I?m not disappointed that I bought this audio book because I just love the story that much, but I do hope that the next one is better. The pacing was off, and it lacked cohesion as a whole. An audio book read by an ensemble cast can be great if done well, but this one had the feel of an acting troupe that hadn?t run their lines enough. It lacked any sort of inflection, especially when heard up against the exuberance of the character actors. The narration was extremely stilted and over-enunciated to the point of sounding like a machine. This audio version, however, fails to do justice to her novel. To this day, as an adult, I still buy every book she publishes, and read them all at least once a year. In fact this book, when it came out, was one of the first fantasy novels that I read as a pre-teen. I will forever worship Tamora Pierce for her writing skills. I was a bit disappointed in the audio version of this wonderful book.
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