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Cronin's Key
- Cronin's Key Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
NYPD Detective Alec MacAidan has always been good with weird. After all, his life has been a string of the unexplainable. But when an injured man gives him cryptic clues, then turns to dust in front of him, Alec's view on weird is changed forever.
Cronin, a vampire Elder, has spent the last 1,000 years waiting for Alec. He'd been told his fated one would be a man wielding a shield, but he didn't expect him to be human, and he certainly didn't expect that shield to be a police badge.
Both men, strong-willed and stubborn, are still learning how to cope with the push and pull of being fated, when fate throws them another curveball.
Rumors have spread quickly of turmoil in Egypt. Covens are fleeing with news of a vampire who has a talent like no other, hell-bent on unleashing the wrath of Death.
Alec and Cronin are thrown into a world of weird Alec cannot imagine. What he learned in school of ancient pharaohs and Egyptian gods was far from the truth. Instead, he finds out firsthand that history isn't always what it seems.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- The Smut Librarian
- 06-02-2019
May be the most perfect book read or written
I am not a fan of paranormal books usually and avoid them as I find my eye rolls hazardous to my health.
But I'm a big fan of NR Walker and have had many people tell me that Cronin's Key is one of their favourite books - so bowing to this author's brilliance, I decided to dip my toe into the paranormal waters once again and hope for the best.
I'm not sure if the decision to 'read' these books via the Audible first influenced my engagement or not, but now that I have also read the kindle version (and re-listened to the Audible again) I can say definitively that it doesn't matter. Paranormal or not, this is now in my top 5 books. Ever.
Certainly Joel Franklin's narration was once again outstanding and his depiction of accents in this book was simply brilliant. As soon as I heard Cronin's scottish lilt, I fell in love. It sounded like David Tennant whispering sweet nothings in my ear and I was lost.
But the story itself - completely original, deeply engaging and had me hooked from the first sentence.
NR Walker's use of historical events, places and people to embed within her vampiric tales was simply stunning. I now get a private glee whenever I see any of the depicted historical places, events or people and it immediately brings Cronin, Alec and the crew to mind.
There is everything to love in this book and nothing to detract. It may be the most perfect book written.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-10-2023
Wow...what a story.
Love it ❤️❤️
Reminds me of watching the original movie The Mummy for the first time.
Love the adventure, the danger, and the funny wit.
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- Roy Aussie
- 24-06-2023
Was fun
Great Gay love story. Really enjoyed it. Not porn but a vampire and human bound by destiny
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 08-06-2023
Horny human and apologetic vampire fight their urges for each other while the world is ending
What to expect:
A story heavily focused on fated soul mates (a rather a**holey human cop, and a permanently apologetic ancient Scottish vampire) and their unexpressible/repressed sexual attraction to each other, while there’s a small background threat of the world ending which they should be actively preventing. Expect a main focus of the story to be on meeting your soul mate and wanting to keep them as close to you as possible at all times.
Story: great start, very engaging, fast pace, and good potential for depth of character and world background. This is soon overshadowed by horniness and apologies. The interesting dynamic of the two main characters becomes two dimensional and tiresome as it devolves into codependence between a human adult (who behaves like a horny teen) and a possessive millenia-old vampire who can’t stop apologising for every small inconvenience to the human while growling possessively).
Performance:
I struggled with the ‘breathy/raspiness’ style of the narration for the main character. It stopped me from listening to this audiobook the last three times I tried to start it. However, after a few chapters I somehow adapted to it really quickly, so if the story seems up your alley, I would suggest persisting over the initial speed bump if the narration doesn’t work for you.
I will try the next book, as there’s some good potential here.
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- vanilla martin
- 26-05-2023
Hooked
Loving this series I’ve stumbled upon. What a cool world has been created! The humour is spot on too!
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- Jamie-Lee Haby
- 06-06-2022
Just perfection.
I Love this series, love this author, just perfect, you won't regret buying from N.R.Walker.
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- Bee May
- 26-04-2022
white men should not do non-white accents
i love NR Walker, who always manages to balance interesting, captivating stories with romance without the stories feeling heavily weighted one way or another.
i think Joel Leslie does a great job with white ppl accents, even his scottish is pretty decent.
