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I Was a Teenage Weredeer
- Bright Falls Mysteries Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle
- Series: Bright Falls Mysteries Series, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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From the best-selling author of the Supervillainy saga
Jane Doe is a weredeer, the least-threatening shapechanger species in the world. Blessed with the ability to turn furry at will and psychically read objects, Jane has done her best to live a normal life working as a waitress at the Deerlightful Diner. She has big dreams of escaping life in the supernatural-filled town of Bright Falls, Michigan, and her 18th birthday promises the beginning of her teenage dreams coming true.
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- cosmitron
- 06-10-18
Enter a different World.
This is a creative work with unique characters with a well crafted plot.
Most listeners who enjoy this genre will consider this a good listen.The Narrator brings the story to the listener in a way that will
stimulate their imagination.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
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- Kaz
- 01-24-20
Pun after pun
So this book is pun after pun because well what dear you going to do. I’m sure the authors wife was just shaking her head as he probably had dear puns on the brain for a long time when working on this.
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- Ray Johnson
- 04-26-18
Like True Blood but better
I like a light hearted and fun story, and as soon as I saw the title of this book I was interested. Ten minutes into the audio I was thinking to myself that this had some striking resemblences to True Blood, the HBO show and the Sookie Stackhouse series. The similarities are superficial, and C. T. Phipps & Michael Suttkus do not go into the dark places that was portrayed there. I normally do not enjoy YA stories anymore, but this one really worked and its quirky heroine, Jane Doe, really sold the story.
When he brother is accused of murder, Jane must figure out the true culprit and save him. Jane is not happy with her life, and does not really feel like she fits in with the rest of her family, and it turns out that the murder mystery is just what she needed to blossom. Her character is great fun, and if my daughter were still a teenager I think she would have enjoyed her a lot.
Arielle DeLisle brings a lot to the table as a narrator. She is very pleasant to listen to and carries a lot of emotion in her voice. She really brings Jane to life, and you feel like you've known her for a long time. She is a real treat. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.
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- Natalie @ ABookLoversLife
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My favourite by this author!!
Jane Doe is a Weredeer, which took her a little while to fully appreciate seeing as she sees herself as the least threatening of the shifters. But she is still a formidable girl and everyone is about to realise just how special she is. When her brother is arrested on suspicion of murder, Jane is called in to use her ability to read objects to help with the investigation. What follows is a story filled with dorky references, suspense, fun, more dorky references and plenty of twists.
I've loved pretty much all the books that I've read by this author, but this one is definitely my favourite! I was captivated with the word right from the start and devoured the book as quick as I could. When reading a book by this author, you know there is going to be geeky references but this one was chock a block with them, and I loved it!! So many times I was smirking and sniggering at them!
Jane Doe was an amazing character. She is plucky, brave, geeky, and very relatable. I loved that she is a deer and not one of the more popular shifters like wolf or cats. Her family always makes deer puns, hence her name and the name of the diner. I also loved her best friend Emma. Emma is a wolf, but the two of them work so well together. Both the girls work with an FBI agent and a ganster. These guys have plenty of secrets of their own and I loved finding them out along with Jane!!
The world the author has created is fantastic!!! I see it's set in the same world as Straight Outta Fangton, which I haven't read yet but must do so soon!! I loved all the different supernatural creatures and learning more about the world. Seeing how the shifters are treated by the humans brings to mind a lot of the issues we see now. It shone a spotlight on certain issues but in a way that wasn't overbearing.
In all, this was an excellent read. The plot was fascinating and filled with secrets, suspense and fun, the characters were all amazing and brilliantly written. Jane Doe reveals some incredibly shocking secrets that rock the foundation of their society! I am eager to see what else the author has in store for these characters and this world!!
I really enjoyed Arielle DeLisle narration. While her tones and voices were all similar, she gave enough subtle changes to make it easy enough to follow who was talking. Her infections and cadences brought the book to life, and her performance was nearly flawless.
