{"id":5926,"date":"2016-06-12T10:40:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T14:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5926"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:35:16","slug":"the-grendel-affair-audible-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5926","title":{"rendered":"The Grendel Affair, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29a0cZi\">The Grendel Affair<\/a><\/em>, Audible version (2013\/2014) <a href=\"http:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/shearin_lisa.php\">Lisa Shearin<\/a>, narrated by Johanna Parker<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29a0cZi\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-Grendel-Affair.jpg?resize=186%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The-Grendel-Affair\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4286\" \/><\/a>This is a really fun series. Mac Frasier has moved from her little town in the south to New York City, but instead of making it as a reporter, she&#8217;s now working for SPI (Supernatural Protection &#038; Investigations) when they discovered she was a Seer&#8211;a human able to see through all magic glamours.<\/p>\n<p>There are many thing to like about Mac&#8211;first and foremost is that she knows her limitations&#8211;and she has a lot of them.<\/p>\n<p>The narrator does a good job with the book&#8211;there are a lot of accents to cover, primary being Mac&#8217;s southern accent, and she does a decent job of them. Does she make a great Russian werewolf? Perhaps not, but she&#8217;s not terrible, so that&#8217;s good enough for me.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Audible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grendel Affair, Audible version (2013\/2014) Lisa Shearin, narrated by Johanna Parker This is a really fun series. Mac Frasier has moved from her little town in the south to New York City, but instead of making it as a reporter, she&#8217;s now working for SPI (Supernatural Protection &#038; Investigations) when they discovered she was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,37,2,48,8,42,41,28,16],"tags":[694,491,167,168,313,525],"class_list":["post-5926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-female","category-mystery","category-police","category-reread","category-steam-punk","category-supernatural","tag-dragons","tag-johanna-parker","tag-lisa-shearin","tag-spi-files","tag-vampires","tag-werewolves"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1xA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22150,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22150","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":0},"title":"The Grendel Affair, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"August 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Grendel Affair (2014) Lisa Shearin narrated by Johanna Parker (SPI Files) Being able to clear a line of beer cans from an old washer would never save anyone\u2019s life, and I\u2019d never actually heard of a deer taking a hunter hostage and using him as a shield while being\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Grendel Affair","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/The-Grendel-Affair-e1511010786110.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6231,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/6231","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":1},"title":"The Dragon Conspiracy, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"November 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dragon Conspiracy, Audible Version (2015) Lisa Shearin, narrated by Johanna Parker This is another audio book I finished earlier in the fall and forgot to review. The second SPI files book finds Makenna and Ian at a Gala opening at the Met, displaying a collection of rare gems that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"dragon-conspiracy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dragon-conspiracy.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9670,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/9670","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":2},"title":"The Brimstone Deception, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"February 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Brimstone Deception, Audio Version (2016) Lisa Shearin narrated by Johanna Parker This is a series that we both listen to on car trips. I generally try to get input as to what Michael wants to listen to (since he's the driver) but generally it's me picking a couple books\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7.5\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/The-Brimstone-Deception-e1511011219639.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22193,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22193","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":3},"title":"The Phoenix Illusion, Audio Edition","author":"Michelle","date":"September 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Phoenix Illusion, Audio Edition (2018) Lisa Shearin narrated by Johanna Parker (SPI Files) I'd forgotten that this story is a bit all over the place. It eventually gets where it's going, but it seemed to wander places solely for Rake to shower Mac with presents. Aside from that tho.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;7\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"7\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/7-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Phoenix Illusion","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/The-Phoenix-Illusion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22163,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22163","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":4},"title":"The Ghoul Vendetta, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"August 22, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ghoul Vendetta (2017) Lisa Shearin narrated by Johanna Parker (SPI Files) My grandma Fraser had always told me I had \u201clittle dog syndrome\u201d\u2014 small size, big attitude, delusions of toughness. I appreciated Ian\u2019s training efforts in that area as well as hand-to-hand combat, but I\u2019d pretty much gotten as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Ghoul Vendetta","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Ghoul-Vendetta-e1511045670983.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22153,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22153","url_meta":{"origin":5926,"position":5},"title":"The Dragon Conspiracy, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"August 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dragon Conspiracy (2015) Lisa Shearin narrated by Johanna Parker (SPI Files) (T)he sprinkles on the squashed cupcake of my evening. (S)omewhere a charmer was missing his snake. If you were smart, you lived your life and treated the people who were in your life\u2014 those who were important to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;8\/10&quot;","block_context":{"text":"8\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/8-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Dragon Conspiracy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/dragon-conspiracy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}