A review by dgrachel
The Black Khan: Book Two of the Khorasan Archives by Ausma Zehanat Khan

4.0

I read this in print when it came out last year, and just finished my reread via audiobook to refresh my memory of the events of The Black Khan, in preparation for The Blue Eye which released last week. I loved the story, as I love all of Ausma Zehanat Khan's novels, and you can find a longer review of that also on Goodreads. The audiobook I like less. While I appreciate hearing the names of characters and places read aloud, especially words that I am unfamiliar with, there are other common words that the narrator pronounces oddly. This takes me out of the story and is like nails on a chalkboard. Words definitely have power, but I think the narrator does the novel a disservice. If you have never read the book, I strongly recommend reading it in print as I would hate for there to be anything to distract you from the tale itself. As a means to reread, though, the audio is acceptable, and now I'm as ready as I was last year to begin Book 3 and I can't wait to meet the Mage of the Blue Eye.