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The Priory of the Orange Tree

By: Samantha Shannon
Narrated by: Liyah Summers
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A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

©2017 Bloomsbury (P)2019 Audible, Ltd Coming of Age Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Magic
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I loved it and also thought Liyah did a great job with so many characters to pit her voice to.

I eagerly looked forward to getting into a new fantasy and it didn’t let me down. I already have the 2nd book in my library.

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Book was hard to get into but the accents were fantastic once I got over the idea that accents had to belong somewhere!
A nice self contained story that didn't linger too much anywhere and the pacing was consistent.

loved it!

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I loved this book for the first minute to the last. Wonderful performance for the narrater, really loved the characters, the story and the way it is written.

Great story, great performance

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HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; HERETIC; and random Texan accent at the end takes one out of the story! If I change my mind after 3 more re-reads I will change my review … however I am *NOT* a fan of this narrator bc of all the errors she makes.

Priory of the Orange Tree 🍊

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Reader has effective accents but when reading in her neutral English she mispronounces so many words, sometimes says a different word entirely. Very distracting, but if she sorts that out will be good for other books.

Pretty good, more reading care would be good

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So very enjoyable. I am not a person who can reread a book. But this one. Amazing. Multiple POVS, multiple character archs all coming to one point at the end of the story. Honestly just a masterpiece

One of my favourites

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Delightfully real epic fantasy, fast paced and engaging. I didn’t want it to end!
Looking forward to reading other titles by this author.

Thirsting for more

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The story can be difficult to follow with so many characters and places. I believe the book had illustrated maps which would be helpful but don't come with the audiobook

no access to maps

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Enjoyed this story. Good plot and characterisation. Took a bit of effort to follow the world described.

Good story!

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A fantastic story about dragons and medieval politics tarnished by horrific accents and childish voices.
if you can push past that then it's a great read

Great Story, Awful Reading

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