A Mage's Guide to Human Familiars

R'iyah Family Archives, Book 1

De: AJ Sherwood

Narrado por: Tim Paige, Michael Ferraiuolo, Greg Boudreaux

One mage: Bel Adams–part demon, gun shy about being rejected by one again, needs a familiar.

One familiar: Nico di Rossi–Army Ranger, needs a change of pace and a new purpose in life, is a golden retriever in human form (though not literally).

Plus one familiar: Garen Dallarosa–Secret Service, part gargoyle, needs his ex-lover Nico back.

One second chance–all for the taking.

©2022 AJ Sherwood (P)2022 Podium Audio

Fantastic in all aspects

I loved this! The story is amazing and I read this before getting the audio book. The narration made this story even better. I will admit I'm picky on audio books about the voices and reading style. Their voice tones and reading style flow are A+. Highly recommended. I can't wait for the second book to go to audio.

loved it!

loved it! great narration, and fun, laugh out loud, feel good story. I thought the character development was well done

Great start to the series

I read the book first and I think the narration improved on an already great story! Funny with likeable characters, interesting magic, and some action. I look forward to more.

Loved this book

What a fantastic combination of narrators and a great story! Really enjoyed this book and can’t wait to dive into the next one.

Loved it!

A unique take on the familiar end of things. I bought it, read it like a kid eating a whole box of candy and can't wait to hear more from this unique group of demons, familiars and mages in a modern world that works with our servicemen.

An easy listen

It might not have been epic, thought-provoking, or complicated, but it was very easy to listen to and enjoy. it was functionally entertaining even without hitting any high notes, and I don't regret spending the credit to get it.

Characters to die for

Overall this is a good book, entertaining, funny, well written, and fast paced. There are only a few moments where the writing felt repetitive, or too fast paced, and those moments are overshadowed by the character dynamic between the main characters. Coming to this book for a spicy NSFW kettle boiler would be a mistake in my opinion, the focus is much more narrative and character interaction focused, with a bit of seasoning dashed on at the end. The performance is good, no major complaints, other than that there wasn't much delivery to any line. All things are said in a admittedly pleasant sounding monotone, while also being ready pretty fast, which can get frustrating. I found myself missing chunks and having to go back to listen again because the narration was going at a mile a minute. If that was a choice to make Nico sound more hyperactive I can understand, but it carries over into other characters and really took me out of the story at times.
I do adore these characters though and can't wait to see where they go from here.

Love the narrators

I am a big fan of Greg and Michael. Tim slides right in there. Love this book it is one of my favorites can’t wait for the next audio

Love this series

The narrators did a great job with the characters! can't wait for the next one!

Like wow...

I enjoyed this audio so much, I finished it in two days.

So here we have Bel, a very young mage who needs a familiar and ends up getting two, Nico and Garen. Nico is very fast and Garen is part gargoyle.

These three bond when the two familiars are protecting Bel while he works for MAD.

Things happen, creatures are fought, and Granddaddy is a demon.

While I loved this, I was still iffy at the age of Bel. He was a young 19 and both of these guys were over 30. But listening to it made it a bit better for me.

The narration was done by three different people, Greg Boudreaux, Michael Ferraiuolo, and Tim Paige.

Tim is new to me, but he sounded good, Greg B knocked it out of the park, and I was very sad that I did not get as much Michael as I wanted.

I cannot wait until the next book.