Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Sin and Tonic 
SERIES: Sinners #6
AUTHOR: Rhys Ford
NARRATOR: Tristan James
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2018
LENGTH: 10 hours, 51 minutes
BLURB:
Miki St. John believed happy endings only existed in fairy tales until his life took a few unexpected turns…and now he’s found his own.
His best friend, Damien, is back from the dead, and their new band, Crossroads Gin, is soaring up the charts. Miki’s got a solid, loving partner named Kane Morgan – an inspector with the SFPD whose enormous Irish family has embraced him as one of their own – and his dog, Dude, at his side.
It’s a pity someone’s trying to kill him.
Old loyalties and even older grudges emerge from Chinatown’s murky, mysterious past, and Miki struggles to deal with his dead mother’s abandonment, her secrets, and her brutal murder while he’s hunted by an enigmatic killer who may have ties to her.
The case lands in Kane’s lap, and he and Miki are caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse. When Miki is forced to face his personal demons and the horrors of his childhood, only one thing is certain: The rock star and his cop are determined to fight for their future and survive the evils lurking in Miki’s past.
REVIEW:
This series…. it’s been a roller coaster beginning to end. There has been so many highs and lows, we’ve loved and lost, mostly loved though. No doubt about it, Sinners has been an amazing series and one I’m sad to see end. I reviewed the printed version of Sin and Tonic back in May so I’m I’ll try not to repeat myself too much. Or be as longwinded.
Anyway, this book is in a way about closure and answers, but also a beginning and starting anew. Ever since the first book there we had questions that were never really answered and this book neatly ties it all together – not without some major and sometimes dangerous struggles and effort. We find out about Miki’s family, where he came from and how he ended up where he did. But more than that we see him starting to truly letting it go, taking steps to truly getting better. To move forward with his life. His life with Kane. His life with and a part of the Morgan clan. I loved how he took steps towards that family.
It’s not a secret that Tristan James isn’t my favourite narrator, or even on my top 10 list. But on the other hand he narrates some of my favourite books, or the ones I’m most looking forward to. So sooner or later I will pick up more of his narrations, and I’m gladly going to listen to them. He’s not a bad narrator by any stretch of the imagination, for me he ends up somewhere in the middle of the scale. I love his voice, there’s something comforting and soothing about it. But on the other and, James most often narrates (reads) in a very monotone way that for me makes it easy to drift off to somewhere else. My personal preference is when narrator performs the book and lives the story and with the characters. However that’s not James’s style and I know that there are a ton of people out there loving everything James say and will have a blast listening to this book and not have the hang-ups that I have.
One thing that never fails when Tristan James is narrating is the brilliant accents, especially the Irish ones. He nails them every time and it adds another layer, and makes the characters so much clearer in your mind. He manages to give each Morgan a separate voice with a great accent to boot. And while he might not add much feeling or performance to his narration he still brings you the warmth of the Morgan clan to you. You become a part of it – whether you want to or not. You are brought to the fold by Donal and mothered by Brigid. Even Dude, the dog, comes through so clearly. No doubt about it, Tristan James is a talented narrator and I’ve enjoyed the hours I spent listening to this story.
So I couldn’t quite manage to keep things short and to the point. But… this book.. there’s just so much to say, to talk about. And I might possibly try to stretch things out so I don’t have to say goodbye to these characters, this family just yet. Spending time with them these past 6 books have been a privilege and an honour. I’m grateful for every moment of it,
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