Hand of the Queen

The Demon Accords, Book 20

By: John Conroe

Narrated by: Lily Ganser

The smallest of creatures often carry the sharpest of stings. Lydia Chapman is just such a vampire. Her small stature hides a mighty wit, a razor-edged tongue, and an implacable protector of the only natural-born vampire in existence. Here is the back story of the snarkiest hero on Team Gordon/Demidova, told in her own words, just for fans of the Demon Accords. Go ahead and underestimate her ... it'll be fun.

©2024 John Conroe (P)2025 Audible, Inc.

Lydia’s story is great!!

Love this series and this just adds to it!! Left on a total cliff hanger.

Great story, Mid Narration

Story was good. The bouncing in time thing back and forth is kinda annoying. Especially since the narrator makes it hard to differentiate the characters.

Please rerecord with James Patrick Cronin

Ugh DNF and that kills me!!! Lydia is my FAVORITE side character. This story is awesome! It does exactly what the side character’s books are supposed to do giving us a background of the character’s past and continuing the series story. It’s just the AWFUL narration. Any narrator aside from James Patrick Cronin should NOT be allowed to record a Demon Accords book. Lily unfortunately didn’t have a chance. She probably narrates other books wonderfully, just NOT this one. It’s frustrating when you don’t even know which character is speaking. If the goal was to have a female voice to represent the female character, it probably won’t ever work, especially this late in the series. Narrators matter!!! JPC already nailed it in my opinion and gave voices to all the characters male and female!! They really do all have their own voices which is amazing. He did amazing from Lydia’s POV in The Demon Accords Compendium Vol. 1 First Impressions. Then he did amazing as Stacia in Rouges, Caeco in C.A.E.C.O., & Tanya in Darken Queen. But all books narrated by Lily Ganser are a 100% NO go for me. I LOVE the Demon Accords audibooks! I can’t count the number of times I’ve listened to them. Except the ones Lily performed, I don’t want to assault my ears with the 3 books she did. Unless you wanted to hear the most badass elder sound stupid or hear the toughest military, grandfather of the God Hammer sound like a whiny 16 year old boy. Sorry if I’m being harsh, but I was REALLY REALLY looking forward to this book being my epic favorite and the narration LET ME DOWN so hard. Mr. Conroe the Demon Accords Series is my favorite and the best book series I've read, but PLEASE never use this narrator for the Demon Accords again. To all the listeners, I highly recommend you go get the book and read it, but pass on the audio unless JPC gets to rerecord it!

Narration was poor

As always John Conroe's book was excellent. The narration was poor all around. I cannot think of anything about it that was passable. Definitely worth reading and if rereleased with the usual narrator it would be worth buying but with this reader it is not worth it.

A great addition to the series

I enjoyed hearing Lydia’s backstory. The overall story was advanced well. The narrator is getting much better. I thought she caught Lydia’s attitude quite well. I look forward to the next installment.