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The Magician's Daughter
- By: H. G. Parry
- Narrated by: Rose McPhilemy
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 243
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 201
Off the coast of Ireland sits a legendary island hidden by magic. A place of ruins and ancient trees, sea-salt air and fairy lore, Hy-Brasil is the only home Biddy has ever known. Washed up on its shore as a baby, Biddy lives a quiet life with her guardian, the mercurial magician Rowan. A life she finds increasingly stifling. One night, Rowan fails to return from his mysterious travels. To find him, Biddy must venture into the outside world for the first time. But Rowan has powerful enemies—forces who have hoarded the world’s magic and have set their sights on the magician’s many secrets.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Cute and Enjoyable
- By Cherise on 04-12-23
- The Magician's Daughter
- By: H. G. Parry
- Narrated by: Rose McPhilemy
Another masterpiece
Reviewed: 10-02-24
Beautiful in every way. Parry never misses. The narration was also absolutely captivating. Nothing not to love.
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Babel
- Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
- Length: 21 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,098
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,531
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,524
1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The novel language lovers have been waiting for
- By LisaLee on 09-06-22
- Babel
- Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
- By: R. F. Kuang
- Narrated by: Chris Lew Kum Hoi, Billie Fulford-Brown
Crushing, and incredible.
Reviewed: 10-27-23
The writing and narration are perfect. This book is so important, and the reader actually does it justice. A tour de force on every level. Bravo to everyone involved. What a wrenching truth. A scathing mirror held up to us all.
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Dark Lord of Derkholm
- Derkholm Series, Book 1
- By: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 436
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 379
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 377
Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness...but can it really be stopped?
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my Favorite Fantasy Books
- By Jake on 08-09-19
- Dark Lord of Derkholm
- Derkholm Series, Book 1
- By: Diana Wynne Jones
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
It’s just… perfect.
Reviewed: 12-11-22
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. The narration is positively brilliant. The story is adorable, hilarious, sweet, and viciously satirical.
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Juniper & Thorn
- A Novel
- By: Ava Reid
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 237
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Story4 out of 5 stars 213
Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Revenge Fantasy for Abuse Victims
- By BadKarmaCupcake on 11-02-22
- Juniper & Thorn
- A Novel
- By: Ava Reid
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen
Revenge Fantasy for Abuse Victims
Reviewed: 11-02-22
This book needs so many content warnings it’s staggering. But if you can stomach it all, then the ending is quite satisfying. Here are a few I can remember off the top of my head: sexual assault, sexual abuse, emotional and physical abuse, abuse and molestation of minors, self harm, bulimia, blood, gore, and graphic sex.
This is not as achingly beautiful as Reid’s first novel, but if you’re angry, you like horror, and/or if you’ve ever had trauma and you want to see it played out to a glorious conclusion, this is for you.
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Mrs. Dalloway
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,568
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,367
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,355
It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Whom will she see? Her friend Peter, back from India, who has never really stopped loving her? What about Sally, with whom Clarissa had her life’s happiest moment? Meanwhile, the shell-shocked Septimus Smith is struggling with his life on the same London day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One Tough Read Perfectly Delivered
- By Chris on 06-11-12
- Mrs. Dalloway
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
Brilliant Narration
Reviewed: 07-13-22
Virginia Wolfe is not easily read aloud, but this version is nothing short of brilliant.
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Sistersong
- By: Lucy Holland
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 531
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 476
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 478
In the ancient kingdom of Dumnonia, there is old magic to be found in the whisper of the wind, the roots of the trees, the curl of the grass. King Cador knew this once, but now the land has turned from him, calling instead to his three children. Riva can cure others, but can’t seem to heal her own deep scars. Keyne battles to be accepted for who he truly is—the king’s son. And Sinne dreams of seeing the world, of finding adventure.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful Genre-Defying Story
- By Joelle Trayers on 11-22-21
- Sistersong
- By: Lucy Holland
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
Achingly Beautiful
Reviewed: 01-06-22
Shakespearean tragedy meets Arthurian legend meets modern concerns - or are they so modern, after all? Beautifully written. Narrated to perfection. This Audiobook is magic.
