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3.5
adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thanks to Netgalley and Macmillan UK Audio for this audio arc. 

This is very insta love-y and I think Xian can be a bit of a dick, and also kinda stupid which annoyed me. But maybe it's just because it's classic YA and I could see the plot points coming. I did like Zhen but he was a bit too self sacrificing and tbh probably would've been better without Xian 😅

The overall story was interesting and it was refreshing that the creature he turned into was a snake, as that's not very common in fantasy books. Some parts of it reminded me of Elizabeth Lim's stories but I imagine that's because they're all pulled from similar mythology.

The audio narrators were good but, maybe because it was an arc, the sound quality could've been better.