Awesome

A great conclusion of the series. I did see the identity of the * no spoilers!* a mile away but the reveal was still enjoyable.
Highly recommend the whole series

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Great story

This was a great addition to the series, but I must say I was a bit disappointed with the narrator's male voice impressions. Although her general narration was ok, all the males unfortunately sounded like the same high-strung, pompous twat which was frustrating. Not only were they difficult to listen to, but it was challenging at times to know which male was talking in conversations as they had the same voice. I feel they should have stuck with the original narrator for the whole series

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Missing Finty Williams

Still kind of enjoyed story but the narration of the male parts made it grating. If you can, I would read it if that’s possible. If there was a scheduling conflict they should have just waited.

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Loose ends tied up

An enjoyable third installment to this series, although the change in narrator initially put me off. They spoke so fast - I have never had to make the tempo slower before.

This narrator did a better job of Hetta in that it made her sound more age appropriate except now she sounds daft all at the same time - not the rebellious person she sounded like in the first one. The rest of the characters were awful.

I stuck it out as I was invested though and look forward to the audio book being released for the next one.

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Ok but narration very disappointing

The story continues but the change in the narrator significantly impacts the enjoyment. The narrator for the first 2 books has such a gentle, expressive, rich, style which adds significantly to the audible experience, by contrast the new narrator has a clipped and crushed style that whist expressive treats the characters in such an overdone manner I found the listen much less enjoyable. I expected a calm relaxing lilting listen that seamlessly transitions between characters to a rushed clipped almost comical over-exaggerated disjointed listen. The pacing varied significantly which I also found distracting. Enjoyed the story but wanted this listen to be done so I could move on to the next book hopefully with the wonderful original narration artist!

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Great conclusion - dreadful narration

This was a fantastic conclusion to the Stariel series - I love all of these characters and the journey they've been through. 5 stars for the story - I can't wait to read more of A. J. Lancaster's work! If I was the author, however, I would be FUMING at the bloody awful narration. I'm glad I love this series, as I otherwise could not have finished listening (and it was a struggle at times). Harsh character accents that all sounded the same, lots of mispronunciations of common words, and odd, confusing pacing plagued this audiobook. Did no one listen to this before releasing it?? The previous narrator was brilliant and I hope they return to her for any future works. Overall, however - thank you A. J. Lancaster for a wonderful series!

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The story seemed somewhat rushed towards the end.

I did not like the change in narrator. Hard to tell the male characters apart, which made for a disappointing end in what had been an enjoyable series.

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Enjoyable story, poor performance

Reading errors. Male characters voiced in identical grating nasal timbre. Tone rarely matched story's context.

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The king of faerie

The reader on this book really killed it, sorry to say the male voices all sound like the same uptight robot .
I really only persisted because it’s the last book in the series

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Terrible narration ruins the conclusion

I listen to many audiobooks and this is one of the worst narrations I've heard. The reading is painfully stilted, the male characters are difficult to listen to, robotic and toneless. Such a shame as the writing is quite good, the story decent. Persevered for the sake of completion.

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