The worst narration ever!

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I felt the story was interesting, but the narration was unbearable, the man's voice was akin to Antony Worrall Thompson, all his inflections were in the wrong place and one of his characters sounded like a terrible Winston Churchill, I managed to finish this first book but can't face any more! Such a pity, I cannot understand how Richard Aspell got this gig and kept it for future books!!!

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Appropriate

Fantastic book and quite the unexpected. Being a fantasy reader Trudi captures the imagination by introducing the listener to a world of magic, suspense and a bit of humour. The reader can identify with the main character and the emotional connection along with the suspense keeps the reader hooked on the book and keen on getting the trilogy. Brilliant writing, exciting story and great character development.

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absolutely fabulous

i love these novels, theare great to listen too and always have a twist in them

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It's a good book

Its a good book and it is long so it lasts longer its really good

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Great 1st installment in a well written series

I am a big fan of all of Trudi's work. The plot is well written and clever. The characters are pictured perfectly. You really get behind / hate them.

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Good book - shame about the narrator

I believe this audiobook is let down by the narrator, Richard Aspel. His timing is poor, he uses inappropriate emphasis on sentences and his odd accents distract from the story rather than adding to it.

The book itself is fun and interesting. Some points were repeated too often and I found myself thinking: "yes, I realised that was important the first 5 times it was mentioned". However, the pace of the book picks up in the final third and I am very interested to find out how the lead character, Sonea, develops in the next book.

Thank you Trudi :)

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A book suitable for adults and children

This is a great fantasy/sc fi book, which is suitable for all ages. The narrator was brilliant....he helped me to visualize the individual characters. The story is about Sonea who has magic but doesn't realise it. When she accidently uses it, the Magicians Guild start to look for her, and suddenly she becomes the most wanted person in town. I highly recommend this especially to younger readers...it is a great start into this genre.

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So long....

I think this story is really way to long !! Such long chapters where nothing has happened except that she is hiding from the magicians......that makes the story very boring.............

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Great! now on to the other ones

Read the books, and loved the audio. i can highly recommend this and the following books

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Good story

I do agree with so many of the other reviewers, the story was good and kept my interest, but the narration was odd to say the least.

I liked the characters - even though I did get a bit confused sometimes because of the unusual names, and the story unfolded well. However, the narrator had strange phrasing, his voices were odd, and I found myself dwelling on this rather than the story. I may buy the kindle editions of the next in the series as it did peak my interest.

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