was perfect and I didn’t feel disappointed in the slightest. However there were lots of parts in sure I missed but with it being a reread I just wanted to catch the major events of the book. I think audiobooks in general will have to be with books I’ve previously read but this was a great start! Surprised with how quick I got through it!

My first full audiobook

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A very cool story from the 1920-ies in New York. I particularly love the jargon, and the mixed genre discerned from the subject matter. January LaVoy is excellent, even a rusty old blues singer is believably rendered, and she adds to my understanding of the different characters' voices and sociolects.

Nice period language and a very good narrator

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Great story, great narration and great fun! I can’t wait to listen to/read the next book in the series.

Loved this book

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World building was fabulous. Spooky and gripping. Very well read too so that it only enhanced enjoyment

Loved it

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I so very much enjoyed this. I'm still new to audio books so I may not be the best judge, but I know that I enjoyed this!

WONDERFUL!

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Wasn't sure when I bought this but so glad that I did . Loved the writing and loved the narration. A joy to listen to. A wonderful world opens up in a different era . Can't wait to listen to next one which I have just got .

Unexpected delight

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Love the narrator, story was slow at first but picked up soon enough and then it was twists and turns all around. Overall, an exciting listen.

An Enjoyable Listen

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This is awesome. There's a murderer in New York leaving gruesomely displayed corpses with arcane messages. Teenage flapper, Evie, has disgraced herself back home and been sent to stay with her uncle in Manhattan as a "punishment". He's an expert in the supernatural and is called in to help the police. Gradually we meet a cast of diverse characters who all have secrets in their past and some of them have powers they don't fully understand. 1920s New York comes alive around you. I love all the jazz age slang and historical scene setting which is never heavy handed and adds to the atmosphere of the story.

I thought it ended a little bit abruptly but is clearly setting up a series which will doubtless focus on different characters and I can't wait to listen to that too.

January La Voy is FABULOUS. She is almost as good as Rupert Degas which is the highest praise I can give to a reader. Her characterisation is spot on. Every character has a distinct and clear voice of their own. She only fails on an Irish accent but as it's an isolated incident I can forgive her.

One tiny tiny tiny quibble about something that wouldn't be a problem on the page. Right at the beginning, some words are spelt out on a ouija board and it's done letter by letter quite fast with no recap so I had to go back and listen a couple of times to get the sense. Derp!

Evil rising - only psychic jazz babies can save us

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I knew I was going to like this book as a fan of YA fantasy and historical fiction and anything spooky/scary... but I wasnt prepared for how MUCH I was going to like it! The characterisation by the narrator is literally perfect. I'm usually not a fan of narrators changing their voices too much but January did this amazingly well. I cant wait to move onto Lair of Dreams.

Perfect combo of magic and period

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I loved the story, very atmospheric. I loved the characters, expecially Evie. But most of all, I loved the narration by Ms LaVoy, she tweaks her voice to accommodate all the characters, she sings, she goes above and beyond, simply excellent!

highly recommended

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