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Narrated by:
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Fajer Al-Kaisi
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By:
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Naseem Jamnia
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In this intricate debut fantasy introducing a queernormative Persian-inspired world, a nonbinary refugee practitioner of blood magic discovers a strange disease that causes political rifts in their new homeland. Persian-American author Naseem Jamnia has crafted a gripping narrative with a moving, nuanced exploration of immigration, gender, healing, and family. Powerful and fascinating, The Bruising of Qilwa is the newest arrival in the era of fantasy classics such as the Broken Earth Trilogy, The Four Profound Weaves, and Who Fears Death.
Firuz-e Jafari is fortunate enough to have immigrated to the Free Democratic City-State of Qilwa, fleeing the slaughter of other traditional Sassanian blood magic practitioners in their homeland. Despite the status of refugees in their new home, Firuz has a good job at a free healing clinic in Qilwa, working with Kofi, a kindly new employer, and mentoring Afsoneh, a troubled orphan refugee with powerful magic.
But Firuz and Kofi have discovered a terrible new disease which leaves mysterious bruises on its victims. The illness is spreading quickly through Qilwa, and there are dangerous accusations of ineptly performed blood magic. In order to survive, Firuz must break a deadly cycle of prejudice, untangle sociopolitical constraints, and find a fresh start for both their blood and found family.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid Debut
- By @abagoflit on 05-26-21
By: Nicole Jarvis
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Storm Glass
- By: Maria V. Snyder
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 806
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 535
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 535
As a glassmaker and a magician-in-training, Opal Cowen understands trial by fire. Now it's time to test her mettle. Someone has sabotaged the Stormdancer clan's glass orbs, killing their most powerful magicians. The Stormdancers--particularly the mysterious and mercurial Kade--require Opal's unique talents to prevent it happening again. But when the mission goes awry, Opal must tap in to a new kind of magic as stunningly potent as it is frightening.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting character, no Gabra
- By Glenn J on 06-16-09
By: Maria V. Snyder
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Escaping Exodus
- A Novel
- By: Nicky Drayden
- Narrated by: Cherise Boothe, Adenrele Ojo
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 95
Earth is a distant memory. Habitable extrasolar planets are still out of reach. For generations, humanity has been clinging to survival by establishing colonies within enormous vacuum-breathing space beasts and mining their resources to the point of depletion. Rash, dreamy, and unconventional, Seske Kaleigh should be preparing for her future role as clan leader, but her people have just culled their latest beast, and she’s eager to find the cause of the violent tremors plaguing their new home.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it! so goey and interesting
- By Dianthaa on 11-16-19
By: Nicky Drayden
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The Prison Healer
- By: Lynette Noni
- Narrated by: Jeanette Illidge
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 720
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 657
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 654
Seventeen-year-old Kiva Meridan has spent the last ten years fighting for survival in the notorious death prison, Zalindov, working as the prison healer. When the Rebel Queen is captured, Kiva is charged with keeping the terminally ill woman alive long enough for her to undergo the Trial by Ordeal: a series of elemental challenges against the torments of air, fire, water, and earth, assigned to only the most dangerous of criminals.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Refreshingly New, Refreshingly Read
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By: Lynette Noni
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City of Lies
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- By: Sam Hawke
- Narrated by: Rosa Coduri, Dan Morgan
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4 out of 5 stars 99
Outwardly, Jovan is the lifelong friend of the Chancellor’s charming, irresponsible Heir. Quiet. Forgettable. In secret, he's a master of poisons and chemicals, trained to protect the Chancellor’s family from treachery. When the Chancellor succumbs to an unknown poison and an army lays siege to the city, Jovan and his sister Kalina must protect the Heir and save their city-state. But treachery lurks in every corner, and the ancient spirits of the land are rising...and angry.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful listen!
