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Gail F.

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Unique concept, standard execution - but in a good way

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 10-09-24

Very cool high concept about a haunted house, and the characters were well designed and complex enough. However, the actual villain was kinda missing. Don’t get me wrong, this is worth listening to, I just wish there was more depth about the villain and their motivations.

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Morgan Le Fay comes alive

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 09-05-24

Amazing blend of the King Arthur narrative along with a compelling motivation of the iconic force known as Morgan Le Fay. This follow up is solid and I listened to it in record time. It had been a couple of years since the first installment but it swept up all the storylines with ease. Recommended to those looking for a bit of good fantasy mixed with a heaping dash of womanly righteousness.

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Excellent character building

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 03-01-23

No spoilers
Some say this is slow, perhaps they are looking for a pulse-pounding Harry Potter ride. Skip that, this has the true gravitas of true character building with a solid focus on what matters…. the nuanced creation of King Arthur and Merlin’s nemesis. We discover Morgan from childhood and teen years, through adulthood. This is a bold take on the legend, giving a far more human spin on par with what WICKED did for the Oz legend, or what the MALEFICENT films wanted to do with the Sleeping Beauty legend. If you are down for that, then listen to this. If you’re into political intrigue, forbidden love, familial obligation with a side dish of history then this is worth your time.

Also, keep note… this delves into a bit of the female empowerment trope, which is easy to do in a world when women were treated as second-class people - even as queens. The rise of Morgan can come no way but through that sense of empowerment, I for one welcomed it.

The narrator was very measured, so if you’re expecting swift and agitated voice work you might not care much. I liked it because this is all ground work of the character. However, I do wonder how future books will feel when (or if) actual battles are waged. In this first installment battle action and the wars of knights are mentioned of in the background, like footnotes. I appreciated that because those fights did not include Morgan herself. In future books I hope Morgan herself will fight .

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Evil Dead meets Jurassic Park

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5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-29-23

The reader was a bit flat, but that’s okay because he was hired to delivery the deadpan jokes. Humor is part of this package and reading this with a straight face was actually a good idea.

A lot of bodies, blood, gore and dark humor. Moves fast, too. I liked it a lot. My kinda high-concept book.

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Not bad for some escapist fun

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-31-22

No spoilers:
Always nice to read horror/adventure with a new hook. Brotherhood of the Wheel takes some of the ordinary mundane rules of the road that we all know and gives it a supernatural spin. A bit over-the-top at the end, but it comes together in fun way. Read this for the fun, leave the logic loopholes on the kitchen counter.

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