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The King of Faerie

Stariel, Book 4

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By: AJ Lancaster
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham
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The fae are real, and Hetta Valstar is trying her best to marry one.

If Hetta and Wyn ever manage to marry, it will be the first union between Faerie and Mortal since the Iron Law was revoked. The mortal Queen has given them her blessing - sort of. Now, Wyn needs permission from the fae High King.

There’s an intensely personal reason why they need to tie the knot as soon as possible, and time is not on their side. The clock is ticking. Except in Wyn’s home court, which is trapped under magical stasis. To break the spell will mean venturing into the deepest realms of Faerie, where even fae princes - and definitely human lords - fear to tread.

Unfortunately, the fae problems aren’t limited to Faerie. Public tension is rising, and the reveal of Wyn’s true identity makes him and Hetta the centre of the storm. On top of this, Stariel’s magic is going haywire, and Hetta is struggling with her intensifying powers - and she might not be the only one affected.

The High King might be the only one who can help, since he’s responsible for the fae returning to the Mortal Realm in the first place.

If only they knew where he was.

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the change of narrator makes absolutely zero sense and made it incredibly difficult to get through this book. why would you change for the final book? her performance was fine, but it did feel rushed in some places with pauses not where one would expect. I'm sure she's a reasonable narrator but it's a jarring break after 3 books. it changes so much about the tone and interpretation of the characters and is distracting.

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Amazing story but really terrible narration. It’s read like a news report rather than a novel. I only persevered because I loved the other 3 installments

Great story; terrible narration

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I absolutely loved this series and am really sad its over. The final book has a new narrator which is a little jarring to begin with but after a few chapters to adjust its fine

Fantastic series worth the listen

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I’ve very much enjoyed this series which is lighthearted and entertaining - just what’s needed when the world is so grim. The author’s style is good and easy to listen to.

There are pacing issues at times when an incident can go on interminably followed by key periods that flash by in a blink. It’s also frustrating when a major plot point is about to be revealed but the key character involved gets tired or develops a headache and goes to bed, or randomly decides ‘now isn’t the time’ leaving the reader hanging. In my case, I then guess the plot point (generally not hard) which undermines any tension the author is trying to cling to.

Having said that, I’ve very much enjoyed the world, the characters and the language. The author establishes an Edwardian/early 20’s feel world very well, she’s made a real effort with the language and culture. I’m quite happy for the romance to support the plot rather than the other way around and I like the two protagonists. The fact that the ‘baddies’ are more complex than black is something I also very much enjoy in a book. I can definitely recommend this series as a well written, light, fun, fantasy read.

The first 3 books in the series were read by the excellent Finty Williams who raises a good book series to an excellent audio listen. Unfortunately the same can’t be said of the current narrator who is far too concerned with enunciation and pronunciation to have the bandwidth for character or even, sometimes, for sense or meaning. Luckily I had the Kindle book and a long train journey so I bypassed the narrator for most of this instalment.

I understand there is going to be a fifth book in this world. I enjoyed Marius’ storyline so I’ll definitely check it out, however if this narrator is doing the audio I’ll stick with the e-book on its own.

Good yarn, shame about the narrator

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I feel like not so much care was taken when publishing this final instalment of this story. The chapter titles are not included like the first 3. The change of narrator in my opinion is dreadful. The characters don’t sound like themselves and there is little to inflection when they ‘speak’ all the male characters shout everything. If the story was not so good I would not have struggled through this. If you are able to I would read the entire series and not bother with the Audible version. Such a shame.

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