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Swordheart

By: T. Kingfisher
Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
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Return to the world of Clockwork Boys in this all-new novel from T. Kingfisher!

Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate...and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman trapped in a prison of enchanted steel. When Halla draws the sword that imprisons him, Sarkis finds himself attempting to defend his new wielder against everything from bandits and roving inquisitors to her own in-laws...and the sword itself may prove to be the greatest threat of all....

©2018 T. Kingfisher (P)2021 Tantor
Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Romance Feel-Good

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Nicely written and narrated

I found the writing quite witty and the narration so very well captures the thoughts of the very likeable characters. I've marked down some books before that had excessive internal deliberations by the characters, but I never felt that it had overstayed its welcome for this book. Maybe it's the likeability of the characters, or maybe the deliberations were not empty or inconsequential to the overall story, and/or how well the narrator performed, but I very much enjoyed listening to this book and chuckling at the cheeky dialogue.

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A light hearted romp

A light hearted adventure with a fun set of characters. I adored Sarkis and his accent really made the character. Halla is a wee bit irritating, but I forgive her for it.
A good read if you don’t want to take anything too seriously. V. little spice

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Light but fun read

I loved this! Found family, slow-paced but fun adventure, interesting characters.
The narration is also lovely. Very easy to listen to!

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Disappointed

I had read so many rave reviews about how this was the perfect comfort read, the cosiest fantasy romance you could get your hands on, and I was excited for that, because it's just not done enough! The premise sounded wonderful and I had high expectations, but boy could I just not get behind how insufferably silly Halla is. I love Zale, Sarkis, Brindle. Even the deliberately unlike able characters were written well enough, but Halla is just so... Dense. I was grinding my teeth through half the novel. There is an attempt to reveal her mindless, meandering questions and distractedness are an intentional act and she's actually clever underneath but the reader is far too privy to her thought process with her being the MC to fall for that for long. She's sweet, kind, generous, yes all those things. I love that she's older, she's bigger, she's a widow. What a refreshing protagonist! But lord I just don't like her at all. Her self deprecating thoughts are hard to not agree with long enough to pity her. I really enjoyed everything else, but her. And well... She's a big part of this so that's hard to look past.

While I'd love to know what happens next with Sarkis and his story with the cliffhanger ending in the sequels, I just can't read them because Halla is just not worth enduring for answers.

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Delightful and cozy

This was such a delightful read to start my new year - this story had me feeling like I was giggling and kicking my feet throughout. The older FMC was a refreshing change from the usual suspects, as was the story taking place somewhere other than an imminent war. loved it!

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Fun and quirky story

The narrator did an amazing job for starters. It was easy to tell who was speaking and her delivery was funny providing personality to the characters. The male voices also weren't cringe for a female attempt. Story was light and upbeat with a few laughs. I like that the characters were a bit older and didn't have the conventional beauty standards either. My only issue was that the FMC didn't really act like someone in her 30's. She felt way too young and naive for someone who had been through what she had with life experience. The author tried to make her seem "secretly intelligent"? but it really wasn't convincing haha. Had she been a young bright eyed teenager I wouldn't complain but yeah, feels misrepresented. Aside from that loved it and the romance was sweet.

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Laugh out loud funny

Spent the weekend guffawing and snorting to myself. Love T Fingfisher's brand of quirky humour, adored Halla and wish I had a Serkis of my own.

First time listening to Jesse's narration. Not only did she fail to make my ears bleed with a whiny voice or annoying accent, but I thought her ability to differentiate between characters was excellent. She's very good at querulous screeching when required as well 😄

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Great book

A great adventure and romance. Quite a few laugh out loud moments. Highly recommended.

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very well done

firstly the narrator did a wonderful job - clear differences between all the characters without going over the top as some people can when doing voices of different genders. they also did a great job with the creatures, really set the vibes of those scenes!

the story was delightful. I do feel that it got a tad repetitive with the many journeys, but overall I really enjoyed the plot, story, and characters. a great read

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Narration is pretty good

I was enjoying the first third of the book but the characters started to get a bit annoying, the romance was a bit dull and there was no interesting intimacy. The fantasy elements weren't great either. I would've been happy with the travelling plot if the relationship/dialogue continued to interest me.

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