The Fall of the House by C.T. Phipps, Michael Suttkus Narrator: Jeffrey Kafer
Series: From the Secret Files of the Red Room #3
Published by Crossroad Press on March 9, 2023
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Length: 8 hours and 34 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: Author
Goodreads
Amazon, Audible
From the best-selling author of The Rules of Supervillainy:
Derek Hawthorne has slain Dracula and stopped the malevolent plan of his own employers, the sinister House. However, he has discovered that his ex-partner and lover Ashley Morgan has been kidnapped while a new conspiracy moves to expose the supernatural to the world. The House has overplayed its hand and all of its enemies are coming to bring it down. Derek will have to travel dimensions, fight monsters, and call in every favor he's accumulated just to survive.
The Fall of the House is the exciting conclusion of the Red Room trilogy, tying the series to the greater United States of Monsters universe (Bright Falls Mysteries, Straight Outta Fangton, and Brightblade).
The Fall of the House is the third and final book in the Secrets of the Red Room series. Derek Hawthorne is a spy and works for The House as part of the Red Room. Each department has a different colored “Room”. I can’t remember them all, but there is a black and white room too. And I think there might be a blue one. I don’t remember what all they did. I think Black was training and White might have been medical. Don’t quote me on that. It is also a family thing, so children of people who work for The House end up working for The House too.
The House is a secret organization that is trying to “protect” humans from the monsters. However, it gets lost somewhere since humans can be monsters too. It isn’t just the vampires, were-animals and other supernatural things that do bad things. And supernatural things can be a force for good too. The House doesn’t care, they want all monsters gone. And they don’t want humans to know about them.
I don’t want to say too much, because spoilers. This is a fun action packed series. It is a prequel to some of the other series he’s written (Straight Outta Fangton and Bright Falls Mysteries, with vampires and were-deer and other shifters), so we know that the monsters are outed to the humans.
As with any Phipps and Suttkus book, the humor runs high in this story. There are always a lot of fun pop culture comments and one liners that keep even the darker scenes light and fun. There is always a fun cast of characters. The diversity of the personalities is always so much fun. I never get bored with any of the characters. They are so well developed, I just fall in love with them.
Narration:
Jeffery Kafer once again knocks it out of the park. He is an amazing narrator. He’s so good with the voices, both male and female. He has no issues with a large cast, every character has their own voice that matches their personality. He’s also wonderful in his tone, every scene pulls you in. If you’ve never listened to him, you’re really missing out.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About Jeffrey Kafer
An award-winning, Los Angeles audiobook narrator, Jeffrey Kafer has performed over 375 titles in all genres from indie authors to bestsellers.
About C.T. Phipps
C.T. Phipps is a lifelong student of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. An avid tabletop gamer, he discovered this passion led him to write and turned him into a lifelong geek. He is a regular reviewer at The United Federation of Charles and the author of Agent G, Cthulhu Armageddon, The Red Room series, Lucifer’s Star, Straight Outta Fangton, and The Supervillainy Saga.
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I started listening to audiobooks when a new book in a series was coming out and I wanted to get a refresher, but didn’t have time to read all the books (I think it was Anita Blake). I fell in love. I stayed with strictly re-reading books that I’d already read for a long time. I eventually tried an audiobook for something that I hadn’t read first and was hooked there too. Now, I listen to audio for both re-reads and first time. I have some series that I’ve given up reading and only listen. I try to get any many books/audiobooks from the library to help save on my budget. Books on CD and the newer digital downloads from the library really allow me to listen more. I then purchase my favorites (because who can wait in line for your favorite book??) and less mainstream books from Audible or some other online retailer.
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Love when there is a good splash of humor!