Mask of Shadows

By: Linsey Miller

Narrated by: Deryn Edwards

Gender-fluid Sallot Leon is a thief, and a good one at that. But Sal wants nothing more than to escape the drudgery of life as a highway robber and to get closer to the nobles who destroyed home. So when auditions to become a member of The Left Hand - the Queen's personal assassins - are announced, Sal jumps at the chance to infiltrate the court and get revenge. But a childhood as a common criminal hardly prepared Sal for the audition: a fight to the death filled with clever circus acrobats, lethal apothecaries, and vicious ex-soldiers. But Sal succeeds in the competition, winning the heart of an intriguing scribe at court, and, together, they begin to dream of a new life and a different future - a future that they can have only if they both survive....

©2017 Linsey Miller (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Perfect Narrator

Every minute not listening to this, I was thinking about listening to it. Perfect narration.

loved it!

Despite some little things in writing, and there being more than a few times it was hard to tell whether the narrator was supposed to be speaking out loud or simply thinking to themselves, I can whole heatedly suggest listening.

Very much enjoyed Sal, the protagonist and point of view character. Always glad to have a non-binary main character who feels realized like them.

I am thrilled to have found a book featuring a gender fluid protagonist!

I was particularly e traced by the easy way the world building was done. No long sections of text describing the who and what and why of it all, just a story told the way someone living it would tell it. Marvelous work!

New Favorite Series

Excellent writing, great characters and just the right amount of fun. Fan of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir will enjoy this series and author as well. Worth buying!! :)

Interesting

I don't review often, but this book was interesting and different! Give it a chance