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80 reviews

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I think this book may be my favourite of the trilogy. The Ents are so wonderful in this book and I thoroughly enjoy the deeper look we get into Sarumans capture at Isengard. Gandalf is so perfect between books and films I cannot ever tell where one ends and one begins. 
Truly an enjoyable book to listen to. Again Andy Serkis is a god among men for his voice acting abilities and the life he has brought to all of these characters and the story itself. I could get lost in Middle Earth forever. 
10/10 would advise anyone listen to these audiobook versions.

Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lore Olympus will always get 5 stars from me. I first fell in love with the webcomic format of it but am so glad to be able to flip through its print format now. 

Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Lore Olympus will always get 5 stars from me. I first fell in love with the webcomic format of it but am so glad to be able to flip through its print format now. 

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Another wonderful world that I’m excited to dive into by Maas. This book was pretty good, I wouldn’t say it read extremely YA. But it felt slower than ACOTAR. I felt like the depth of emotion was just more surface than anything in ACOTAR, but seeing as these were earlier works and initially YA it makes sense. 

The writing was good, she’s left you with enough mystery at the end to want to hop into the next book. I can clearly tell she’s setting us up with some world building for some big reveals throughout. I’m excited to try and decipher where I’m the Maas universe these books fit. 

Good read altogether! 

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I’ve been trying to read these since I was a kid. For years I have never made it past the halfway mark of the Two Towers. Man was I so happy to discover these audiobooks. 

Andy Serkis does such an amazing job narrating, I felt so much more immersed in the beautiful world Tolkien wrote than when I tried to read it myself. 

This story is beautiful as always. Concerning Hobbits and the time in the shire will always be such  a favourite part of these books always. 

If you have never read them because you’ve seen the movies… I highly advise you read them anyways. Tolkien has painted such a rich world. 

The Bone Witch by Rin Chupeco

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5