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Pretty fun little book for a road trip!

Revisado: 09-20-19 El oyente recibió este título gratis

So another random book I listened to, I couldn't resist, The Supernatural Pet Sitter? I mean c'mon, doesn't that title seem like a really fun idea for a kids book? Well guess what people, it is a fun book. I'd recommend it for a road trip cause it is the perfect length for that.

Narration was pretty solid, characters sound distinct and like age appropriate. Like Pepper and Luna both sounded like actual kids. My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that there were times when characters were like really upset and I feel like the narrator could have made them sound more passionate or angrier. Honestly there's only one instance where I thought this, Pepper's Mom was really angry about something but she just didn't sound angry. Aside from that quibble I thought this was a pretty solid narration!

Story is pretty fun, it's got some nice world building about society of magic existing under our noses, witches and magical familiars, gnomes and a handful of other fantastic creatures. I very much enjoyed how none of the magical characters were really overpowered, which I feel like is common in kids books. Like the witches can use magic, but their magic isn't all powerful and in fact seemed to have lots of restrictions. I think Brandon Sanderson would be proud of this magic system.

If you've got extra credits piling up like I do, give this a shot! It's pretty fun!

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Roll the dice on a fun story with great narration!

Revisado: 03-19-19

Sometimes it's fun to roll the dice on a random book like this. And sometimes it pays off and you have a lot of fun listening to it! To be clear, don't buy this book expecting LOTR. This is a 3 hour long fantasy novella, so temper your expectations. What you can expect is a fun fantasy setting, entertaining characters and a very good narration, and frankly, that's enough for me.

I don't want to touch too much on the story cause it is pretty brief so I don't want to risk spoiling anything. The author does a pretty good job world building considering how short the story is, and he's pretty solid with descriptive prose. I will say that the only thing that threw me off was the main character's name, Daniel. In a world with Seraphs and wild beasts and other fantasy fixtures comes a guy named Daniel. His name just kinda threw me off at first, but it doesn't really detract from the story and you get used to it.

Also I really did enjoy the narrator, she's got this dramatic kind of voice that makes things seem a lot more exciting, I dunno. I actually think it made the story seem more interesting. She's pretty good with doing distinct character voices, it was almost always clear who was talking, but that's not really why I liked her. It was that overall gravitas she adds to the story that's the real reason I liked her. I might actually check out more of her work.

Anyways, I'd check this book out if you want something short and consumable. If you're like me you've got waaaaay too many credits stored up, I've been checking out random books like this, and sometimes you find hidden gems!

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