- By superstardrifter on 10-03-18
By: Sam Hawke
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Incursion
- The Necromancer's Key, Book 1
- By: Mitchell Hogan
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 15 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 280
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Seventeen years have passed since the Necromancer Queen Talia was overthrown and slain, and her capital city destroyed by the Knights of the Order of Eternal Vigilance. Anskar DeVantte, raised in the sacred disciplines of the Order, is now ready to face the brutal initiation trials to become a consecrated knight-sorcerer. But the further Anskar rises in the ranks the more his faith wavers. As troubling powers awaken within him, a schism grows between Anskar and his hallowed Order, and he draws the hungry gaze of the vanquished queen’s fanatical followers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Michael Kramer!
- By Momof3inSLC on 07-24-20
By: Mitchell Hogan
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The Baine Chronicles Series, Books 1-3
- Burned by Magic, Bound by Magic, Hunted by Magic
- By: Jasmine Walt
- Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
- Length: 20 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 730
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 656
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 661
The first three books in this action-packed, wildly original fantasy series by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Walt. This kick-ass urban fantasy series has been compared to books by Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Karen Marie Moning, and more. You're sure to enjoy it if you like spunky heroines, kick-ass fight scenes, wild new worlds, and sizzling, slow-building romance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent YA light read, but no Patricia Briggs
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By: Jasmine Walt
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Of Beast and Beauty
- Daughters of Eville, Book 1
- By: Chanda Hahn
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,354
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,296
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,294
Everyone dreams of marrying a prince - except for me. I am nothing more than a pawn in my adoptive mother's diabolical plot against the seven kingdoms. I was the chosen tool, her sharpened blade that would cut the deepest into the heart of the kingdom of Baist. But like all deadly weapons, my wedding is two-edged sword that could cost me my soul. For I am Rosalie, one of the adopted daughters of Lady Eville, and it is my duty to enter into a loveless and hate-filled marriage with the narcissistic Crown Prince of Baist.
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4 out of 5 stars
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OF BEAST AND BEAUTY
- By 🐺 SCARLET PIMPERNEL 🐺 on 11-08-19
By: Chanda Hahn
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A Phoenix First Must Burn
- Sixteen Stories of Black Girl Magic, Resistance, and Hope
- By: Patrice Caldwell - editor
- Narrated by: York Whitaker
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that puts Black women and gender-nonconforming individuals at its center. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to futuristic societies and everything in between. Filled with stories of love and betrayal, strength and resistance, this collection contains an array of complex and true-to-life characters through which you cannot help but see yourself reflected.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Ruthi on 03-11-20
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Three Parts Dead
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- Narrated by: Claudia Alick
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 903
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Story4 out of 5 stars 900
A god has died, and it’s up to Tara, a first-year associate in the international necromantic firm of Kelethras, Albrecht, and Ao, to bring him back to life before his city falls apart. Her client is Kos, recently deceased fire god of the city of Alt Coulumb. Without him, the metropolis’ steam generators will shut down, its trains will cease running, and its four million citizens will riot. Tara’s job: resurrect Kos before chaos sets in.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, but the narrator was off
- By John on 07-27-14
By: Max Gladstone
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The Goodnight Kiss
- The Unseelie Court, Book 1
- By: Gwen Rivers
- Narrated by: Kate Marcin
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
An unremembered past. A deadly power. A destiny she never saw coming.... Nic Rutherford is tired of feigning a normal life. She’d rather embrace her strange ability to track local predators and kill them with a kiss. And when her best friend dies, she demands a secretive werewolf help her cross the veil to bring the dead girl back. When her shifter partner reveals the truth behind Nic’s forgotten history, she pushes further into the treacherous Fae realm. But when she trains with the Wild Hunt warriors, she may be signing a magical contract with deathly consequences.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A fantastic exciting storyline!
