Poorly edited

4.5!!!
“Men want power because it makes them feel good. Women want power because it lets us do things.
What will you do if you have a lot of power (magical or otherwise), what is really “to do good”?
I was a bit hesitant to start this book, but I must say it was a positive surprise. Though the book cover might hint to YA, I can assure you the content is not.
It is beautifully written; you have action, thriller, romance and strong and resilient characters.
I will definitively be reading the next books on the series.
Unfortunately, the narration was poorly edited. One can hear the female narrator breaks and swallows.. and someone was chasing the male narrator, like he was jogging while reading the lines…
Once you force yourself to ignore these very annoying details you will be able to focus on the very good book.

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Original fantasy

This was a fantastic story with excellent world building, beautiful character development, an interesting and unique magic system and a fulfilling slowburn friends to lovers romance.

The performance however was… lacking. The main female character was given a distinctively childlike voice and an inconsistent and non-distinct accent which was irritating. What is meant to be a powerful character (won’t say more as don’t want to spoil it) is given such a weedy, high pitched tone that it detracts from the affect it’s meant to have on the reader/ listener. Halfway through a male voice actor is introduced and everything he said felt rushed, with very audible breath intakes at the beginning of each sentence which really grated on me.

I loved the story but will certainly be trying to track down the paper copies rather continuing as audiobooks as I think this really detracted from the story as a whole for me. However, if for whatever reason audiobooks are your only option then it’s worth putting up with all the above.

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Story yes - narration no

The story and the tisaanah narration is great but the voice of max is so jarring I couldn’t get used to it

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Great Story

Great story, loved the characters and well written. The acting got on my nerves at times while portraying other characters but overall they were great.

Will get the next one.

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Amazing story & characters

The story is wonderful but the awful narration by the man is distracting it takes a while to get used to the constant breaths inbetween sentences

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The story

This was a good read and such a good listen. It's long but worth the listen

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Fabulous story. Awful male narrator.

The female narrator is flawless. Maybe the “thank you” could be less sickly but that’s minor. The male narrator, gasping between sentences ruins the entire book. Couldn’t carry on listening when he starts chiming in, which is far into the book. How someone signed off on this is beyond me.

Story is immaculate, I’m invested so I’ll buy the book.

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Awful male narrator

I read the book, loved it so gave the audio a go as currently free. DNF with 5 1/2 hours left after the second chapter narrated by Max. A gaspy monotone voice with no emotion, worse than nails down a chalkboard. I wish they'd left the female narrator to do Max as she had done throughout the book up to the 'Max' POV chapters. Totally ruined it for me and Ive gone back to the book.

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The Great Gaspy - terrible male narrator

The story was great but the male narrator sounds like a creepy guy that would approach you at a bus stop. He didn't sound at all like Max. Read with terrible intonation and gasps loudly with each intake of breath before every other sentence. So distracting. Have no idea how he got that job.

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Story so well written, think it needed to be audio

I loved this storyline. The audiobook format really gave something special to it, that I have a feeling wouldn't have come across as well if i had read it as a hard/digital copy.
Wane's performance was magnificent, probably the best narrator I've come across for an audiobook. Calley, not so much. the way he gasps before so many of his sentences was really jarring and if the storyline hadn't been so enthralling I would've stopped listening.

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