Anonymous
On book 2 and I find the romantic relationship a bit annoying. I genuinely enjoyed their relationship in book 1 and loved their development. But Book 2 gave “on again off again” vibes to me and I found it hard to get past. However, I’m not convinced my standoffish feelings for the pair don’t stem from my dislike of the male narrator. It’s a very heavy dislike too. Almost stopped listening bc of him! Awkward long pauses, staccato speech rhythm, random accents - CHANGING accents - sometimes no accents for characters who previously had accents and then later on the accents came back. When narrating dialogue he has three settings: pouting mumbling man (deep, sometimes slurred, and grumbly), suddenly very angry man (loud - so loud I had to quick turn the volume down - ground speech, short and clipped) or super high pitched unrealistic little girl voice. But the female narrator is VERY good and consistent. I saw another review talking about how the book attacks Catholicism and I would have to disagree. It’s a fantasy book. It’s fiction. The author never states the name of the religion, but it is probable that she took some inspiration from reality. That a very normal thing to do. All the author has done is taken legends, religion, scripture, etc and made a story. I don’t think the Catholic Church prosecutes these types of witches exist in reality sooo… Tolkien and other authors have done the same thing. If that bothers you, read a different book. Overall I am looking forward to the next book!