Narration was fabulous and the story was compelling

Strong female characters and a great narrative that avoided cliches. Great author! I look forward to reading more of Cobble’s work.

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Great story

Thank you for a different and entertaining read
Loved the steam punk theme & the narrator did a great job
Will look forward to more reads by this author

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Good characters, story and pace.

The story had good pacing right from the start, and the characters were interesting and likeable. It had funny moments, endearing and touching at times. I like the mystery elements to it, part detective work woven in the fantasy world. Good narration adds to the enjoyment and highly recommend this books.

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Great story and characters.

An engaging story that follows its two main heroes through their trials. Though some of the plot is predictable in places it also has some twists and turns to keep you guessing. I would like to see a sequel written on the Cartographer. Only complaint is the chapter numbering system is too difficult to navigate.

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She's a big read, value for money

Bit slow in spots but great listen. Didn't have th high highs or low lows but was steady... and long.

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Incredible

Incredible, truly incredible. Every time I thought I had picked what was going to happen, how it was going to end I was proven wrong. Even when I found myself infuriated at the character's stupid blindness I couldn't stop listening, I truly wanted to know how it ended. And I found it to be a great ending. To the author I would say, I would love to hear more adventures of the cartographer.

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Steampunk meets epic fantasy

It’s refreshing to “read” something that is familiar enough to be accessible yet different enough to be engaging. An interesting narrative with relatable, flawed characters — human, in other words.

The 2nd and 3rd books become more violently and sexually explicit (both of which felt a bit devicey) and I missed the easy, natural voice of book one. But not so much that I stopped listening. I just assumed publisher or reader pressure.

Would love to see an illustrated beastiary to go with the world maps — so many hints at great creatures.

I’m short, I felt I got my $$ worth with the very enjoyable book one so I didn’t mind the convoluted plot or explicitness misfires in books 2 and 3.

Strong narrator too. Easy on the ear. Barely a fumble.

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Great start - but went too long

I was absolutely charmed by the first book. It really got me, and really I think it should have stopped there. In fact, as a reader you could stop there, because after that I found the main character became increasingly less likeable - almost a worse version of himself. The books began to meander and I began to lose interest, finding my mind wander or I'd fall asleep and not rewind.

However, I'm not sure it's the book's fault entirely.

Simon Vance is in my top 3 narrators - I have loved his work so much, bringing lacklustre fantasy to life - but with this series, it feels like maybe it stretched his characterisations further than he could go. There were characters that sounded very similar, which was very difficult when they appeared in scenes together. I've not come across this with Simon before, and it's very odd. Maybe there were too many old men in the same book?!

Overall, the first book is great. Listen, and if you enjoy it, then see how you go. Maybe it's fine for you and it won't drag.

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The Cartographer : Complete Series

What a good book it has everything in it the fray
it also has adventure and war and the people fighting in it I did enjoy it ❤️

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Supernatural Steam Punk

I enjoyed this book immensely! Loved the kind-of Victorian era steam punk world blended with the supernatural, loved the underlying mystery/who-done-it theme running throughout the series interspersed with action, adventure and some political intrigue. Lastly, I loved the 2 main protagonist and the awesome narration. I highly recommended this very entertaining series to anyone who enjoys fantasy and the supernatural. I would certainly love to see more from these characters.

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