I was given this audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This in no way affected nor influenced my thoughts.
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- Crysta M
- 07-31-19
A "deer-lightful" story
This was such an adorable, silly, brilliant, wonderful, and all around just lovely story. Jane Doe is great fun to travel through the story with, and I enjoyed being introduced to her world, monsters and all. While I wouldn't say it's a "coming of age" story, there is still a lot of growth and figuring out the world is not what she thought it was, or anywhere near as simple, going on that I found interesting to observe and reflect on along with Jane.
There is a lot of geek/pop culture humor in here that I greatly enjoyed, when I got the reference, but wasn't a detraction in any way when I didn't get the reference.
C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus also had a good balance between romance/sex positive vibe and action adventure story, all of it at a YA appropriate level.
Arielle DeLisle did an amazing job as narrator, capturing each character beautifully. It was my first time listening to a book narrated by her and I look forward to hearing more from her.
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- Midwestbonsai
- 03-20-18
Witty, well written and amusing
I Was a Teenage Weredeer by Charles Phipps and Michael Suttkus was an excellent audiobook. The story takes place in Bright Falls, Michigan. The town, for the most part, consists mainly of supernatural beings – vampires, shapeshifters, witches, Shaman’s, werewolves and more. Magic is prevalent in this story as is the spirit world and the world of puns … a curse for the Weredeer!
Jane Doe discovers that not everything is as it appears – there are family secrets, deadly pacts, and revenge plots. Jane finds herself smack dab in the middle and must discover not only the secrets and defeat the Big Bad Wolf but that she must also discover her true self.
Witty, well written and amusing. The dialog flowed naturally moving the story along at a good pace. The action and plot were cleverly executed. New Detroit was mentioned several times so the story is in the same time frame as Straight Outta Fangton.
I enjoyed the characters and felt the authors did an excellent job of developing them. I would have liked to have learned more about mom’s secret dealings but there was enough there to let people know she was NOT a good person – not evil but absolutely and undeniably NOT a good Weredeer! I thought the authors did a great job of word-playing (puns, sarcasm, personification, etc) - just perfect for the story.
Arielle DeLisle gave a wonderful performance; she did not stumble over the puns or other tropes. She was solid in her performance keeping the voices straight. I found her voice entertaining and calming as well. It was pitch perfect.
I enjoyed this book and while it comes across as a Young Adult, it is for anyone who enjoys supernatural and mystery genres. I look forward to reading more about Bright Falls!
There were no issues with the production or quality of this audiobook.
Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
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- Brian
- 04-01-18
Nearly Perfect and a Blast of a Book
4.75 out of 5 stars
In my head when I’m writing this description I can hear the slow (and just flute version of) Morning Mood by Edvard Grieg (Youtube) because that’s what I hear when I’m thinking of a place called Bright Falls where people aren’t just people anymore. They are shifters that make up different classes and animals. There are Werebears and Werewolves and then you meet Jane Doe (aptly named) the main character who is a Weredere. She just turned 18 and is trying to work her way into enough money to get out of Bright Falls when her best friends sister turns up dead in an apparent murder. Recruited to find the murderer by her friend Jane Doe’s life will never be the same.
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Phipps and Suttkus kept cracking me up – all of the deer puns and the interaction between the different shifter species was great. Along with the hallowed history of Bright Falls and the mysterious “aura” and feeling that surrounded the town. I also didn’t know going into it (I don’t always read the entire synopsis for fear of spoiling the book) that this was going to be set in the same world as Straight Outta Fangton.
I Was a Teenage Weredeer while being a mouthful to say was one of those books that just got my sense of humor. As I mentioned above – the puns were great (and the notion that one of the stereotypes about weredeer were these bad deer-related puns). The premise of the book (a town is cursed and they must find a murderer) sounds typical but what Phipps and Suttkus do with it is far from that.