- By Brandy on 11-04-19
By: Gwen Rivers
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Keeper
- By: Kim Chance
- Narrated by: Katie Schorr
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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When a 200-year-old witch attacks her, 16-year-old bookworm Lainey Styles is determined to find a logical explanation. Even with the impossible staring her in the face, Lainey refuses to believe it - until she finds a photograph linking the witch to her dead mother. After consulting a psychic, Lainey discovers that she, like her mother, is a Keeper: a witch with the exclusive ability to unlock and wield the Grimoire, a dangerous but powerful spell book. But there’s a problem.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Bland
- By 🔥 Phx17 🔥 on 05-25-23
By: Kim Chance
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Witches Steeped in Gold
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 259
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Story4 out of 5 stars 259
Iraya has spent her life in a cell, but every day brings her closer to freedom - and vengeance. Jazmyne is the queen’s daughter, but unlike her sister before her, she has no intention of dying to strengthen her mother’s power. Sworn enemies, these two witches enter a precarious alliance to take down a mutual threat. But power is intoxicating, revenge is a bloody pursuit, and nothing is certain - except the lengths they will go to win this game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cant wait for book two
- By Stuffing's Mommy on 04-22-21
By: Ciannon Smart
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Witchmark
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- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 548
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 501
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 501
Magic marked Miles Singer for suffering the day he was born, doomed either to be a slave to his family's interest or to be committed to a witches' asylum. He went to war to escape his destiny and came home a different man, but he couldn't leave his past behind. The war between Aeland and Laneer leaves men changed, strangers to their friends and family. Even after faking his own death and reinventing himself as a doctor at a cash-strapped veteran's hospital, Miles can't hide what he truly is.
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4 out of 5 stars
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hell of a ride
- By Dianthaa on 01-05-20
By: C. L. Polk
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Of Light and Darkness
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- Narrated by: Joel Froomkin
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Raised by a vampire in a secret society of witches, shifters, and elves, Charlotte finds that she is the freak in her world of magic and wonder. When she stands before an army of impossible obstacles, the likelihood of survival in this coming-of-age modern fairy tale is slim, resulting in a war between light and darkness. Charlotte knows no other home than the one nestled deep in the woods of Eastern Europe, where witches draw spells of enchantment, shifters throw tea parties, and elves are the closest in kin.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beyond amazing with such depth and emotion
- By Rachel on 07-05-16
By: Shayne Leighton
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The Lost Elemental
- Royals of Kingwood Academy, Book 1
- By: Tessa Hale
- Narrated by: Aletha George
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 235
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 230
It was supposed to be simple. All of that changed in a single breath. Because it turns out I'm not human. And I just knocked out the power on an entire city block. In a split second, all of my carefully-laid plans go up in smoke. There's no chance for college because I'm being hauled off to Kingwood Academy. They say it's for my own protection and those around me. But I know one thing for sure . . . I'm not welcome here.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the cutest heartfelt paranormal romance books I've heard all year
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-24
By: Tessa Hale
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The Broken Ones
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- Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer, Erin Moon
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Below Forsaken Mountain, a plot is being hatched to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus, and Marc is the right-hand man of its leader. His involvement is information more than one troll would kill to possess, which is why he must keep it a secret from everyone, even the girl he loves. After accidentally ruining her sister's chance to become queen, Pénélope is given one last opportunity by her father, the Duke d'Angoulême, to make herself useful: she must find proof that the boy she's in love with is conspiring against the crown.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A-MAZE-ING!!!!!!!
- By L. DelPrete on 06-30-17
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- K Naicker
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Loved this book!
Beautifully written, rich world building, lush cultural tapestry, interesting concept and story with a twist at the end! Highly recommended.
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- Mojdeh Bayat
- 11-24-22
Beautifully written and narrated
I am not a fantasy reader, but I loved this beautifully written book, with vivid and colorful descriptions of a world in which there are no issues of gender, gender identity, or sexuality. Yet, the main characters of the story struggle with most other social problems that we deal with today. The writing reads like poetry. The beginning of the story is a tad bit slow, but after the first fifteen to thirty minutes, it picks up very quickly and becomes a truly gratifying experience. The main character is a medical healer who has immigrated to a new land, where their people are not welcomed. The biomedical information that is explained through fiction and fantasy is fascinating. A wonderful bonus is the narrator of this book, who does a fabulous job. His sexy voice and wonderful pronunciations of the Persian language words --which are woven throughout the story -- make you reluctant to stop listening. The writer's afterward is particularly illuminating and makes the conclusion of the story so much more meaningful. This is a very enjoyable listen, a wonderful story from a promising writer. I am looking forward to reading more books from Naseem Jamnia.
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