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So, first a few complaints. One, the four narrators were barely distinct even though their stories were quite different and should have resulted in quite individualized narrative voices. The audio production didn't help by using a single narrator for the whole book, but I think this is a fault with the author's text more than with the audio narrator. Two, the historical context that makes this setting interesting is almost completely undeveloped. We are told that they are living in this awesome
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This book combined my three favorite themes: Strong Women, Historical Fact, and Magic. And it is one of the best books that I have read in a long time.
This story will stay with me for a long time. It was a slow starter and I wasn't hooked until about page 100 but after that I was all in.
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