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“Leander and I both glance at the bed at the same time, and even though we made a point of it when we rented the room, there’s still a long, long pause as we think about those words. The bed. Just the one.”

bluedaisygirl's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

tempest_reign's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙧 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜: ⭐⭐⭐⭐💫
𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜: 🌶

This was my second read of The Isles of the Gods (first was an eyeball read when it released), and I think I loved this story even more the second time around! As such, this review is of the audiobook narration and production.

The full cast narration really brought this multi-POV book to life — it was so easy to imagine each of the different characters; Selly, the FMC, with her calls-it-as-she-sees-it attitude, Leander, the MMC, and his charming party boy prince facade, Keegan's well-educated aristocratic bookworm, Jude's down on his luck outsider, and Laskia's do-anything-to-win-her-sister's-approval ruthlessness.

One tiny gripe I had, was that Leander sounded slightly older than I thought he should. Not that I didn't thoroughly enjoy his narration (because I did 😏), but it was something that caught my attention.

I found the production as a whole to be very well done, and hope that book two will also be produced by @bolindaaudio, and narrated by the same people!

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕: full cast narration, unique character voices, intriguing magic, all the banter, seafaring adventure, danger, found family, vivid world-building, diversity, queer rep

ohmosh's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jer_m_'s review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Kaufman knows the way around good characters and a goofy and serious time. Had a real "oh no this is a series not a standalone" moment towards the ending since I did no research before-hand, so ending-wise I'm left a smidge wanting. We'll see how it goes with the next installment!

carlyh7's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

blackkbh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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