Entertaining listen!

This new series has a lot of promise. It’s got more grit and appeal for fans of Claire who have continued to read or listen to her stories for over a decade.
The characters are well penned and many are slow burning - it will be interesting to see where they end up.
The swapping of readers is fine, and mostly works.
There are some sound editing issues that ought to have been tidied.

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Good world building, not enough reveals

The two performers need to coordinate better, characters had different accents depending on who was speaking. Enjoyed it overall, interesting story and characters but there were not enough reveals at the end of this book to make me excited for the next - I’m basically just completely in the dark about 8 things and feel they could’ve clued us in about something.

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a must have

i never knew how much i needed this book in my life. excellent workd building in just one book the cultrures and mentalities of so many characters with such depth.
even to go as far as differnt languages, customs and traditions. so fascinating a new but a well travelled journey into this new world cassandra claire created ive got 6hr left on the book and i dont want it to end 😢
wondedful work hope there is book 2 the options are endless

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Re - review

I apologize to Cassandra Clare for my previous review. There is a second book. It does not appear on the title details page unless you click on the one book appearing under included in the series. It is not yet available on Audible, perhaps soon 🙏

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Another good read from Cassandra

Once again Cassandra draws you in, I was a bit dubious about a whole new world away from the shadow hunters but she hasn’t disappointed!

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so so good

loved every second of it but I knew I would. the narrators do a great job as well. I'm so happy the narrators are British too, really grates on me when American narrators are used in a setting that is not appropriate.

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Excellent read

Brilliant story, engaging characters, interesting world. Looking forward to the next installment to see where it goes next!

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A good listen

I enjoyed the story: the setting, the complex mix of politics, people, romance and the mystery. Narrators were good, and brought the people and their often annoying personalities to life. However, why are so many fantasy heroes arrogant, defensive, and frankly annoyingly immature? Perhaps it is to build romantic tension, or to move the plot into moments of high tension, but starts to feel artificial when at no point in the story does either the hero or heroine think that they might have acted differently or said the wrong thing. But if you do not mind this plot artifice, it is an intriguing story.

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Phenomenal story, just the beginning.

Great imagination creating characters you come to care about (& dislike). A kingdom of many cultures. Great depth to the story and I suspect, just the beginning of a great saga. I loved the Shadow Hunter books, but this is written to a whole other level. A really good and engaging listen.

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Adored this book!

The story was totally absorbing, amazing world building, wonderful characters, great plot. I couldn't stop listening! Do yourself a favour and get absorbed in this first book before the second one comes out.

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