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Zodiac Academy: The Awakening
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,045
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 5,459
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5,451
I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae. But of course, there’s a catch - all I have to do to claim my birthright is prove that I’m the most powerful supernatural in the whole of Solaria. And sure, technically that’s true, as I’m the daughter of the Savage King. But the bit they didn’t put in the brochure was that every single Fae in this Kingdom would claim my throne if they could.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This is not ‘hot bullying’
- By J on 06-04-21
- Zodiac Academy: The Awakening
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux
Hopeful the story will develop more quickly and excitingly in the coming books.
Reviewed: 01-18-25
Would have loved in middle/HS. Unfortunately, it feels slow and doesn’t have much depth. The concept has merit and I think if they made this into a show like The Vampire Diaries it would be amazing, wish I had better things to say about it.
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Zodiac Academy
- Live and Let Lionel
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 123
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 116
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Story4 out of 5 stars 116
Savage - a short story about Hail and Merissa Vega's love story. The Shimmering Springs - that night Caleb and Seth did or didn't kiss... The moment Geraldine first saw the twins. Seth on the Moon - one Werewolf's wanderings on the moon. Night - that time the twins met the Ruthless Boys - with a never before published chapter!
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4 out of 5 stars
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Details
- By K West on 03-20-25
- Zodiac Academy
- Live and Let Lionel
- By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
- Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux
Don’t start here.
Reviewed: 01-17-25
Review written 01.16.2025, will revisit after completing main series.
Review TL:DR; Start with ZA, The Awakening aka ‘book 1’
Longer review:
I listened to several hours of this (much of it multiple times to catch what was said or to process meaning) before bailing, which is so not me. I rarely dnf a book and almost gave up on the series but I had been lead to believe how much I’d love these and looked closer. Ah… I grabbed the backstory books and this is book 0, which is followed by book 0.5, and THEN book 1, ZA, The Awakening.
I gave it a short second chance after that realization, thinking maybe it would set the scene for me. If you’re familiar with Assassin’s Blade to Throne of Glass, this is not the equivalent to ZA. Assassins Blade was capable of being a stand alone set of stories that could really be read at any time, first or otherwise.
These mini stories, however, (at least up to a few hours in) were confusing, largely futile to understand the gravity relevance/significance of events etc Further, the majority of character voices (especially for the she/her characters) are distractingly obnoxious, some just challenging to understand - despite loving the idea/opportunity for such variety.
So ultimately, I tried ‘book 1’ <— how novel 😅 and am really enjoying it. It feels more YA or intro to Romantasy, than fully fledged Romantasy, but that doesn’t bother me. The narrator is the same woman from book 0 and now I know some of the characters and their voices/accents and can understand various decisions and obnoxious delivery.
I am fairly confident I will have a more enjoyable experience next first-ish time through.
So for now, as a stand alone book I gave it 3 stars overall, 2 for performance, and 3 for story. It has potential, I look forward to seeing how it all plays out in the coming months.
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Critical Role: The Mighty Nein—The Nine Eyes of Lucien
- By: Madeleine Roux, Critical Role
- Narrated by: Robbie Daymond, Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,023
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,022
Lucien has always been able to spin a bad situation to his advantage. From his childhood on the dangerous streets of Shadycreek Run to his years living off the grid and learning blood magic from the Claret Orders, the charismatic blood hunter will find a way to get the upper hand. When Lucien is on a job in the frozen wastelands of Eiselcross with his fellow mercenaries, a rough-and-tumble crew called the Tombtakers, fate leads him to a mysterious journal in the ruins of an ancient city.
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5 out of 5 stars
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SPOILERS Alert
- By Twinmasks on 11-07-22
Oh My Nein! C2 Spoilers, just in case
Reviewed: 01-10-23
CR: The M9 - The 9 Eyes of Lucien has been an incredible backstory, no… 'through-story,' of Lucien-Molly and beyond. It’s the insight we never thought we’d get and so desperately craved. This backdrops the evolution of the fate-touched Lucien from youth to the end of Campaign 2. It is beautifully imagined and hauntingly alive. I’m grateful to have gotten to experience this part of their story. Long May tHEy Reign.
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