Blind Tiger

The Pride, Book 1

By: Jordan L. Hawk

Narrated by: Greg Tremblay

1924, Chicago. Prohibition is in full swing and gang bosses rule the city with might - and magic.

When Sam Cunningham flees his small-town life to try his luck in the big city of Chicago, he quickly finds himself in over his head in a world of gangs, glitz, and glamour. Fortunately, he has his cousin Eldon to teach him the trade of hex-making.

Everything changes the night Sam visits The Pride speakeasy and meets grumpy cheetah-shifter Alistair Gatti. After losing his first witch to the horrors of the World War, Alistair isn’t interested in any new entanglements, romantic or magical. Especially when said entanglement comes in the form of kind, innocent Sam.

When Eldon is brutally murdered, Sam becomes drawn into the dark underworld of the Chicago gangs. Sam must find the missing hex Eldon created for one of the crime bosses - before whoever killed Eldon comes back for him.

Together, Alistair and Sam begin the search for the mysterious hex, diving deep into the seedy side of Chicago’s underworld while dodging rival gangs. And as they come to rely on one another, Alistair realizes he’s falling for the one man he can’t afford to love.

©2021 Jordan L. Hawk (P)2021 Jordan L. Hawk

Excellent performance, well written characters, good plot twist

Greg Tremblay knocks it out of the park as usual narrating this well written prohibition era tale of a young man new to Chicago getting tangled in magic and romance.

Most excellent adventure

From beginning to end in one sitting and never regretted a single moment. Cannot wait to see what the next installment of this series looks like.

The best book so far.

I’m a huge fan of this author and the Hexworld books. This book Ives forward in time to the 1920s and it’s my favorite of the series so far. I loved all the characters especially Sam. I also loved seeing the way that familiars lives have changed as they’ve gained more rights. I really enjoyed listening to this book and I hope there will be more to come.

An absolute delight

I adored this book. I binged through it, both wanting to know how it would turn out, and not wanting it to end.
Sam and Alistair are wonderful together; they balance each other out so well. Each one of them is just shy of being perfect, with each man being just what the other man needs to smooth out his rough bits. Alistair's history is so tragic and Sam's is so deprived; it is hurt/comfort with each providing comfort to the other's hurts.
But it is also very amusing, witty, and sometimes laugh out loud funny. Sam is a breath of fresh air to The Pride's found family, though each member is delightful on their own. A part of me would be happy to have a whole series focused just on Sam and Alistair, if each book does focus on the other characters in turn, I'd be delighted too.
As for the audiobook, Greg Tremblay's narration is perfection.

4.5 stars

This was my first time listening to this story, but the third time experiencing it! Loved it even more with Greg’s narration!!

My only complaint was the “I know what you really want/need even though you said otherwise” attitude Alistair had at times towards Sam, but it all worked out in the end. I’m so looking forward to book two when it comes out!