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  • How to Defy a Vampire

  • VRC: Vampire Related Crimes, Book 5
  • By: Alice Winters
  • Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
  • Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (18 ratings)

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How to Defy a Vampire

By: Alice Winters
Narrated by: Michael Ferraiuolo
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Summary

Finn

Stumbling into a crime scene is pretty typical for me. As a human, joining the VRC has done everything but keep me out of trouble. And now I seem to be playing a part that I’d really rather not play…if I want to keep my head, that is.

By my side is my partner Marcus, a vampire who has vowed to tear the world apart—and even a mattress—to keep me safe. I want to do everything I can to protect my newfound family, no matter what we’re forced to face.

Marcus

When ghosts from my past step right into my path, I want to look the other way. I’d rather enjoy my life with Finn, figure out a way to make my brother less obnoxiously gaudy, and find out how to never go roller skating ever again.

Finn is the bravest person I’ve ever met, but he’s also a human and we’re working against some of the strongest vampires in existence. I’m left doing what I can to shield those dearest to me while trying to keep the past from consuming the present.

I can’t let the same mistakes happen again. 

How to Defy a Vampire contains peculiar festive wear, misguided attempts at welcoming a human, and Marcus terrifying everyone as usual.

©2023 Alice Winters (P)2023 Alice Winters

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A well written story with and interesting  concept.  The characters are likeable and the narration is very good.

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Excellent

As usual the narrator gives a performance that enhances the story rather than distracting the listener.
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Another Hit for one of my favourite Authers, and even better that it's also my favourite narrator

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Alice Winters is a firm favourite with me

This book made me giggle and laugh out loud on so many occasions.
The story was brilliant (as per usual) - well thought out. Michael Ferraiuolo, one of my favourite narrator's, brought the characters to life and made this Audible book extremely enjoyable to listen to. I absolutely loved it and will be listening to it repeatedly (in consecutive order to fully emerse myself in the storyline.

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  • Texan2
  • 14-03-23

More Brillance

Absolutely amazing audio, brilliant story, These 2 , Winters and Ferraiuolo are a match made in heaven. Kudos for another listening pleasure.

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  • Christina Wade
  • 22-05-23

Good to visit this cast of characters again

I love this cast of characters but this one was hard to follow along. There are a LOT of new characters (or maybe I just don’t remember them) which made this confusing a lot of the time. Between the history as told by Marcus, the council and all its members, the new bad guy (but maybe not so bad), and all the confusion around what happened with Finn I was a bit lost through most of this.

The story isn’t complete, just at a stopping point so I’m assuming there will be another book (or several more).

This definitely wasn’t my favorite, but it is always nice to check in with this crew.

Michael Ferraiuolo does a fantastic job with the vocal performance as always!

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  • Michele
  • 11-05-23

A Great Story

I know maybe I’m bias, but I love everything that Alice Winters writes. I love how she writes awesome characters with humor and sweetness and then she carries on by expanding those amazingly creative and fun universes into multiple stories. We are lucky to bask in the brilliance of Ms. Winters. Plus, OMG Finn for the win!!!! Also Alexei. Sigh of adoration.

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  • Cameron
  • 10-05-23

The story continues…

More of the same. It’s fun to keep-up with the characters but the writing continues to be “cringe”.

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  • Gary Francis Burnham
  • 09-05-23

Pretty baaadddd

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back in for the 1 credit comp. Decided to wait. Maybe I haven’t
Listened long enough? Nah. very sing song dialogue and narration. Zero voice acting ability.

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  • MONALANE
  • 25-04-23

very food book

I can't wait until the next book, so we can find out about the blood. Such a great story.

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  • LittleBossMom
  • 18-04-23

This series gets better & better

I love this series! And each book just gets better and better. Michael Ferraiuolo does a fantastic job of narrating, the voices remain true and there's nothing that 'takes from' the narration like sighing unless it's part of the book.

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  • Nikki
  • 16-04-23

Great!

I love this series and the characters. It’s always a joy to revisit this world. The narration is fantastic as always.

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  • GothKitty
  • 12-04-23

Excellent as always!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What’s there to say?? It’s our fave VRC gang by Alice and performed by Michael!! 5 stars for sure!!! Definitely recommend series!!

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  • K. Benjamin
  • 11-04-23

Crazy ride

Oh my gosh this book was one crazy ride. There were so many plot twists and turns as the VRC worked on their latest case. Finn is as snarky as always. I love his humor and banter with the members of the team. Marcus is as fierce and scary as ever, ready to make heads roll if they so much as look at Finn wrong. I liked that we got to know more of his past. And I just love Claude and Alexei. This was an amazing addition to the series. Michael Ferraiuolo did an incredible job voicing these characters. I could listen to him read all day long.