My Thoughts:
This is the first book in the Tallow Mysteries which is an offshoot series from The Bowl Of Souls saga. Reading about the old world, Gaiana, made me miss the old characters like old friends.. like Death Claw and Fist!! It makes me wish that there would be more Bowl Of Souls books with Death Claw in it and more...

Andrew Tell sounds surprisingly so similar to James Foster that I thought I was listening to James Foster still, until about halfway through. Hah! My ears fooled me!

The author skated closely to destroying the plot. He had a lot of explaining to do to tie ends up nicely. Which he did... and skimmed through by the skin of his teeth.

The cover is not the best cover art in the world. If I hadn't known the author already, I don't think I would be picking up this book. It might be apropos to the story but it is not conducive to "book-buying" to my fantasy geek eyes.

Empirical Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4
Story itself = 4
Writing Style = 4
Ending = 4
World building = 4
Cover art = 2.5
Pace = 4
Plot = 3.5
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 4 out of 5

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Tallow Jones: Wizard Detective
The Tallow Novels, Book 1
By: Trevor H. Cooley
Narrated by: Andrew Tell
This is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary.
This is one of the best fantasy mystery book I have ever listen/read! Wow! It is so great! Full of suspense, action, magic, adventure, creatures, wonderful fantasy, great characters, a wonderful mystery, and lots of twists! A really great book and I am going to put it in my favorite book list. I can't wait for the next book! Loved it. This is the first book I have read/listened from this author but it won't be the last!
The narrator was awesome! He was able to do soooo many different characters, real and imaginary, various ages, sexes, and creatures. Great job! ( )