However his "japanese" accent sounds like a racist trope and i found myself uncomfortable listening to it. his "arabic" doesn't really sound arabic either.
white men really need to stick to white ppl accents.
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- Avid
- 07-05-2018
Oh My Goodness
This book was fantastic. The way Joel Leslie narrates is pure theatre. It is like listening to a play. Fully recommend.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-11-2017
Adventure - Porn?
This ended up being: 80% exposition, 15% unnecessary/overly descriptive sex scenes, and 5% plot.
The blurb seemed perfect for me: vampires =fantasy, ancient Egypt = a personal enjoyment of mine, LGBT leads = FINALLY!
I was hoping for an enjoyable use of historical figures and locations to tell an adventurous tale with an LGBT perspective. What I got was every vampire trope possible crammed into this 12 hour audiotape. It spends far too much time creating the universe which isn’t really unique or interesting, completely failing on relating it to ancient Egypt as promised. Every so often the exposition takes a break for some really crude sex scenes that could have been implied or briefly mentioned, but somehow we have what I can only describe as literary porn. Cringe worthy and waiting for it to end so we can move the plot. Speaking of which, I had so much hope with the main story! Seem interesting enough, but (without spoiling anything) all this built up ending on 1 chapter of action that wasn’t even that big of a deal.
I appreciated the narrator, very impressed with his talent. And I applaud the author for going against the grain with an LGBT take on the vampire craze. But I am unfortunately disappointed. I really wanted to enjoy it.
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- Ariel
- 25-05-2017
More please!!!
Cronin's Key is one of my favorite books and I was so happy to see it was being made into audio. Joel Leslie is a phenomenal voice actor who truly brings these characters to life. His use of various accents and the quality of his performance make an already great story that much more fantastic. I highly recommend Cronin's Key both in print and audio, and if you haven't checked out any other of Joel Leslie's narrations then you're seriously missing out!
I'll keep my fingers crossed that the rest of this series gets recorded as well!
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- Einatsu
- 03-03-2018
Disappointing story
I'll start by saying this came highly recommended so part of my disappointment is in the fact it didnt stand up to my expectations.
The biggest redeeming point is Joel Lesley's narration and voice acting. The guy juggles around the different character accents in an impressive way.
*spoilers ahead*
The story overall is a basic one - destiny, big bad evil, prophecy, a chosen one and how things come to play.
The twist is that there are supernaturals involved and when that happens then as an author you really need to make sure you follow your own rules you laid . Thats basic sci-fi/fantasy writing 101.
This is where NR Walker fails big time.
The biggest contradiction is laid out from the very beginning - vampires can catch bullets.
They can acvidentally die from wood-imbued bullets, but thats if they are distracted or not fully aware.
Thay being said, there is way too much enthusiasm going around this 'invention' and none of the characters seems to care to point out the fact they cancatch those bullets despite Iji doing so over and over again...
Do when The Big Dramatical moment comes and Cronin's "saved" by another vampire sacrificing himself it doesnt seem very genuine. Because going by the rule that if he saw the bullet aimed - he couldve caught it in his hand and avoided getting hurt and dying.
Johanne's death didnt feel necessary or even emotional, and it felt like a huge miss.
Johanne would've done better being a double agent and spy who had just wanted to be rid of Alex to have Cronin all for himself. It would've explained a lot of last-minute changes to the 'prophecy' that didnt make any sense and his death a little more tragic.
The hylogryphs were a nice idea but it felt like there was too much doing for something that couldve been simplified to breaking into a hospital, taking a bag of blood donation, breaking a hole in the pyramids with detonators and letting sun inside.
The whole 'bringing back to life ' one ancient vampire egyptian or another didnt make sense, was never explained and the eventual conclusion felt very hurried and sloppy.
'Alex got it' is not a solution I feel okay with as a reader and felt forced to have the other characters be cool about not hearing an explanation themselves.
I will not be continuing this series.
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- SassiKassi
- 25-05-2017
Stellar!
I loved this book when I read it and now I love it more as narrated by Joel Leslie. How he manages to keep all the voices distinct is just amazing.
Though I wouldn't put this book in the erotic romance category, the sexual tension between Cronin and Alec is hot! And yes, there are also some steamy scenes, but the book is about so much more than that.
It's been awhile since I read the book and I'd forgotten the ending. Can't wait for the rest of the series to be available in audio. Though they're great to read, Joel Leslie makes them come alive.
