Then There Were Nun

AudioBook Review: Stars: Overall 4 Narration 5 Story 4 You can’t beat a series from Dakota Cassidy for the twists, turns, outrageous fun all with her imaginative world-building and clever dialogue. So, it was no hardship at all to start with this spin-off series featuring Sister Trixie Lavender, first met in Witchless in Seattle series. Much has happened to Trixie since then: excommunication, possession, finding a feisty owl named Livingston and opening a tattoo parlor with her bff-demon Coop – Hell’s best tattoo artist. But Trixie, despite having a life that has handed her plenty of lemons is optimistic and hysterically funny, until her landlord is found murdered in their new shop and while both Trixie and Coop have alibis, the list of suspects is long. And, then we have to account for Trixie and her rather ‘sitcom utterances’ that are so often cliché, but usually mostly appropriate and she’s such a darling that you can’t help but adore her. Not all is easy, since Coop the demon is interacting with humans and has to learn to assimilate and manage her hair-trigger temper, there’s a need to keep an eye on her – and laugh out loud with the mistakes made as she works to ‘pass’, even as they are covertly and overtly trying to discover who murdered the landlord. You can’t beat this for pure and unadulterated fun, with a solidly G rating as there are some things that this nun (excommunicated or not) just won’t do. It’s a twisty and laughter-filled road to the end with Livingston managing to steal the show occasionally as the story moves quickly through issues, investigation and solution – the perfect ‘escape from reality’ listen to brighten up your day. Narration for this story is provided by Hollie Jackson who has the most adorable voice for Trixie the grown yet still childlike nun, and she does a lovely job with adding just a touch of self-confident ditzy to her voicing. Coop, and Livingston are also clearly presented, and each additional character that we meet on the way, from Knuckles to Jay (and more) are all easy to recognize after first introduction. Jackson embodies this story in the performance, keeping listeners clued in and intrigued from first to last. I received an AudioBook copy of the title from Tantor Audio for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.