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This series just keeps getting better

Revisado: 07-06-23

I was engaged from the get-go and it never let up. I can’t wait for the next adventure set in this remarkable world Locke has built.

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A Inspiring Story of Overcoming Trauma

Revisado: 05-05-23

I found the author’s story to be both uplifting and yet sad at times since her childhood trauma caused her so to make so many poor choices along the way. I found the interweaving of timelines helped keep the storyline positive when it could have taken so many bad turns. I especially enjoyed the trek to base camp with the young women and hearing their stories as well and how the trip was helping them to heal too.
Andie using Aaron’s account

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I want more!

Revisado: 12-21-22

Jemisin delivers a perfect short story and manages to make the reader engage with a nameless character who never speaks. I hope she continues his journey someday.

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A wonderful New Universe

Revisado: 04-18-18

reviewing via my husband’s Amazon account
Karen Lord has become one of my new favorite science fiction authors
in this book, she has created one of the most innovative worlds I have read in a very long time. Her characters are also quite fully fleshed and compelling. I look forward to reading other books in the storyline.
Andrea Leigh Ptak

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Italian-American Magic Realism

Revisado: 01-27-17

Today I am really tired. WHY? Because I stayed up way too late finishing this terrific book! It had everything I love in a novel: fully-fleshed out characters, a relatable setting (I am of Italian heritage, raised Roman Catholic, and it's set in about the same time as my own life), and a hint of magic realism. It's told in first-person narrative, a style I enjoy when the narrator has a strong voice as this one does.

Hicks is a masterful reader who does an excellent job in the accents. it fondly brought to mind my own Nonna.

I highly recommend it.

Andie Ptak using hubby's account

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A nice twist on the hero myth

Revisado: 08-07-16

This is a good start to a series. A great idea, though the execution was spotty. it was in dire need of a good editor in some places for both language and pacing. I enjoyed it, but am not dying to read Book 2. I likely will, just not a high priority.

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A fantasy for scifi lovers

Revisado: 06-10-16

I am mediately fell in love with the main character, Morwenna, especially the voice used by the reader to portray her. The first person POV of her journal lets you get into her head and heart, so you get to know her on a very personal level.

Her story unfolds peppered with her critiques of the various science-fiction novels she's reading. It proved to be an interesting technique for letting the reader get a better understanding of Morenna's thought processes.

and just when you thought the final chapter could become a cliché, it surprised you with the delightfully unexpected and satisfying end.
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Older Recording could use updating

Revisado: 04-01-16

I love Connie Willis as an author, and this book both both fascinating and exciting. She occasionally repeats herself, but that did not mar the experience. The audible reading was all right, but I'm not sure how I felt about the narrator's change of voice from character to character. It was, at times, distracting. I'd still recommend it though--especially ally to anyone who enjoys a good time travel

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Superb in Every Way

Revisado: 03-24-16

The Night Circus captured my attention and imagination like no other book since Mark Helprin's A Winters Tale. The writing is exquisite and enhanced by Jim Dale's perfect reading. The story is unique and intricate with its jumps through time and place. The ending was delightful, and left me smiling, and searching for more books by Erin Morgenstern. It is my new favorite book!

Andrea Ptak (hubby's Amazon account)

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Would be a great book for Masterpiece Theater

Revisado: 06-29-15

I loved the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses as a child and this loosely based rework delights me as an adult. The prose is crisp and tight. The characters are finely drawn and like able. You want to know how they will escape their uptown castle. I would olive to see this made into a miniseries as it would attract the Downton Abbey crowd and then some.

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