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How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse
- Arithmancy and Anarchy: The Thorne Chronicles Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Nicole Poole
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Rory Thorne is a princess with 13 fairy blessings, the most important of which is to see through flattery and platitudes. As the eldest daughter, she always imagined she'd inherit her father's throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium.
Then, her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to the prince of a distant world.
When Rory arrives in her new home, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat her newly betrothed and usurp his throne. An unscrupulous minister has conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat foolish) prince. With only her wits and a small team of allies, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the prince.
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse is a feminist reimagining of familiar fairy tale tropes and a story of resistance and self-determination - how small acts of rebellion can lead a princess to not just save herself, but change the course of history.
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- Redwit28
- 22-10-2019
A good book, with a few minor flaws
Regardless of the advertising, this is not a remade fairy tale with a woman at the fore, it's a team player book with a girl as the main character, slight but significant difference. Wry humour throughout and likable characters, well narrated. A few slips in pronounciation - she pronounces consortium as consorshim (and it's written a LOT so it's frequently annoying) and omnishent instead of omniscient, hopefully someone will correct these details if she reads the next book. I enjoyed the story, and the magic/tech was just enough explained to let it make sense in suspended disbelief but not so wordy/lengthy that it bores. However, after a well written tale there's a very sudden and involved ending, in fact that very first mention of anything to do with "destroying the multiverse'. It's suddenly "and so in this one sentence we will tell you the entire future and complex relationships developing from this tale the end". Perhaps the second book in this duology will plump this out a bit, the characterisations and humour are more than enough to make up for the minor flaws and I will be buying it.
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- TS
- 03-06-2020
Fun story!
The title caught my attention, and it makes for a fun and entertaining read, mixing different themes (traditions, science fiction, Arithmancy, etc). Couldn’t stop listening it!
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- carrolyn
- 08-06-2023
An unexpected gem
This book is a great scifi fantasy mash up. I also enjoyed the chronicler's asides for this "history" as an extra dimension to the story telling. I became a fan of the characters as the book went on. The narrator is also easy to listen to which always adds a big plus to audio books. I will certainly want to listen to the next book.
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