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- Angelique Handke
- 31-05-2017
Loved it
Loved it a lot. It was so good. Joel Leslie performance was great. I can not wait for the rest to come out as well.
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- SW
- 03-04-2018
A little slow
Struggled with this one. The story line was good but it just took so long for it to get anywhere. The lead up to the battle was arduous and the battle was done in a second. The character development seemed like it was missing something. The narration was not bad but it seemed like the voices were too old for the characters ages.
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- JanineBaroutsis
- 30-08-2017
A new series for me and a wonderful surprise!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, I would, I really enjoyed Cronin's Key. The story sucked me in and I have the net book ready to go!
What did you like best about this story?
I loved the progression of the realtionship between Alec and Cronin and Ale coming to terms with his life after the events at the start of the book. And Joel Leslie is awesome!
Which scene was your favorite?
Any scene when Cronin and his friends (hwho are 100's of years old) are subjected to Alec's modern day speech or qips or comments.
Any additional comments?
NR Walker is a new author for me and I don't know why is has taken me so long to find her!
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- Andrea Mitchell
- 29-05-2017
Confessions of a Romantic
We don’t need to start by saying how much we love anything and everything but NR Walker, and the Cronin’s Key series is right up there. But, there is something that Joel Leslie creates, that brings this fantastic book to life. One of the best audio narrations we have heard in a while, so much we are downloading everything else Joel has recorded!
Cronin is a thousand year old vampire who has been waiting for his fated one, his mate, who shows up in the form of Alec, a NYPD detective that has always attracted the weird. There is other vampires, and a newly born one wanted to take over the world, and happiness of finding each other and the sad thoughts that they might not have forever together.
But, we love this story, so let’s talk about the narration. Joel has this husky quality to his voice that creates each individual voice for the characters. And his accents are out of this world. Reading this book, you feel the sexual tension between Cronin and Alec, but hearing it voices brings the tension, but the sweet heat they are both feeling for finding each other. Joel finds that caring between these two strong men, and their whispered words of love are so endearing. Our favourite scene in when Cronin first takes Alec to the Scottish fields, we could feel he love and tenderness between them.
So much good, but one sad thing, we have to wait for the other 2 installments in the Cronin’s Key series!!! But really, it is a great book, and a fantastic narration, we will patiently wait if the rest are a good as this one.
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- Donald
- 16-06-2017
More Please!!!!
I loved this book...I loved this story!!!! What a great story teller N.R. Walker is!!! Alec and Cronin and the cast of characters are fantastic and Joel Leslie does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life. I want to listen to more...
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- Lee Todd
- 26-05-2017
great story is even better when narrated :)
Where does Cronin's Key rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
somewhere up near the top of my list, it's my favourite book that I've listened to Joel Leslie narrate
Who was your favorite character and why?
hard to choose between Alec and Cronin
Alec is the tough, no nonsense cop and Cronin is the vampire that has been waiting a lifetime for him
Which scene was your favorite?
when they jump back to the police dept to "acquire" weapons and bulletproof vests
....and the final sex scene
If you could take any character from Cronin's Key out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Alec....tall, dark and handsome, and can still eat human food ;)
Any additional comments?
loved all the character voices as they fit well with the character descriptions
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- kindleaddict
- 11-06-2017
7 out of 5 amazing stars
As books this series is amazing. As an Audio, Joel Leslie adds so much more. His ability to give every character a distinct voice, the sights and sounds of the locations while vivid in the book become bright and minute in the audio. He is in the middle of book 11 now and it's going to be just as Glorious.
I highly recommend this to Everyone.
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- Becky L
- 09-06-2017
Best audio I've heard
I have previously read this book and rated the story at a solid 4 stars - but boy does the audio elevate Cronin's key way above that. Joel Leslie's narration of this book is so spot on I was utterly captivated. Each character (and there are quite a few in this!) had a unique presence - different accents (the Scottish one is superb!), different inflections and pacing had me seeing sides to each role I didn't pick up on in the book. Cronin was a tad more vulnerable and Alec more passionate, and I just loved Eiji :)
This audio is highly recommended - immensely enjoyable and deeply satisfying.
