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Excellent World Building

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5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-27-25

If you like Nnedi Okorafor and Octavia Butler, you will love this series. Tomi Adeyemi is now one of my favorite authors.

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Why are people mad?

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-24-25

The basis of the book is sending dragons from a different plane back to their realm by way of emotional and relatable narrations from two sisters while including subjects like colonialism, racism, and sexism.
Reasons I liked it:
1. Excellent world building
2. Caused self-reflection
3. Kept my distractible brain engaged
4. Story was deep with many layers
5. People mad about the lack of dragons need to re-read the book
6. Great narration with distinguishable voices for each character
7. Maintained universal laws (physics) and all deviations were explained/accounted for
8. Started in what felt like the middle of the story which accelerated the action to earlier in the text, not relying on half the book being background info
9. My pattern recognition wasn’t able to solve the mystery/there was an unexpected ending

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Accent Discontinuities

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4 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-21-25

The accents don’t stay the same and the narrator is like nails on a chalkboard. Good story.

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Audiobook Format Discrepancies

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
1 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-20-25

Clearly this was a different publishing company and voice actor. She pronounced words so differently that it took me until Chapter 34 to realize she was calling the noble magi with streaks “Titans.”

There’s no chapter titles with who is speaking like the other two books.

The lack of continuity in the audiobook publishing process really ticks me off.

The story, as always, has my heart hooked.

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Incredible Must-Read

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-08-25

Every single white person in America needs to listen to this. There’s something about laughing while facing your own racism that makes it easier to process.

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Narrator dragged on a lackluster story

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-16-23

I wanted to love this. It’s a niche genre I read and listen to a lot of, so the ease of finding a good series is always awesome. Unfortunately, the characters lack depth beyond the narrator’s poor accents. These accents ended up feeling like needles piercing my eardrum periodically. Every time the narrator voiced a youth or excited adult, a shiver spiked down my back. The story itself is predictable but because I find comfort in the genre, it gained an extra star for storyline. The listeners/readers are placed in a familiar setting with a heavy Roddenberry influence. I’m going to give this author another shot with another narrator.

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