T's Stuff: Trifles and Folly book 2 by Gail Z. Martin

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Trifles and Folly book 2 by Gail Z. Martin

Author: Gail Z. Martin

Narrator: Amanda Ronconi

Length: 20 hours 40 minutes

Series: Deadly Curiosities Collection, Book 2

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Released: Jan. 29, 2019

Genre: Paranormal Fantasy

Cassidy Kincaide runs Trifles and Folly in modern-day Charleston, an antiques and curios shop with a dangerous secret. Cassidy can read the history of objects by touching them and together with Teag, a hacker and weaver witch, and Sorren, a 600-year-old vampire, they get rid of cursed objects and keep Charleston and the world safe from supernatural threats.

An extension of the Deadly Curiosities urban fantasy novel series, this collection contains three full novellas and four short stories: The Final Death, Predator, Fair Game, "Fatal Invitation," "Redcap," "Bloodlines," plus three bonus stories: "Among the Shoals Forever," "The Low Road," and "Steer a Pale Course."

Gail Z. Martin writes urban fantasy, epic fantasy and steampunk for Solaris Books, Orbit Books, Falstaff Books, SOL Publishing and Darkwind Press. Urban fantasy series include Deadly Curiosities and the Night Vigil (Sons of Darkness). Epic fantasy series include Darkhurst, the Chronicles Of The Necromancer, the Fallen Kings Cycle, the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, and the Assassins of Landria. Together with Larry N. Martin, she is the co-author of Iron & Blood, Storm & Fury (both Steampunk/alternate history), and the Spells Salt and Steel comedic horror series. Newest titles include Tangled Web, Vengeance, The Dark Road, and Assassin’s Honor. As Morgan Brice, she writes urban fantasy MM paranormal romance, with her Witchbane and Badlands series.

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Amanda is an actress and narrator who divides her time between New York City and Upstate New York. She has a BFA from NYU where she studied at the Stella Adler Conservatory. She has performed in theaters around New York City and regionally at The Alley, Capital Rep and many productions at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

Her Off-Broadway solo comedy, Shirley at the Tropicana, received critical acclaim and was subsequently featured in The New York Times. Film and TV credits include Daydream Believer (Slamdance 2001’s Best Dramatic Feature winner), The Understudy, Deadly Sins (ID Discovery), IFC’s Get Hit and Chasing Paradise. National network and regional commercials include Chase Bank, Sony and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Her voiceover work encompasses over 100 audiobooks available on Audible.com. She is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity.

This is the 2nd book in the series by Gail Z. Martin and also the 2nd book I have listened to. This book is honestly as good as the first. I love it when a series starts out great and stays that way. If book 3 is anywhere as good as books 1 and 2 Gail has a real winner on her hands.

The series is about an eclectic antique shop that not only finds unusual and awesome gifts and antiques but they also find cursed and hanted items as well. When they find a cursed or haunted item they try to make the item safe again to be in the hands of others. If they cannot rid the item of the curse they will do their very best to destroy the curse and the item. Sometimes they cause huge explosions ridding the object of the curse which are marked up to natural disasters.

The shop is over 300 years old and a has been passed down through the generations. Cassidy Kincaide is the current owner along with her best friend and co manager Teag, and a 600 year old vampire, Soren. The shop and book takes place in historic and haunted Charleston. This book has 3 novella's and 4 short stories. All of which are well worth taking a listen to.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Gail Z. Martin. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

Age: mid-twenties
Hair: Strawberry blonde
Best friend: Teag Logan
Boyfriend: Kell Winston
Dog: Baxter, an opinionated Maltese
Job: Runs the antique and curio store Trifles and Folly, which she inherited from her Uncle Evan. The store has been in Charleston and been in the Kincaide family for over 350 years.
Ability: Cassidy is a psychometric, which means she can read the magic or history of objects by touching them.
Secret Job: Getting cursed and haunted objects out of the wrong hands and saving the world from supernatural threats as part of the Alliance, a secret coalition of mortals and immortals.

Q: Aren’t you kind of young to be running an antique shop?

A: I inherited Trifles and Folly from my Uncle Evan. It’s been in our family for 350 years. The store passes to the next person with the abilities to do the job.

Q: When you say ‘abilities’...

A: Uncle Evan was a psychometric, like me. I can read the history—and magic—from an object by touching it.

Q: So Trifles and Folly isn’t your average antique store?

A: It’s a great antique store, but it’s a lot more. We help get cursed and haunted objects out of the wrong hands and protect Charleston—and the world—from supernatural threats.

Q: You have some interesting allies. Can you tell us a little more about them?

A: Teag Logan is my best friend, and he has Weaver magic, meaning he can weave spells into cloth and data into information, making him a hell of a hacker. My business partner, Sorren, founded the original Trifles and Folly 350 years ago. He’s a nearly 600 year-old vampire. We have other friends who have a variety of paranormal abilities who help us do the job.

Q: I’ve heard that you’re particularly interested in antique buttons?

A: Buttons are my favorite! Because they’re worn close to the skin for long periods of time, buttons soak up a lot of a person’s resonance. I often get the clearest sense of a long-ago person from a button.

Q: What’s your favorite part of running Trifles and Folly?

A: I enjoy helping people find just the right antique item, and knowing that anything we sell is safe from bad magic or dark energy. Our other work—saving the world—is dangerous, but I have a special talent that I can use to protect people, so there’s a responsibility that goes along with that. I’m happy to do my part.