A fitting ending to the story

Another great story and brilliant ending to the series. It did take some time to get used to the change of narrator and some pronunciations but that’s just because I started this straight after the first one ended.

Spoilers below:
The book feels a bit slow while Tar is trying to assemble her council but after we get into the Crocodile subplot it’s much more interesting. It does get a while before we see the Underworld almost at the end and that goes past very quickly.

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Great story! Narration however . . .

I would have really enjoyed it more if the same narrator as the first book read this. It missed the same charm and flow.

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A worthy sequel!

Sequels rarely measure up to the original but this one did. The conclusion to Tarisai’s story. I wanted to finish this book just to see how it concludes, but I wanted to savour it. Draw out the ending as much as possible because I didn’t wanna part ways with this exciting story, and these beautiful characters. I loved every moment of it.

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Interesting

A slow start but it blossomed into a great book. Interesting take on African folklore.

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they changed the narrator

the story is gripping and beautiful, but the change in narrator is a little jarring. First couple of chapters were a struggle, but it got a lot better toward the middle. Worth a listen.

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love the story.

I preferred the narrator of the first book. Once I got wrapped in the story, I was hooked. loved it

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Great book, but dearly missed the old narrator!

I truly loved these books, but I really felt the loss of Weruche Opia in this one. I'm sure I wouldn't have felt it as much if Abbott-Pratt had narrated Raybearer, but the radical change of accent, dictation and pronunciations really left me wanting.

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Thoroughly enjoyable sequel

This was an amazing sequel! I'm sad there aren't more book planned.
The only thing that I found a bit off to begin with was that the narrator was not the same as the first book. She still provided an excellent performance, it was just a little jarring at first. I will definitely relisten/reread this book again (probably in the near future).

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A rich world with wonderful characters

I have really loved these books. Such wonderful storytelling and world building. I'm only sad the narrator changed from Raybearer. The narration of Tarisai is a very jarring mix of accents, including strong American at some points, which slightly ruined the authenticity. It took me a long time to adapt to the new narrator. However, I did get used to her version in the end. I just wish it had been the same voice for both. I would thoroughly recommend this series.

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Once you get used to the narrator it’s great

The story as a whole is amazing. I missed the last narrator because she had voices for each character that I was used to and familiar with but this narrator tried her best. She was American, so it wasn’t completely fitting but she tried.

It’s worth a listen and I think that this book series is going to go into the lists of classics.

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