Great wizard/sorcerer quest adventure

Much of this book has the feel of a fantasy classic. There are many likable characters and more on the life and times of Merlin. I liked the stories and various quests, and the villains are well thought out and devious.

Two things that struck as off with the stories...the author should probably keep modern politics out of the story (why risk potentially alienating half of your audience just for a laugh?), and mix things up a little. Each story seems to be a slow buildup of about 20 chapters, ending with a climax that is just over too soon. The stories just seem to deserve more of an epic conclusion, considering all the time the writer and audience have invested in them.

The narration is quite good, but I had the feeling that the main character just sounded a little bit older than I imagined he should have. Otherwise, I really enjoyed the voices and excitement brought by the narrator.

I was given a free copy of this audiobook in exchange for an unbiased review,

The stories are good enough that I have sought out other stories by the same author.

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3rd time listening through this.

I thought I had already reviewed this, but apparently not. I’m a big fan of Rain Oxford. She gave me the reading order of ALL her books, because they are all in the same universe. I picked this series up 3 or 4 years ago. And it’s now my 3rd run through.
Of all her series this is my 3rd favorite. Guardian and Casters of Syndral being respectively nr 1 and 2.
I’m not a big fan of the narrator but it works.
The story itself is amazing. Quickly going to start on the next volume.
I personally love all the jabs to classic and modern fantasy literature.
I’ve laughed a lot. And I kept telling my husband about parts I read. I’m not going to say anything about the story itself. For that you’ll have to read it yourself.
I do suggest if you haven’t read anything else from her and you’re like me, meaning you like to read it in order, I suggest you look up the reading order for all her books. All the series can be read apart from one another, but when you do read them in order you’ll understand certain things better.

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Went on a bit

Not sure if this is meant to be for children or adults. It was a bit of a fairy tale. There was some humour in it but overall it was too long and the reader was slightly irritating.

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Really enjoyed both the story and narrator

I really, really enjoyed these books. The story is great and moves throughout the world introducing many places and characters along with twists and turns. I loved watching Aiden (the main character) as he grew and changed and especially his relationship with Merlin. He is a bit of a whinger in book one, but that is his character and he does grow from there. I think that Merlin is my favourite but sssshhh don't tell Aiden that!

I was really pleased that I could tell which character was speaking by the change in the narrator's voice. It really helped as I could listen without having to work out who was who, it just flowed.

Now that I've finished I'm really going to miss these guys...can't wait to find out what happens next.

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