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  • Hummingbird

  • Charade of Magic, Book 1
  • By: Helen Harper
  • Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
  • Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (15 ratings)

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Hummingbird

By: Helen Harper
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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Summary

There are three absolutes in Mairi Wallace's world:

  1. The Mages rule every city in Scotland with terrible, violent authority.
  2. It is not physically possible for any woman to wield magic.
  3. Mairi does not have a voice.

She is about to learn that none of these things have to be true.

From twisted wynds and tartan shops to a dangerous daemon and malevolent ravens, the future of a tattered nation might lie with one solitary woman.

©2022 Helen Harper (P)2022 Tantor

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Wow

As always fast paced, great characters and story. I can't wait for the next book

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narrator is very easy to listen to

The narrator is very easy to listen to with a lovely accent and pace weaving a magical story to life

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Slightly boring and rushed

Narration was good but the story felt a empty, boring, not fleshed out, the world building and magic system were just grey and easy…

It’s a series but probably won’t get book two as don’t really care what happens next, didn’t feel invested in the characters at all.

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