While not a perfect book it’s darn close. I ended up finishing this in less than two days because I couldn’t put it down. It should come with a warning telling you that you might lose sleep until you finish it.
I Was A Teenage Weredeer is a book for those who don’t take everything too seriously. A fantasy book that will make you laugh and a story about friendship, magic, and finding out who you really are all wrapped up into one.
The narration for this was done by Arielle DeLisle, who I thought did a fantastic job of bringing Jane to life. It was one of those voices that were so good that it’s hard to pull Arielle from Jane in my mind now.
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- Sonja
- 05-17-18
A Blend of Everything Awesome!
Like taking a trip down Buffy the Vampire Slayer lane, only snarkier and much more entertaining. It takes a remarkable pair of authors to capture the pure fun of a legend like Buffy, and then hook me with an enthralling new world. C. T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus have done just that.
Welcome to Bright Falls! You have your geeky-but-cool teenage weredeer, Jane Doe (who can read objects à la King’s The Dead Zone), in a tight-knit town of animal shifters, where the oldest, strongest families rule. Respect is critical for community harmony, and while traditions might be fading, you don’t dare step a hoof out of line. Jane Doe must break a lot of rules to find out who killed her best friend’s sister and stop a powerful entity from enacting revenge on the shifter families. Shameful, deadly town secrets will be uncovered, stereotypes will be challenged, and enemies will unite to keep Bright Falls safe. Lest I forget, there is a crafty FBI agent and a smoking hot crime lord that melt right off the pages.
The magic system, the relationships, the leap-off-the-lines personalities should not be missed! Definitely would put I Was A Teenage Weredeer on par with another favorite of mine, Rachel Aaron and her Nice Dragon’s Finish Last, Heartstrikers series.
Arielle DeLisle’s narration transports you right into the book. She has such an incredible range of voices. Her timing, her inflection are spot on!
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- BryanW
- 05-17-21
Lacks the Humor of other works
Enjoyed enough to continue listening to the end. Will not be getting book 2. Liked the main character and some of the banter.
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- Thomas Dailey
- 02-14-21
Sarcasm, puns, and snark ... it has it all.
When I was recommended I Was a Teenage Weredeer, I was promised snark. I’ve really enjoyed other books by C.T. Phipps like the Supervilliany Saga and Brightblade for their snarky protagonists, irreverent tone, pop culture references, and witty humor. So I asked Phipps to recommend my next book to read, citing what I had enjoyed about the previous books.
I think his exact words were, “Jane is my snarkiest” -- and he wasn’t lying. I was familiar with Jane from her guest appearances in a few of the books from the Supervilliany Saga, and I had really gotten to like her character. I was pretty mad when Gary sent her back to her own universe to keep her out of danger as he traveled to the center to fight Nazis riding dinosaurs. But that is literally a different story. So anyway, the point is I was looking forward to reading a Jane-centric story.
I Was a Teenage Weredeer has all the humor, puns, and references I’ve loved from other books, but it is written as a murder mystery. Jane (that’s Jane Doe ... the weredeer) finds herself playing amateur detective as she tries to track down a serial killer. Hijinks ensue. The plot is well thought out and engaging, the dialog is fun and entertaining, and I thoroughly enjoyed Jane’s inner monologues.
Special thanks to C.T. Phipps, who provided me with this book at my request.
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- Angry Cumbrian
- 12-11-19
A pacy ‘reversed’ Supernatural.
Another trilogy and well produced series from the CT Phipps (and co) machine and I found Jane entertaining in her cameo in the recent Supervilliany audiobook.
I liked the reverse Supernatural twist that had an interesting vibe through the book. I also enjoyed the amateur detective sub-plot with the Dresdenesque peacekeeping storyline.
Unlike Jacob/Cassius/Gary I don’t think the character resonated with me in this story. The pop culture references worked, there’s a neat anti-climax and character development from naive teenager (to a point) but I didn’t feel the same amusement and emotional attachment. Perhaps influenced by other reads, but it could have gone a bit darker with what was available on the table.
