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Crier's War

By: Nina Varela
Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
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From debut author Nina Varela comes the first audiobook in an Own Voices, richly imagined epic fantasy duology about an impossible love between two girls - one human, one Made - whose romance could be the beginning of a revolution.

Perfect for fans of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse as well as Game of Thrones and Westworld.

After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, designed to be the playthings of royals, usurped their owners’ estates and bent the human race to their will.

Now, Ayla, a human servant rising in the ranks at the House of the Sovereign, dreams of avenging her family’s death...by killing the sovereign’s daughter, Lady Crier.

Crier was Made to be beautiful, flawless, and to carry on her father’s legacy. But that was before her betrothal to the enigmatic Scyre Kinok, before she discovered her father isn’t the benevolent king she once admired, and most importantly, before she met Ayla.

Now, with growing human unrest across the land, pressures from a foreign queen, and an evil new leader on the rise, Crier and Ayla find there may be only one path to love: war.

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Book was very well performed in a careful and relaxing tone. Really loved the writing and concepts in this book.

interesting and poetic

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Firstly, the narrator was very over dramatic. She would make even the most mundane sentence sound dramatic and when anything actually happened I just didn’t care. I felt burned out listening to it.

The rest of the story is ok. It’s faults aren’t unforgivable. I just felt like this story didn’t bring anything new to the table (except I suppose for the sapphic romance). It was very predictable and I felt the ending was lacklustre. The romance was slow burn without any real pay off. Compared to other things I have read this just doesn’t measure up.

Not bad but not good

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