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Originally Posted by tilia
I wonder how the Beast voice works in audio. I tried the first book some time ago, but stopped after she showed up. I have been thinking about trying again, to see if I like her better now.
There may also be too many vampires in it for me. I like the Kate Daniels kind of vampires  |
I think that she does the Beast voice and character well. It's very easy to distinguish between Jane and Beast. She drops the southern accent, the tone is more abrupt and disdainful, sentences are short and concise - "Beast is NOT prey!". Beast's thought process is much simpler, more black and white. She classifies things simply - "less than five", "more than five", "good mate", "pack hunters", for example. Beast is not impressed with either humanity or the supernatural community and considers herself at the top to the food chain.
The character of Beast has evolved as the series has progressed, and as we learned more of the background of Jane's inadvertent stealing of the big cat's soul when she was a child which created the blend known as Beast. Also, by the time of the books I am reading, Beast has had an interaction with a supernatural being that has changed her in some way, though both the reader and Jane don't know exactly how or to what extent.
When I listen to the Beast segments, I'm reminded of a very well-written short story I read years ago from the perspective of an old wolf that was about to be killed by its pack written, IIRC, by Mykola Khvylovy. I get the same sense of the animal's personality.