Crescent City Fae: Complete Boxed Set (Books 1-3)

By: Deanna Chase

Narrated by: Gabra Zackman

Length: 28 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times best-selling author Deanna Chase comes the complete set of the Crescent City Fae saga (Books 1-3). Includes Influential Magic, Irresistible Magic, and Intoxicating Magic.

Influential MagicIt's tough being a faery in New Orleans, a city fraught with vampires... especially when their very existence drains your life-force. Willow Rhoswen, owner of The Fated Cupcake and part-time vampire hunter for the Void, is having a rough week. Four years after her twin brother's mysterious death, Willow's life is threatened, and the director saddles her with a new partner - her ex-boyfriend, David. To her horror, he's turned vamp, which causes her physical pain whenever she touches him... and any other specimen of the undead.

In order to save Willow's life, David agrees to turn double agent against the most powerful vampire organization in New Orleans. Or so he says. And she's convinced they know something about her brother's death. Unsure where David's loyalties lie, she turns to Talisen, her childhood crush, to help her solve the mystery.

Caught between two gorgeous men and a director who'll stop at nothing to control Willow's gifts, she'll have to follow her instincts and learn who to trust. Otherwise, she risks losing more than just her life.

Irresistible Magic Finding the perfect dress can be hell...especially when a stranger tries to gun you down in broad daylight. Void agent and magical baker extraordinaire Willow Rhoswen has been anticipating her first date with Talisen Kavanagh since she was 16. After eight years of waiting, there are only two things that can stand in her way - an assassination attempt and a new game-changing drug.

Talisen's invented a new elixir that creates superhumans, ones that can rival vampire strength, and everyone wants it. Including the vampires. With Willow's life on the line, he makes a deal with the devil, one she's forced to accept

Intoxicating Magic Willow Rhoswen is finally coming to terms with the fact that Talisen - the healer she thought was the love of her life - has left town and is trying to move on when a rogue vampire poisons three of Allcot's guards. With his most trusted security team on the verge of death, the notorious Cryrique leader orders Willow to bring Talisen back to New Orleans before it's too late.

But when she gets to her hometown of Eureka, California, Willow once again finds herself the target of her brother's murderer. And suddenly no one is who they seem. With spies, secrets, and undercover missions to navigate, Willow's determined to not only survive but to do whatever it takes to protect the ones she loves, all while hopefully getting her happily-ever-after.

©2013, 2014 Deanna Chase (P)2016 Deanna Chase

Fairies, Witches, Vampires, Oh My

Great read and good ending. Twists and turns throughout the first three books. Glad I bought them together. The Void is a bad place that has no checks and balances, but neither do the vampires pods and to save the day they have to work together to weed out the bad in both.

great trio of books

I loved this series.
I especially loved links addition to this adventure.
I was a bit frustrated with the lead willows ability to be easy to manipulate by it seemed every bad guy in the story but by the ending I was smiling. I do wish she would have been a bit more of a badass like phebe at least as you get through it though they all fit together like a glove.
this author is amazing and this series is appropriate for young adults as well .

Good but long.

It’s a good series. The narrator was ok. As much as I liked the story, every time I thought it was the ending of the book, it just kept going. Best to listen to this in short segments I instead of most of the day like it did.

Meh

Can't get through the first book. Willow is annoying AF. I kept listening hoping it would get better, but she makes me want to cheer for her enemies. Not a fan of stupid heroines.

Good story.

Interesting take on the supernatural world. The narrator was my only issue with this story; she doesn't have many different voices, so I'd gotten some of the characters confused at times and she has a REALLY hard S that drove me to headaches a few times, I couldn't listen above a certain volume. if that's an issue for you too, I would stick to the printed version.

I really wanted to like this series

I recently got into the supernatural genre and I loved the narrator in another series. I wanted to enjoy this series, but the main character (Willow) really made it so incredibly awful. She was a hypocrite, always wanting others to tell her everything they knew, but justified reasons for herself not to do the same. She didn’t think, always getting herself into trouble and then complains when everyone tries to help her. She was constantly “pissed” at everyone even though they all had to coddle her. Kinda reminded me of my ex-wife. It took forever to get through this read because I kept stopping out of annoyance. The frugal side of me made me endure it because I paid for this disappointment.

Willow was a weakling

The books were okay and as I bought them I wanted to finish but it was hard too as I hated Willow being such a weakling fae. She was always in some sort of distress. It got old

really enjoyed this set

it kept me interested and intrigued throughout the entire series. Loved the character development and world she created!

loved all 3 books

Definitely kept my attention throughout all 3 books. great reader also. pulled everything together at the end and gave a good ending overall.

Awesome!

I couldn't stop.listeming to it! On the subway. at work, at home, in the truck.... it was great!