Vamp hunters in love!

Michael has decided to hunt vampires in revenge for the death of his friend, Scary Mary. He’s pretty clueless and would probably end up as someone’s lunch if it wasn’t for the help of Wild Bill. As usual JCP’s world building is excellent, as are her characters. I always enjoy vampire stories and I liked this, but there wasn’t a lot of joy in the pages - just the grim business of risking life to dispatch the vamps. Although shared, the narration is mostly from Michael’s POV so I felt like I didn’t get to know Bill quite as well, but then he is an inveterate changer of subject when things get personal. 🎧 I’m so used to hearing the wonderful Gomez Pugh narrate JCP’s excellent PsyCop series, I wondered whether I’d be able to make the switch to these characters, but he delivered quite distinctly different voices.

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Loved it

The audio narration adds perfection to an already great engaging story. Once I started listening I didn't want to switch off.

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Great story and great narration.

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Excellent audio version of the stories - and it's very interesting to listen to the five of them all together rather than reading one at a time with gaps between. They work well as single episodes, but fit together beautifully as a single story too.

The narrator is the same as the one for the Psycop series, but don't worry, he sounds different enough that you won't think of Vic at all. And when he does the voice of Dr. Harman it's like there's suddenly a different narrator entirely.

Can't wait for more Michael and Wild Bill audio!

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Fabulous reading of a uniquely sexy, stylish book

If you could sum up Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary in three words, what would they be?

Can't be done LOL. I need more than 3. Sexy, stylish, thrilling, gritty, witty, unique, thought-provoking, emotion-tugging.

What did you like best about this story?

I love the way that Gomez Pugh's narration finally brings it alive for me. I loved reading the Channeling Morpheus books, but an audio version really adds another dimension, and I fall in love with them all over again.

Which character – as performed by Gomez Pugh – was your favourite?

Wild Bill.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Bill and Michael first met. The final denouement with Gray.

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Left me wanting like a vamp needing a blood fix

Just when i thought i was well and truly done with vamps...I find a have an audible credit burning a hole in my account.

I am notoriously very choosy when it comes to audio books. They have to be a minimum of 5 hours long, to get my money's worth, and the narrator has to be male, (if i wanted a female narrator i would just read aloud to myself!) Also, the narrator mustn't just read, but perform the story, with lots of voices and dramatic pauses.

A friend recommended 'Channeling Morpheus for Scary Mary" By Jordan Castillo Price. I have read several books by Jordan, and so at 7 and a half hours long, with a male narrator Gomez Pugh, i decided to spend my audible credit.

My what a good investment that turned out to be. 'Channeling Morpheus' began as a set of novellas, and were grouped for the audio version. I adored this audio book. I adored the narration and like all good series's, it left me wanting like a vampire needing a fix of the red stuff.

One of the things that has always tickled my fancy about Vampire romances is the connections between blood, sex and sensuality, and in this story i was not left wanting. There is a lot of well written, smoking hot M/M sex, but there is also a solid plot running through it too, which tied the two main characters Michael,-pretty, doe eyed, goth boy, vamp hunter, and Wild Bill, the smoky voiced, chain smoking, sex on a stick Vampire love interest, into one hell of a soulful bind.

I won't give any plot spoilers in this review, but I liked the little twists on what Michael had learned of vampires via Hollywood, and what the vamp 'reality' was. And i liked the layers of Bill's 'onion' like personality peeling back, as he realized Michael was someone he could trust, love even.

I am now stuck with a dilemma. Gomez Pugh's narration was SO GOOD. Do i buy the next set of novella's, grouped as ' A bitter taste of sweet oblivion' as e books and read now? Or do i wait patiently and hope that an audio book of it, with Gomez Pugh reading, will be out soon?

It can't come soon enough!

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Such an interesting listen

This was a great listen. The narration was awesome and I loved the two main characters. Great find.

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Fabulous!

I read the ebooks first and loved all five of them, so I was excited to listen to the audiobook.

Gomez Pugh is a fabulous narrator who did a marvelous job with this audio version. He brought the five stories to life for me. His voice is perfectly suited to Michael and Wild Bill's characters. Michael came across as sexy and sensible, someone you sympathized with and wanted to succeed in his vampire-hunting mission. I loved Wild Bill's raspy voice, which matched my expectation of this chain-smoking vamp who falls in love with a human. I liked that each novella alternated POV and hearing the story told by the main characters added an extra dimension to the series. It worked exceptionally well with the audio version, helping me to picture the scenes and interaction with clarity.

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