It just keeps getting better!

I (im)patiently waiting for this book to come out on audio. I've read the ebook version and I knew the audio version would take the action to the next level. I was not disappointed. Patrick was out of town for work this time and Wade came with him. I adore Wade more each book, but in this one, he really showed his badass side. Jono, strong and Patrick's rock, as always. I just love the two of them together. They keep getting stronger, their pack as well. Hailey did amazing with the battle scene in this book. It's so good, I felt bad for the city of Chicago!
I can't wait for more adventures of Patrick and Jono and I keep hoping that maybe in the next book, Patrick will say 'it' back to Jono. It's a thing now for me.
Gary Furlong definitely brought this book to life!

** thanks for GRR for the opportunity to listen and review **

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Wade comes into his own..

For those following this series, Wade has been a wonderful oasis of comic relief. He has some choice moments in this book, plus the ongoing allure of this ongoing saga of a mortal mage, his noble werewolf lover, and the gods who continue to f#ck with their lives. Terrific performance by Gary Furlong, whose command of accents and vocal nuance brings these characters to life.

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Love it

This series keeps getting better. The story and narration are on point. Can’t wait for the next one .

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an absolutely must read/ listen to series

so before it even became available once I send it up here I pre-ordered this same with the actual book. I have to say that I used to pass up all the books. David kept popping up look for some reason I just have passing them up. until one day I decided what the heck I guess it wants me to buy it. so when I bought the normal regular book one I realized that there was an audiobook attached to it. so I decided why not just get the audio as well. I'm busy so I didn't get to physically read the actual book but I listen to the audio. and that was it, I was hooked. not just in the story. which by the way is amazing braids character-building world-building just overall a wonderful magical fantasizing extraordinary book. I what is 2 chapters in before I decided to go back on to the audible and Kindle and by the second one. and pre-order the Third. that is how amazing that book was. Not only was the book amazing but they chose the best narrator for it. after listening to this book I looked up the narrator because I fell in love with their voice because of this book. and a lot of my other purchases that I own are some this narrator. this book also was amazing as soon as I seen it for available for just a book I bought it or pre-ordered it anyway same what I noticed and I checked every day for the audible. and once became available I pre-order it. the author is an amazing talented writer and I just love this series of theirs. I just found book 5 of this series and pre-ordered the book I cannot wait the book 5 Audible. and I am sure that it will be as amazing as the last four have been. I can't wait. I highly recommend this book for anyone who loves fantasy, Magic,Fae, vampires, werewolves and so on oh and yeah can't forget one Kick-Ass SOA red-haired agent.

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A Werewolf, a Mage, and Dragon walk into a bar ..

If you like werewolves, mages dragons, demons, magic , the fey , vampires, annoying norse gods dropping in from time to time , and a teen age fire dragon who is a kleptomaniac and has an endless appetite for food and snacks even though he has just eaten - bottom less stomach , then you are in the right place .

Enjoy

To the author ...... when will book 5 be available ? on audible .

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Still super good

I think the o ly character I don’t like and actually gets anotying very easily would be Wayne. But besides that love this series

Performance?

My only issue is that several instances they got the wrong voices. It sort of takes you out of things when you hear another characters voice.

Love these books!!

I think they’re so well written and explains so much so well!! 10 of 10!!

Excellent and engaging and fun world-building

Queer guy here, loved this book and am loving the whole series. At some point during the pandemic I decided I needed to listen to trashy queer fantasy books, and I was so surprised to stumble onto this VERY GOOD series while I was chasing that m/m fantasy high!! Not trashy at all.

I love the protagonists, I love their relationship, I love how respect and consent are the cornerstones of every pair wise relationship in these books. I wish I could give these books to myself ten years ago.

Narrator is fabulous, the writing is terrific, I could go on. I am buying the paperbacks too just to funnel more money to this author. I will keep on with the audiobooks as my first read through though, before I reread the physical books.

Masterful ending to an epic scale series

When I purchased Book 1of this series, It was based on a few prior listening experiences with narrator Gary Furlong whose high quality narrations I really enjoyed. Therefore, I expected a decent story from Hailey Turner whom I had not read yet since Gary Furlong seemed to me to always be paired with quality story writers in LGBTQ Romance and Sci-Fi/Fantasy. Well, not only was Book 1 a wonderfully imaginative and satisfying story masterfully narrated by Gary Furlong but this entire Series just kept drawing me in deeper and deeper through Books 2-6. Each of the books in the series skillfully develops the main characters and progresses the main plot while adding new characters and unique plots which cumulatively builds the Series into a fully epochal heroes tale. A tale that needed an appropriately grand ending!

Since the first 6 books are each so individually excellent, I have often re-listened to them as I impatiently awaited release of the final Book 7 on October 1st. I freely admit that I was so deeply invested Intellectually into the story and emotionally into the characters that I set some extremely high expectations on Hailey Turner’s storytelling skills and Gary Furlong’s narration skills for delivering a concluding story fully deserving for this outstandingly series. I am so grateful that both of these awesomely talented professionals so masterfully surpassed these high expectations in A Veiled and Hallowed Eve - Book 7. Hailey Turner earned my even greater respect for her imaginative and sensitive story writing. I am equally awestruck with respect how Gary Furlong narrated the final story in such a consistently poignant manner given the narration of such a large and complex volume of characters.

I dedicated October 1st listening to A Veiled and Hallowed Eve - Book 7 in its entirety. As the final book of the Soulbound Series, Hailey Turner creates once again a fully believable mortal, immortal and magical world. All of her characters (be they major, minor, or incidental - good or evil) are carefully described and fully contribute to the story. There is no waste or “fluff” regarding their role within the story. The same precise skill also applies to the scenes throughout. The cumulative scope of the series is epic therefore one must acknowledge that Hailey Turner demonstrates genuinely expert skills in writing the characters and scenes so precisely in order to so successfully achieve the grand scale of her epic story without losing the exciting pace of the series from beginning to end. Due to this grand scale, equal acknowledgment of expert narration skills must be given to Gary Furlong. His range of voice is impressive. Despite the huge volume of character dialogue, he narrates with such consistency and sensitivity that he truly adds a uniquely valuable dimension to the audio Series books which will of course be missing in any non-audio format.

While I will not offer any spoilers, I will say that there were some surprises woven into a richly exciting story that more than fully completed the various closures needed from preceding books. Admittedly, I cried often and sincerely throughout as the story drew to its final ending. So most assuredly A Veiled and Hallowed Eve - Book 7 is a “Heavens -vs Hells” story but it is the grand conclusion to a fresh, exciting and richly dimensional Soulbound Series that I highly recommend.

Can’t think of any further praise to recommend this book as well as the entire series except perhaps to selfishly wish that the were more stories and the series could have kept going on - they are genuinely that outstanding!