U found it a good, solid start to the series, but for me a grittier story and beefier support cast would have elevated it a notch but that may depend on the market as it’s pretty teenager friendly.
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- Steve Short
- 10-04-21
Another different genre for CT Phipps
So far I’ve read about superheros & villains, techno thriller, UF thriller and now, with Brightfalls, a UF murder mystery. I really did like it. The premise that the MC is a weredeer is fun and while the story feels light, there are some dark undercurrents.
I didn’t like the way the story flirted into the realms of PNR and would have been disappointed if it got expanded on. Fortunately for me it didn’t but it was enough to knock the rating to 4 stars.
The plot moves along with some nice revelations along the way. I’ll definitely be recommending it.
The narrator also does a good job. The characters were consistent through the story.
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- Longears
- 07-17-20
A good story well told.
I liked this story. The world building - deer shamans, the spirits, and Alex, is great and the narration was excellent.
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- Howard L
- 07-05-20
terrible
couldn't finish the story as the word racist came up in almost every paragraph. I feels like the reader is been hit over the head with it
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- Helen
- 04-25-20
Brilliant book
I Enjoyed this audio book very much from start to finish great story line too
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- ChaosKay (Audiobook Obsession Reviewer, The Flock VIP)
- 02-11-20
Excellent
Jane Doe is a weredeer on her 18th birthday her peaceful life is sent into turmoil when her best friends sister is murdered and her brother is the prime suspect . Really enjoyed listening to this and I am now listening to book 2 and hoping there’s more books to come. Arielle DeLisle narrates perfectly .
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- Jeff
- 12-15-19
were creatures vampires dragons and warlocks
jane Doe (yeah thats her name) is a weredeer that is soon to realize that her ideas of what she wants for the future to get on with life and out of town. this coming of age not book was full of laughs and surprises. lucian is a dragon and drug dealer, Alex id a martial arts expert and has magic. a snarky werecrow and off course werewolves and vampires.
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- Terence Thirteen
- 06-03-18
A FUN and yet occassionally, DARK URBAN FANTASY
Perhaps, best classified as an Urban Fantasy, for Young Adults, with elements of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars, set in a place like Twin Peaks, crossed with Bon Temps, Louisiana, from True Blood.
If you're looking for an urban-fantasy, mystery-thriller, served up with a healthy dose of witty banter, wisecracks, sarcasm, snark and punny puns, then look no further...
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- G. P. Brown
- 03-26-18
Fun UF story!
This was a fun YA UF comedy that had the feel of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Veronica Mars about it. The world was fun and packed with some cool magic. There was plenty of humour and a bit of action and mystery. Some parts of the story were weirdly dark despite the light overall tone!
Jane and the rest of the characters proved a likeable and interesting bunch so it was easy to get sucked into the story as she used her powers to try and clear her brother of murder charges.
I'd have rated this even higher but I felt like the second half of the story was just not quite as strong as the first half.
I felt like Arielle DeLisle did a decent job with the audio. She has a good voice and seemed to get the tone of the story and the timing of her comedic delivery right most of the time. The one flaw was that a few of her secondary character voices could have been better. Still, on the whole I did like her performance.
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- Anders Haywood
- 04-01-20
A phenomenal new series!
This new series in C.T Phipps' meta series The United Federation of Monsters was genuinely fantastic! Before I go on, I should note that you don't need prior knowledge of any other books as this works as a standalone new series.
I'm not sure how much to say about the plot without spoilers, so I'll leave that be.
The characters, however are what turn this book from a decent urban fantasy novel into something truly great. The characters aren't all one dimensional with only one or two things to them. Instead, they are complex, with both strengths and faults that really make them feel real.
The narrator was perfectly cast in this Twin Peaks/ True Blood type book, and performs quite well.
All in all, I would absolutely recommend giving this a try. You won't be disappointed!