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book took me by surprise,

Witty, amusing . a good plot.

Well done buds! Actual ,/

If youve ever watched and loved Forever, chances are youll enjoy Out of Nowhere, While not entirely similar, both stories focus on an immortal character working in a medical field, Despite long lives, both characters havent turned cynical, They share a dryish sense of humour and need to help others,

Sean Danet works as a paramedic, Hes immortal, and he has a gift a healing power, As amazing as his powers might be, they dont make him any money, He has to work, and hes chosen a profession where his healing power is useful, He uses it discretely and in small doses, Unfortunately, during one intervention he heals the wrong man, Soon, someone starts to ask questions about Sean and attack his beloved ones, That wont do.

I liked Sean as a character and POV, Despite ages of experience as a soldier, a healer or a witch, he still believes in humans and tries to help them whenever he can, He appreciates good food and good company, While he probably wouldnt win MasterChef, Sean has strong opinions on cooking:

“I have definite views on garlic, The garlic press is a tool of the devil, garlic powder is for the lazy, and the jarred stuff is an abomination, If you cant be bothered to chop it, you dont deserve garlic, ”

He doesnt take direction well, and thats why he appreciated his job he can do pretty much whatever he needs to get the patient to a better place, so long as he can justify his actions after the fact.
Faced with adversity, he uses his brain rather than muscles, Hes smarter and sneakier than his opponents,  

Sidecharacters and Seans love interest feel well rounded, although not really threedimensional, A sexy friend, an asshole work buddy who throws gay jokes fit well in the story and are fun to follow, but they dont feel real, That said, I enjoyed paramedics banter and stories from the interventions, Not much happened during the first half of the book, but it read well,  

The second half is much tighter and brutal in places, A wellcrafted combination of humour and drama keeps the readers attention, lending moments of honest excitement to the story,  

The plot is not without its flaws, When you look at things critically the beginning is slow and focuses on things that dont move the plot forward but that doesnt mean I didnt like it, I dont buy the antagonists motivations and the way the author resolved the conflict felt a bit anticlimactic, And too tidy.

The overall light tone makes it a quick and entertaining read, Its not perfect especially plot and conflictwise, but I found the experience pleasurable, Ill definitely read the sequel, Sean Danet is an immortal healer who works as a paramedic, His job is the perfect cover for the fact that he can heal, However, when he heals the wrong man, his life is changed, and not for the better, Instead, a centuriesold feud is reawakened and Sean is in a fight for his life,

Sean enlists the help of an English professor named Sara in order to try to find out who this mysterious stranger is and what he wants with Sean.
Sean starts to have feelings for Sara, which only complicates things for him, Sean also enlists the help of his medic partners, Monique and Pete, All of the characters really come to life as the story progresses,

I enjoyed the first part of the book because I am an EMT, I could really relate to the tales of life on an ambulance crew, with the frequent flyers, blood, guts and pain, Some reviewers have said that Mr, LeClerc is sexist and that his remarks about women are irrelevant to the book, Having worked in this environment, the humor that we employ is probably offputting to others, but it is a realistic mechanism that is prevalent in the EMS world,

I especially enjoyed the banter and interaction of the medics with the macho guys in the fire service, This is another realistic aspect that those of us who work there will recognize and enjoy, Mr. Leclerc's descriptions of the medical incidents in the book are perfect and I appreciate his attention to those details,

This book provides a great interaction of medieval times with the fencing and dueling, ancient family feuds, urban fantasy elements in Sean's abilities, the growing romance between Sean and Sara and great dialogue.
The book moves at a fast pace and the author does a great job in moving the story along,

The narrator, Christopher Harbour, does a great job and really added a lot to my enjoyment of the book, His pacing, inflections, accents and enthusiasm are perfect, I could envision all of the action throughout the book, both because of the writing and the narration, I hope that Mr. LeClerc continues to write books because he is a natural storyteller, I will definitely be looking for more books that he writes,

I was given the chance to listen to this book by the narrator/author/publisher and chose to review it, To my book worms: It's far too frequent that we are unimpressed with our reading material, The very real drag that complicates our reading is hiding around the cover of eighty percent of the reading material out there, The cure Well we have to find books that don't blow, and I found one for us all, for sure,

Out of Nowhere, an urban fantasy from the mind of Patrick LeClerc, is about a man who is, quite simply, just trying to fit in, The more uneventful his life is, the better off he seems to be, It's all because of some simple differences between him and pretty much the rest of humanity, It seems our hero is endowed with an ability to heal others by touch, and also a body that is quickhealing and unmatched in longevity,

You'd think he would consider it a blessingand perhaps he doesbut when people find out about it, these gifts can be just as much a curse, So instead of flaunting the gift that he should be loved for, he lays low, moving from one paramedic position to the next where he can use his talent a bit more unnoticed.
Eventually though, there's always the possibility of running into the wrong person, Patrick Leclerc's Out of Nowhere perfectly illustrates just how such a coincidence can occur,

Such a coincidence in this book leads to some of the best action I've read yet, Guns, knives, swords you name it. The main character is witty, even more so than Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas, and the best part is that his wit isn't just smart sarcastic narrationthe remarks sometimes require a little knowledge of history.
I loved his personality, I loved his remarks, and I liked that he wasn't a burly knuckle sandwicher bellybumping others around like Steven Segal in a bar,

During my writer exposure campaign, I've been blessed with a relatively decent lineup, with nothing too terrible and even a few that stand out, Among the adult urban fantasy I have read, I can honestly and happily say that I have been blessed with the opportunity to review possibly the most entertaining story in my possession, which I received signed from the author.
The interesting part is that "The most entertaining story in my possession" sets a fantastically high bar,

My only real rule while reviewing is simple: Make sure you edit to the best of your ability and make sure you have a great piecereally make it count.
These are standards that I believe Patrick LeClerc holds

high in his heart, and I would stand by that statement based on Out of Nowhere if he suddenly developed a case of dyslexia and wrote with his eyes closed from this point on.


