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The Accidental Alchemist

By: Gigi Pandian
Narrated by: Julia Motyka
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From USA Today best-selling author Gigi Pandian comes a modern tale of ancient intrigue.

Unpacking her belongings in her new hometown of Portland, Oregon, herbalist and reformed alchemist Zoe Faust can't help but notice she's picked up a stowaway. Dorian Robert-Houdin is a living, breathing three-and-half-foot gargoyle—not to mention a master of French cuisine—and he needs Zoe's expertise to decipher a centuries-old text. Zoe, who's trying to put her old life behind her, isn't so sure she wants to reopen her alchemical past ... until the dead man on her porch leaves her no choice.

Includes recipes!

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©2015 Gigi Pandian (P)2014 Audible Inc. Cosy Detective Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Paranormal Alchemy Feel-Good France Supernatural Thriller

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A very sweet and engaging story. Beautifully narrated. A very pleasant listen. My only negative response is the narrator constantly pronouncing the word herb as ‘erb’ as if the H doesn’t exist. And the word herb comes up in the book a lot.

Delightful tale

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Escapist fun … with herbs & magic . The presenter masters voices and accents with an agreeable tone. The story skips over the centuries and between continents with ease.

From the past into the present

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I absolutely love it grabbed my attention straight away. love the narrator she was great

love love

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excellent story with lovable characters on second book now. the whole experience listening to the story was just what I needed cheers

Good story

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I absolutely love this and the readers accents were my favourite. I literally could not stop. even pulled it back a few times to the start of the chapter I was reading while listening. Best experience ever

will be collecting the rest

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I really loved this book and am delighted to see that it's the first in a series. The Accidental Alchemist is a delightful blend of mystery and fantasy and it contains some endearing characters, particularly a French gargoyle who is alive although, unless a cure can be found from a missing book, he faces a living death trapped inside his body which is trying to turn back to stone. The narration is perfect and I can't wait to listen to book two!

Truly wonderful!

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Very good, interesting and unusual story and looking forward to the next one. Well written.

I really enjoyed this

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I couldn’t turn it off. I Listened until 02.30am. Enjoyed it tremendously, with lots of twists in the tale.

A really gripping story

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Th story was reasonably enjoyable, but a very large amount of unnecessary details of the protagonist's vegan views, vegan cookery tips and the protagonist's dress sense distract from the story at times. I don't object to them in principle and indeed at times the cookery works, but it feels a little shoehorned in at others. As a non-american, the narrator's frequent mentions of "erbs" could get quite grating. I found the narration of many of the characters didn't serve to make them likeable, although I think Dorian was the exception to this. Overall a fine listen but I won't be in a rush to get another in the series.

Reasonably enjoyable story

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I like the vibe here . After finishing this book i want to buy a house in a small town and start gardening . Cozy story . Smells herbs and alchemica .

Cozy herbs gardening adventure detective story

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