too slow and overuse of the same phrases

please please find another word instead of "flesh" it is so overused in this book and in others by these writers, .. I generally like the books but the overuse of certain phrases is ruining it for me.

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A good book, for someone else...

I wanted to like this book. A re-telling of Aladdin with the 40 thieves, genie, magic, princess, etc. I loved the much lighter and more humorous Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac, and I hoped for something similar. And yet... this is the first time in a long time that it was hard for me to get through the book. I'm sure this is a great story... for someone else. It's high fantasy rather than paranormal. Think horses and swords instead of cars and phones.

There are two main females and two main males. 9 hours in, nothing has happened. Not all the characters have met each other and the only characters I like are our insane Kyra and the humor of Drake a bit. If I was reading this rather than listening, I'd be fast skimming the chapters with Cassius and Austyn since they are so amazingly boring, especially Austyn. Austyn's character is just so cringe worthy for most of the story. 'oh won't someone save me! I've been stuck for years with my wicked step mother! And no one notices!' We get that her situation is horrible and stifling, but chapter after chapter after chapter showing just how horrible she has it... it doesn't add much to the story except length. And usually I'm all for longer audible books, more listening time for my credit, but I think this is one of the few times I wished that the story was shorter.

After about 10 hours, it felt like the story finally started.

After about 11 hours, one of the main characters finally meets up with other characters.

Halfway through I find that I'm starting to actually care about 3 of the 4 characters (sorry Austyn) and the plot has my attention enough that I sorta want to continue listening. I'm always worried when a chapter ends that the next chapter will be from Austyn's perspective.

18 hours in, I just gave up. I'll probably come by to this again in a few years when the series is done. We know this will end up on a cliffhanger anyways.

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Soooo good

I liked the story and the different point of views. Can’t wait for the next one!

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Good story

I loved the story. It had some good plot twists so it didn’t feel like the same story rehashed. I switched between reading and listening. I found the female narrator’s constant angst ridden vocal very hard to bear. All the female characters had angsty vocals which just made them seem annoying.

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excellent

love these authors
excellent story and narration
can't wait for book 2 to come out

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A retelling to fall in love with

When your favourite authors bring you a whole new world to fall in love with. Filled with a delicious bad boy, a fallen good guy, the beautiful princess and a villain we hate. Throw in a magical Fae from old and one hell of an adventure! Obviously it wouldn’t be a twisted sisters story if they made the journey easy and the ending anything less than shocking.
This is one of the very few high fantasy books I’ve read/ listened to. It’s not my usual go to trope but the narrators are some of my favourites and the authors are amazing so I knew I could trust them with giving us a great story.

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What A Ride

I read the book initially before listening to it again through Bridget and Jake who truly brought it all to life. Amazing!

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