Audio Review - The Glamourist by Luanne G Smith

I'm trying really hard to clean up my backlists and after starting The Glamourist I wondered why I waited so long
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ASIN: B086H4CQWV
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Release Date: 06-08-2020
Length: 9 hours-28 minutes
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Overview:

A spellbinding novel of bloodlines, self-discovery, and redemption by the author of the Washington Post bestseller The Vine Witch.

Abandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made her a fugitive. With a price on her head, she clings to a memento from her past - what she believes to be a grimoire inherited from the mother she never knew. To unlock the secrets of her past, Yvette trusts in one woman to help solve the arcane riddles among its charmed pages.

Elena Boureanu is the vine witch of Château Renard, noted for its renowned wines. Even as she struggles with her own bloodline - and its poisonous threat to her future - Elena can't ignore a friend on the run. Joined by a cunning thief, the proprietor of an enchanted-curio shop, and a bewitching black cat, Elena and Yvette are determined to decode Yvette's mysterious keepsake. But what restless magic will be unleashed? And what are Yvette and Elena willing to risk to become the witches they were destined to be?

Brilliance Publishing · The Glamourist by Luanne G. Smith

My Brilliance Audio Review:

The Glamourist
The Vine Witch 2
Luanne G Smith

Luanne G. Smith’s The Glamourist, book 2 in her excellent Vine Witch saga is the continuing tale of the three magical cellmates, Elena, Yvette and Sidra and takes up where The Vine Witch ends. This story is Yvette’s but Elena plays a large part as well as Elena’s fiancé Jean-Paul and a new arrival her feisty, adventurous future mother-in-law Marion who is a pleasant surprise. There are some more new supporting characters like Henri, Luanne’s childhood friend and Alexandre the curious owner of a curio shop. Luanne’s blending of the worlds of mortals and magiks and multiple species including humans, witches, jinnis and much more is a unique take on a genre that’s quickly becoming same old, same and her tale is full of energy and drama and will keep readers on their toes while turning pages. Her progressing storyline fills in more of the plot dots and lets readers in on more and more of her eclectic characters secrets, powers and vulnerabilities and of course will reveal the dastardly villain of the tale. Fans of historical fantasy and the works of Nora Roberts and Amanda Quick will not be able to put this book down. Reading in order is essential for this saga.

Narration:
Susannah Jones does a superb job of narrating and with subtle differences makes the perfect Yvette, Elena and every other character both male and female.

Yvette Lenoir was imprisoned at sixteen for murder, a murder she never denied but no one believed her when she said it was self-defense, but then who would believe a motherless gutter rat, raised in a brothel. She eventually escaped her prison with the help of her cellmates, Sidra a jinni and Elana a vine witch, but instead of running far away Yvette finds herself stuck in Paris because of a wish she made, a wish to learn about the mother she doesn’t remember, to find out what kind of witch she’s supposed to be. To do this she’ll need help and she knows exactly who she can turn to and trust.

Elena Boureanu the vine witch to her beloved Chateau Renard is in Paris to meet her future mother-in-law and to hopefully solve some issues with the Ministry of Lineages and Licenses about her bloodline. While there she runs into her former cellmate Yvette who asks for help and Elana willingly agrees.

Little did they both know what magical Pandora’s Box they’d be opening and just how much danger they would both be facing.

 The Series

About the author:

Luanne G. Smith is the bestselling author of The Vine Witch, The Glamourist, The Conjurer, and The Raven Spell. The Raven Song, the second book in her Conspiracy of Magic series, is set to release on October 11, 2022 just in time for witchy reading season.