BETWEEN TWO THORNS

Emma Newman narrates her urban fantasy, which begins the Split Worlds trilogy. She guides the listener through parallel worlds as subplots move the story between them. Cathy has left the Nether, a Victorian world, to move to the mundane world. Through her the listener grows to understand how the worlds are inextricably linked. Also straddling the split worlds is Max, an arbiter who has had his soul removed and deposited permanently into a companion--a gargoyle. The subplots are a little bit hard to follow. As narrator, Newman sounds at times engaged and at other times detached. Overall, her narration is steady and smooth, and her fondness for her characters and their lives is evident. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: APRIL 2013]