Booklog 54/2023: Jodi Taylor: Dark Light – Elizabeth Cage #2 (Audiobook)

[jacey]

More adventures of Elizabeth Cage who can read people's colours (auras) which makes her at the top of Dr Sorensen's wanted list. He's not quite sure what she can do, but he knows she'll be an asset to both him and his government bosses. This book open immediately after White Silence finishes, when Elizabeth is once more on the run from Sorensen's flunkies and from Michael Jones whom she was beginning to trust, but is no longer sure about.

This is a re-visit via audiobook. The first Elizabeth Cage book was read by Kate Scarf whose voice is light and easily listened to. She’s not a million miles away from the timbre of Zara Ramm who has voiced all but one of Jodi Taylor’s St Mary’s books and their spin off series featuring the Time Police. Julie Teal’s voice is heavier, more produced. She’s a good reader, but my expectations of Elizabeth Cage’s narrative voice was set by Kate Scarf’s reading of White Silence, and since I bounced straight on to Dark Light, the tonal quality of the two voices was jarring. It rankled a bit and took me about half the book to get used to the new voice. I note that the third book, Long Shadows, is being read by Zara Ramm. I’ll get to that one next…