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- Sam
- 22-05-2019
Not what I was expecting
From some of the reviews on here I thought I was in for an Uber sexy plotty adventure. How disappointing to find that the two characters didn’t even kiss properly until chapter 12 and apart from some hand jobs and frottage it was hardly all sex and no plot a one reviewer seems to think. As the character’s sexual relationship is actually pretty important to the plot line I think it all scenes were relevant and could have actually been expanded on to make them even more so. Loved all the characters, I was even fond on the minor ones. The world building here is great, we’re getting history, lore and context which give a depth to the story that pulls you in and drives you forward.
Joel Leslie did a great job performing the roles and I love his Scottish accent. All the other international accents were also handled with sensitivity and care so convincingly that it didn’t jar. It was a pleasure listening to this performance.
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- Nathan
- 09-06-2017
Fantastic!
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Very good story line, lore, good character dynamics and just enough male/male intimacy.
Great narration and accents.
I cant wait for book 2.
Nate.
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- P. Anand
- 06-11-2023
Slow and boring
Two slow. I tried, but even Joel Leslie couldn't make me listen to all of it. It's a very underwhelming and slow paced story. I have listened to other N. R. Walker books and they were much better, especially the Spencer Cohen series. Also, I am positive Joel narrated it slower than he usually does, making the experience worse.
I also didn't care much for the characters. The vampires in this story must kill humans to feed and they had no qualms about it.
Alec's casual acceptance of vampires killing humans to feed bothered me. From what I understand there were several thousand vampires and if they fed every two days then that would likely mean upwards of 100 thousand humans killed by vampires every month. Are we to believe all the humans killed are the bad ones? The author initially tried to show us that Cronin only kills the bad humans so we will feel sympathetic towards him but later in the story he casually mentions killing other humans because he wanted something from them and to stop them from telling anyone about vampires. In fact in one of his musings early on he said he didn't care for human lives. Don't get me wrong I am not looking for sparkling vampires but I don't feel like cheering for someone who will not give a second thought about killing a human.
Alec compared the vampires eating humans to humans eating pigs, pigs are not sentient beings.
I just couldn't connect with any of the characters and root for them.
A few nitpicks -- (minor spoilers)
I don't understand why Alec was flabbergasted to know Cronin had three houses, each in a different country. Cronin is centuries old and extremely wealthy. Many rich people today have more properties than that.
Why is Alec on the wanted list? He may have disappeared suddenly in front of everyone but he hasn't committed any crime.
Why after hundreds of years of secrecy, vampires (namely Cronin) are just so brazenly appearing and disappearing around witnesses?
Also Cronin would be on CCTV so why hasn't the police managed to find out where he lives. He may have been hiding his nature, he isn't actually living in hiding.
How was Campbell to source a special wood only available in North Africa that he has just found out about and make the bullets in 2 days. Seems improbable to me.
There were others but I have forgotten them. Usually, if the story is interesting, I don't pay attention to such little things but sadly when the story isn't working every little inconsistency stands out and compounds the displeasure.
The book was very slow. When I realised all I was doing was looking out for inconsistencies, questioning every little thing, checking out how much book is left and I really didn't care for any of the characters I stopped listening.
By chapter 16 you could feel the connection between Alec and Cronin but I still couldn't care or connect. Frankly if Joel wasn't narrating I would have given up on this 4-5 chapters in. I also don't think Joel Leslie was at his best.
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- K S
- 31-10-2023
Very good book
The book was very interesting. The storyline was good and the characters were varied with interesting personalities. Narration was very good. The narrator was good with the different accents and emotions. I always knew who was speaking during conversations.
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- Stephen Bentley
- 26-08-2023
Expected a lot Better.
This really isn't very good at all. I'm ashamed to have wasted money on the recording.
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- Rik m
- 20-02-2023
Good story terrible accents
A good gay vampire story if you can ignore the terrible Scottish accents. Whilst not Scottish myself I have lived here 21 years. God knows what part of Scotland they're supposed to be from. On a side note, the Japanese character sounds like Mr Miyagi. Get over that and have yourself a good gay fantasy romp.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-01-2023
Great mix
really enjoyed the story. thought it was something different and yet we'll presented. felt it went a little quick and could have been longer but really enjoyed it
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- Mrs. E. J. Curtis
- 28-04-2022
Enjoyable Story
The concept is interesting and well written. The characters are likeable and the narration is good.
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