A wicked horror thriller

I wish all audibles had the performance aspect! The atmosphere of an old western, along with great characters, kept me on the edge of my seat. Check this out, you will not be disappointed. I loved the actors, sounds, plot, and western horror feel.

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Just An Awesome Story

I can honestly say while listening to this book, I never knew what to expect next! Neil Chase does a fantastic job at keeping his readers/listeners guessing at where the story goes, and then blows their mind completely when they get to that point.
The story was a quick listen but only because I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to soak up every minute of it. Everything is perfect in this book, pace, timing, tone and characters, just everything seemed to come together to form a fantastic novel.
I was completely enraptured by this book and have urged some of my friends that they needed to read/listen to this book.
Authors like King and Koontz better look out, there is a new guy on the scene who blows them out of the water! Neil also does his own narrating, which is top shape.... I am definitely putting Neil Chase on my watch list of rising authors.

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Everyone needs to listen to this!

Again, I was looking for something different to listen to. This book was so far from my usual books that I wasn’t sure how it would go, what my feelings and personal thoughts would end up being once I finished it. I LOVED IT! This book was beautifully written and was such a whirlwind of suspense, sadness, action, and OMG moments that it was hard to put down (or pause on my phone).

I’ve never been a fan of music and sound effects in audiobooks but with this one? WOW! I ended up messaging the author (who sent me the code) to let him know he did an awesome job with this production. The fact he narrated it himself, again, WOW! He’s definitely a natural speaker and added so much to the story, the accents, the emotion. It all came together in this—insert positive adjective here—package and I’d love to read more stories that he’s written/narrated again.

Here’s a quote from what I sent the author: “I usually have no problem imagining what’s going on in each scene, creating a movie in my mind. But with yours? I’ve never had a “movie” like this before. It’s been such a wild ride! I tend to not be a fan of music and sound effects but the ones in this book were so beautifully incorporated without distracting and/or taking me out of the story.”

Anyway, I loved the quotes at the beginning of each chapter; some were really cool/interesting.
While there were times when I got a smidge confused because the author chose to keep the story in the past tense even when a character reminisced about a past event, instead of using past perfect, it so did not deter me from wanting to leave a 5-star review.

Seeing that there are only nine reviews on Goodreads for this book, one that came out over two years ago, has me really wishing I had friends to suggest this book to, unfortunately, I’m a hermit. I will get my husband to give it a listen; he’s the one with friends. :D The idea that such an awesome book is out there without being read/listened to is so sad. I’ve encountered only a select few of these kinds of books.

In the end, if you couldn’t tell with all I’ve said, this was a great listen and I’d highly recommend it to others.

I received a free audiobook code in exchange for an honest review.

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Just In Time For Christmas

I appreciated the author narrating his own written word. There is an obvious personal connection to the text. A story that captivates. Although it is a story, maybe best released before Halloween, it is better lye than never, and can’t fail as a gift for the horror lover in your life.

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Thrilling mixture of story, music and sound

I loved everything about Iron Dogs. The story pulled me right in from the start, from the exciting shootouts to the mystery of the town. I found myself rooting for Cole, Frank and Red the most, and Ivan brought great comic relief at just the right times. The Strigoi is a unique and terrifying monster and I had no idea how the characters would deal with such an unstoppable foe. The final showdown is epic. I loved all the attentions to detail in this world, and it truly came to life in my mind's eye, especially with the fantastic music and sound effects! This is my new favorite audiobook. Will listen again soon!

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Good, could have been better

The story was pretty decent, got better as it went on especially at the end. Would have given this book a higher rating if it wasn’t for the narration. The author did a passable job narrating, my issue with The narrating was with the voices of the main group of characters and the author over emphasizing in some spots. In my opinion the main group of characters sounded very similar to each other. Where the author chose to emphasize some of his words and statements came off as overdramatic at times. The other reason for the rating not being higher was the awful sound effects that were inserted into the story. This was a book for adults, not children. There were the sounds of hooves beating when horses were running, gun shots during gun fights, doors creaking open, supernatural sound effects,etc. these in my opinion were just distracting from the total experience and brought things down a notch. On a positive note, the characters were varied enough in personality and dialogue so that you could easily tell them apart. It was an interesting twist on western and supernatural. The author also kept you guessing at the ending enough so that it wasn’t quite as easy as you think it would be to figure it out.

Iron Dogs

So,I needed a horror story and this was it!WOW! This was a doozy.We have many kinds of monsters and some are not human.Neil Chase was a very good narrator.I didn;t need all the bells and whistles,but they did keep me riveted! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.' 

Just like Deadlands

This might have well been written as Deadlands (a Tabletop RPG) fan fiction. Absolutely loved it and I'm going to use the book for a scenario for my players.

Surprised

If anyone, like me, enjoys the niche genre of horror-western, this is for you. Also, if I can spread the word for a little-known author, whose book I thoroughly enjoy, I will do so. So, do yourself a favor, and listen to this audiobook, and support this author!

Started out as a read, then a listen!

Throughly enjoyed “Iron Dogs” in book and audio. It kept me gripped the entire time!

Great job!