THE DARK HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning

THE DARK HIGHLANDER

by
Karen Marie Moning

Audio Book
narrated by
Phil Gigante
9 CDs
11 hours

The Dark Highlander is the story of Dageus MacKeltar, 16th century druid and twin brother of Drustan MacKeltar.

In Drustan's book, The Kiss of the Highlander, Dageus used his druid powers for personal gain when he tried to save his brother's life. This gave the spirits of the evil thirteen ancient druids an opportunity to invade Dageus's body.

Dageus in his travels through time(in The Dark Highlander) in search of a way to rid himself of the evil ones before he is totally evil himself. He finds antiquities curator Chloe Zanders in modern day New York where first he holds her prisoner then he enlists her help.

The story is wonderful. Mr. Gigante handles Chloe's voice very well, Gwen/David Spade makes a reapperance in this book and is still good for a laugh.

Forever yours between the covers of a book,
Lady Mischief

KISS OF THE HIGHLANDER by Karen Marie Moning

KISS OF THE HIGHLANDER
by
Karen Marie Moning

AudioBook
narrated by
Phil Gigante
10 CDs
11 hours

Lady Mischief has recently had to spend many hours traveling the lonely highways. It doesn't take long to realize that the radio plays the same old songs in rotation on an hourly basis and how much talk radio can one person listen to before said person will need serious therapy? So the Lady decided that her time should not be wasted in such manner and went to her local library to borrow a few audio books to listen to.

The first book Lady Mischief chose was Karen Marie Moning's "The Kiss of the Highlander". It is the story of Drustan MacKeltar, a 16th century druid placed under a spell by gypsies. He sleeps until he is awakened in present times by Gwen Cassidy.

It is a true revelation to hear an author's words spoken out loud. Phil Gigante is a very talented narrator and Lady Mischiefs following statements are not a reflection on his talent, nor Ms. Moning's writing, just in this case it is perhaps an unfortunate combination of both.

Gwen Cassidy is described as having a Jennifer Anniston hairstyle and bee stung lips (ala Angelina Jolie?) Then add Mr. Gigante's falsetto voice and Lady Mischief's overly fertile imagination and the picture that crops to mind is David Spade in drag as Jennifer Anniston wearing a silver lame dress that keeps falling off.

Everytime Gwen spoke Lady Mischief exploded in laughter. After listening for awhile she grew accustomed to the voice and the explosive laughter calmed down to a giggle until she had to shut off the car but when she began her travels again it would be as if it were the very first time she heard Gwen's voice. (And to think there are so many people who believe Lady Mischief does not have a sense of humor!)

Lady was really torn on how to score this book. The story is well written and well told. The narration is very entertaining, but the whole David Spade in drag thing is also very distracting.

Yours forever between the covers of a book,
Lady Mischief