The Bone Triangle

Unspeakable Things Series, Book 2

By: B. V. Larson

Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie

Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Beyond the din and dancing lights of the Las Vegas strip, a young woman has mysteriously gone missing. All the facts point to something sinister - even paranormal. Quentin Draith, supernatural crime investigator, is hired to assist.

However, the deeper Draith digs, the more otherworldly his assignment gets. Assassins, human and otherwise, put a target on Draith’s head and a ravenous alien beast starts rampaging through the city. The clues point Draith to Sin City’s infamous “Bone Triangle,” a neighborhood marked for its dark happenings and disappearances. And when Draith finds that the woman’s disappearance may be linked to an alien plot against the city, he goes all in to make a final high-stakes play to save the city he loves.

Intriguing, unexpected, and mesmerizing, The Bone Triangle is the second in best-selling author B. V. Larson’s Unspeakable Things series.

©2013 B. V. Larson (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Nearly as good as the first in the series

If you could sum up The Bone Triangle in three words, what would they be?

Adequate Sequel. OK.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

It wasn't engaging to the extreme, but I did look forward to continuing straight through to the finish without too much interruption.

As exciting as the first!

The Bone Triangle
Unspeakable Things Series, Book 2
By: B. V. Larson
Narrated by: Benjamin L. Darcie
Book 2 was just as exciting as book 1! This book has our characters jumping through portals even more than before and onto different planets. Our hero is slowly learning about his past and collecting magical artifacts. It's unclear who he can really trust! So many back stabbers! One of the characters is a fire slug-thing! Turns out she has a significant role to play in part of the book! This is a fantasy/sci-fi. Lots of new creatures and some of the old characters are back in this second book! Loads of action and it is never dull!
Terrific narration too!

Good book, strange narration

I liked the story a lot, but the narration just felt kind of hollow and lifeless.

Only slightly less interesting than Book 1

Lots of action and more than enough suspense to keep one entertained. The narrator was good but I found myself preferring Christophe Lane on several occasions.

Poor choice for narrator.

Christopher Lane was a much better choice on the previous book. The gritty detective noir feel of the series is not well served by Benjamin Darcie's wholesome hometown boy performance. I hate it when there's a narrator switch midstream. It completely alters the personality of the characters. The main appeal of any series is a familiar continuity. I feel that has been totally disrupted here.

Another sight at supernatural Vegas

Would you consider the audio edition of The Bone Triangle to be better than the print version?

The narration really adds to the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Quentin Draith, he's the quintessential main character the gets beat up a lot.

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

Not exactly moved, but when he gets his memory back.

Any additional comments?

I really like the concept of magical items that grant you a random power, reminds me of some other book, manga or game but I can't quite remember which. Characters' sides keep changing and some seem a little flat. Overall, a good new series forming up.

hope there is a book 3

fun, good twists & narration. I listened to book 1. do I hear wedding bells.

Wonderful Story

A great mix of mystical things and the common things one takes for granted. The story comes off as a very plausible possibility given a bit of twisted physics. Wonderfully entertaining.

Not Actually Bad

Second in the series. I probably should have read the first one, Technomancer, but I really didn't have much trouble picking up the plot. I was sent this as an Advanced Reading Copy, but because I kept dozing off, I ended up downloading the Audible version which kept my attention better. I did, however, find that the Audible version went a little better when I set the reading speed at 1.25x on my iPhone app.

Anyway, plot-wise, this is a standard sort of urban fantasy story with our hero, supernatural crime investigator Quentin Draith finding himself in a situation where he has to make some money or he is going to lose his home, a small mansion that was cheap to purchase but expensive to keep.

In order to make some money he accepts a job to find a missing 27 year old woman named Jacqueline Swanson. Meanwhile he notices that there seems to be something gobbling up street people and depositing their bones back on the street. He is also hired by a local casino owner/magic wielder, to find the owner's pet, an intelligent lava slug, who finds Las Vegas to be too cool for comfort. Meanwhile Draith is also being hunted by another magic wielder who sends assassins of various shapes and sizes after him. He is also searching for his past since he has lost his memories.

Yeah, there's a bit too much going on. And Jacqueline is more like a vapid 17 year old than a 27 year old woman. Her relationship with Quentin seems more perfunctory than sizzling. Most of the main characters have a set of powers that they are given by the possession of certain artifacts-- it's really a lot like a video game.

Just to give you an idea of what I think are excellent books in this genre-- Ben Aaronovich's Rivers of London (PC Peter Grant) and Simon R. Green's The Man with the Golden Torc (Secret Histories, Book 1) are two first books in series that I look forward to the next volume in. I think Aaronovitch is up to 4 and the Secret Histories is at about 6. Larson's book was tolerable, but I won't be heartbroken if I don't read the next one.

The narrator was more than competent but as I said it seemed to drag a little bit until I upped the speed just a quarter. After all this is a fast paced story and the writing isn't particularly complex so it was easy to follow.

Let the darkness pull you in again.

For me,this second book really went a little darker than the first. We are finally getting some incite into the "objects" and other character details we all wondered about.


My only complaint......DON'T CHANGE NARRATORS! Dont get me wrong,the new narrator did a fine job. But the one voice i just got sick of hearing was McKesson(sp?). He now sounds like he is always talking with a mouth full of peanut butter.


New narrator or not,this book was awesome and i cant wait for the next.