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Bellwether
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,993
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,549
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,548
Sandra Foster studies fads and their meanings for the HiTek corporation. Bennett O'Reilly works with monkey group behavior and chaos theory for the same company. When the two are thrust together due to a misdelivered package and a run of seemingly bad luck, they find a joint project in a flock of sheep. But a series of setbacks and disappointments arise before they are able to find answers to their questions - with the unintended help of the errant, forgetful, and careless office assistant Flip.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pattern Recognition" Meets "Office Space
- By Pam on 07-04-12
- Bellwether
- By: Connie Willis
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Utterly Tone Deaf.
Reviewed: 10-19-20
Deeply disappointed. Willis's book, To Say Nothing Of The Dog was adorable and clever. This was elitist, classist, tone deaf, and ageist. She may as well have written "Get off my lawn!" over and over again for a few hundred pages and had the same effect. I am shocked and saddened after the delight that was the first book of hers I'd read.
I will say that the narrator was positively brilliant, as she is in all her performances. She was the only positive thing about this piece.
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A Deadly Education
- A Novel (The Scholomance, Book 1)
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6,078
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,293
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5,280
I decided that Orion Lake needed to die after the second time he saved my life. Everyone loves Orion Lake. Everyone else, that is. Far as I’m concerned, he can keep his flashy combat magic to himself. I’m not joining his pack of adoring fans. I don’t need help surviving the Scholomance, even if they do. Forget the hordes of monsters and cursed artifacts; I’m probably the most dangerous thing in the place. Just give me a chance and I’ll level mountains and kill untold millions, making myself the dark queen of the world.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Intersting concept, way too much self pity
- By Rune on 10-13-20
- A Deadly Education
- A Novel (The Scholomance, Book 1)
- By: Naomi Novik
- Narrated by: Anisha Dadia
Scathing, perceptive, with grace and humor.
Reviewed: 10-15-20
Every time I read something of Novik's I am convinced it is her best work. She proves me wrong with every new release. This is as brilliant as her other books, but also intimately relatable. Your angry inner teenager is in this story. It will be so good for them to realize they are not the only one carrying the weight of everything around with them. Funny, scathing, incisive. Loved every minute.
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The Shadow Ryana
- The Shadow Sisters Series, Book 1
- By: C. R. Daems
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,120
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,930
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,925
Ryana, a worthless girl-child, is sold to a mysterious woman who takes her to the home of the Shadow Sisters who are prized for their abilities as spies and assassins. She survives years of training in spite of being unconventional: adopting poisonous bats as familiars - something no one else would dare to do; choosing the blow dart as her weapon of choice - a weapon the Sisters don't teach; and relying on intuition rather than logic. As she completes her training, the Shadow Sisters are under attack and send Ryana out to find out who is killing Sisters and why.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fun story
- By Greg on 10-06-18
- The Shadow Ryana
- The Shadow Sisters Series, Book 1
- By: C. R. Daems
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
Terrible cover, INCREDIBLE story!
Reviewed: 09-04-20
What a masterful tale. Reminded me of LeGuin's stories. Don't let the awful cover fool you, this is beautiful and timeless and engrossing. The narrator was also fabulous. Love, love, love!
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Dragonsbane
- By: Barbara Hambly
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 229
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 233
When the Black Dragon seized the Deep of Ylferdun, young Gareth braved the far Winterlands to find John Aversin, Dragonsbane - the only living man ever to slay a dragon. In return for the promise of the King to send help to the Winterlands, Aversin agreed to attempt the nearly impossible feat again.With them, to guard them on the haunted trip south, went Jenny Waynest, a half-taught sorceress and mother of Aversin's sons.But at the decadent Court, nothing was as expected. Rebellion threatened the land.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Didn't want to leave Jenny and the dragon
- By Rohan on 05-15-15
- Dragonsbane
- By: Barbara Hambly
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
captivating story, fantastic narration
Reviewed: 10-22-19
Complex characters, gorgeous settings, well paced action, brilliantly read. I'm only sad it's not longer.
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