The back story, the godlike gifts, and the quick pace of the reading left me screaming for more, I remember coming to a point about seventyfive percent through and realizing where Mr, LeClerc could take the story, in a later book possibly, The amazing part is that what I hoped would come in a later installment, literally came within the last three chapters of the book, I was practically jumping out of my seat like my father during the Chicago Bulls Threepeat, I stand behind this intelligent, wellwritten, and difficult to put down read, In fact, I'm going to add the link to the campaigns I support,

A sitelink fanboysanonymous. com/ review. This is one of the SPFBO finalists for

I picked this up as a judge for SPFBO and it's certainly not my 'usual' read as this is very much urban fantasy/scifi mixed with a sarcastic main character called Sean who works on an Ambulance.

Sean is our main character of the book and the story follows him as he has a secret ability to be able to heal other people who have injuries.
The job as an ambulance medic is clearly a great disguise for him as he is able to use his ability and not get rumbled, but it also means he's a bit of a loner and is only really friends with his work partner Monique aka Nique.

Sean is not only able to heal he's also able to live for a long time, He's loved many lives but it's tough to be alone through all that time and he has only a bleary recollection of his younger past,

In terms of story I certainly felt like it was a fun one, but it wasn't necessarily to my personal taste, I prefer more magic by far than this, but it was good to see the quick wit of the characters,
The pacing was fairly fast throughout and easy to get through,

For criticisms, I think it's personal taste and also verbal content of the characters which is very focused on racism and homophobic comments, There are a lot of points where two characters are stressed and they make a dumb joke aka say something highly offensive to 'destress' the conversation but I felt this was unnecessary and then uncomfortable.


In the end I think the book was fun but it didn't really stand out from the rest to me,s/for SPFBO purposes. Probably more of a.but closer to thatthan a, I am hoping to get an interview in with the author here shortly for SPFBO,
I really enjoyed this book for the most part but I will say that I would not recommend it to my wife or any of my LGBTQ friends.
I understand that dude talk happens, and being in a stressful situation you need that sense of camaraderie, I have several close family members, including my brother, who are cops and I know that the language used is accurate and often used as a way to relieve stress in dangerous situations but that doesn't mean I am comfortable hearing people use antigay slurs myself and at this point in my life I have made it known that when they are around me that kind of language will elicit a comment so that did make me feel uncomfortable at times.

So getting that out of the way I thought that the writing was excellent and I enjoyed the MC and after a slow start the book was action packed.
While there was a bit of a, "there's a secret government consipracy out there", section it was handled with a nuance and in a way that I appreciated, Most books that have that end taking the road that the government has been controlling us and the only way to fix it is to own the Libs and take back the government for the "real" Americans who want their Guns, God, and unfettered Capitalism.

Quick overview of the story,
The book is a modern urban fantasy novel with a MC who is working for a crappy private ambulance company, This allows him to use his healing powers to make injuries a bit less serious while staying concealed, He also appears to be immortal and as one could imagine he has had some poor reactions to his healing abilities throughout history, He heals someone who then begins to try and find him and kill him, We don't know why for most of the book but once the villain begins harming his friends the MC realizes he can't run this time like he usually would.
He also meets a beautiful girl who he falls in love with in aboutdays and doesn't want to leave her,
I think I'll be reading bookand can honestly say that the story was a lot of fun, The writing was very good and had good pacing,
One last thing that I want to say is aside from the MC and a few other characters we meet later this is pretty light on fantasy, No other races, not a lot of magic, and for the most part it is more of an action drama than a fantasy novel, Disclaimer: I was on the editorial team for this book, However, in case this makes me seem biased, in our organisation you only work on novels you admire, Cool, huh! And I admire this book, It's a really good read, fascinating insights into the life of a paramedic, a genuinely likable main character, and a thrilling premise with some interesting historical tidbits, Thoroughly enjoyable. I haven't read this book yet but it is one of ten finalists chosen fromentries to theth annual SelfPublished Fantasy BlogOff competition, so the chances are that it is pretty good!

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sitelink blogspot. com/ Healer Sean Danet is immortala fact he has cloaked for centuries, behind enemy lines and now a paramedics uniform, Having forgotten most of his distant past, he has finally found peaceand love,

But there are some things you cannot escape, however much distance you put behind you,

When Sean heals the wrong man, he uncovers a lethal enemy who holds all the cards, And this time he cant run, Its time to stand and fight, for himself, for his friends, for the woman he loves, Its time, finally, for Sean to face his pastand choose a future,

A story of love, of battleand of facing your true self when theres nowhere left to hide, .

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