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Wintersong

By: S. Jae-Jones
Narrated by: Eva Kaminsky
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All her life, 19-year-old Liesl has heard tales of the beautiful, mysterious Goblin King. He is the Lord of Mischief, the Ruler Underground, and the muse around which her music is composed. Yet, as Liesl helps shoulder the burden of running her family's inn, her dreams of composition and childish fancies about the Goblin King must be set aside in favor of more practical concerns. But when her sister Kathe is taken by the goblins, Liesl journeys to their realm to rescue her sister and return her to the world above.

Down in the Underground, Liesl discovers that the Goblin King still inspires her - musically, physically, emotionally. Yet even as her talent blossoms, Liesl faces an impossible choice. As she grows closer to the Goblin King, both of them must learn just what it is they are each willing to sacrifice: her life, her music, or the end of the world.

Set at the turn of the 19th century, when young upstart composers like Beethoven were forever altering the sound of music, S. Jae-Jones' richly imagined debut spins a spellbinding tale of music, love, sisterhood, and a young woman's search for self-actualization.

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"A maze of beauty and darkness, of music and magic and glittering things, all tied together with exquisite writing. This is a world you will want to stay lost in." (Marie Lu, number-one New York Times best-selling author)
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I didn't really like the narrator in this book. When she read, it was in a stern manner.

book was good

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this book is a mixture of beautiful descriptions and delicious story. by far the best book I've ever read.

perfect book

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CRIMINEY, this book was long. it took me nearly 3 months to read. the story was fantastic, and it definitely gives Labyrinth a run for it's money. a lot of this book really struck home with me, since I am also a very plain girl with a deep love for music like the Protagonist Elizabet. there are several Chekov's guns in this book that I felt never got properly fired. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel... after I read some other books first.

Long, but good.

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I am so heartbroken at the mixed reviews of this book. I genuinely loved it. Yes, some of the themes are complex and twisting, but if you follow the story and read between the lines, the answers are there and the plot points make absolute sense. This is not a book for people who like their action spelled out bluntly and with no nuance like a summer blockbuster movie. This is a book for people who love complexity, who understand that real emotions are complicated, and who appreciate some darkness in their romance. For someone like me who always secretly wished that Sarah had chosen Jareth, this book was my deepest fantasies made real. I was entranced and so happy that I had a 10 hour road trip to binge this book all at once.

Just a friendly recommendation... the narrator is good, but takes waaaay to long to read and the pauses feel so drawn out it's frustrating. I upped the speed just a tad (like 1.15 or something like that) and it was PERFECT. The drama was still there without the overly contrived, drawn out narration.

Poetic and haunting

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More than I had hoped for. Beautiful and haunting. It left me wanting so much more.

Beautifully written tale of love death and life

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Unoriginal, but I couldn't stop listening . . . I loved it so much. Even if all stories don't end in "happily ever after" . . . but perhaps it did, whose to say?

unoriginal

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The story is excellent!!! however the narrator makes it very boring. Unfortunatly....... I'm not sure why she does. Its awful I've never listened to a more intriguing book based around Germanic lore. Then this one and the narrator made me feel like I was in school. think I may actually have to pick up a hard copy and read it in my down time...

omg narrator is awful.

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I could not stop listening to this story. Captivating and haunting at the same time. I look forward to Shadowsong. Truly a gem

Loved this book!

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Beautiful
 
Beautiful. Haunting. Seductive. Wretched loss. All would describe this story but it is what I feel it has done to me that would truly describe it. It has touched me. So it is transcendent, as the author described the music in the story itself.

Beautiful

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I was worried that this would be a poorly written version of the Labyrinth. Thankfully I had nothing to worry about. While the Goblin King definitely appears to look much like David Bowie the story is interesting and well written.

I enjoyed the narrator as well though I found it a little annoying that the audio wasn't better edited. I could hear her take breaths, yawn, and even a little background noise from time to time, none of which fit the story at that point in the time.

All in all it was an enjoyable book. I am not sure if I will read the follow up because I feel as if the story was complete with no need for a follow up.
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Not a retelling of Labyrinth

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