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My confusion about the plot has come from the narrator of the audiobook. The voice that the main character has been hearing this whole time sounded like a woman's voice and absolutely nothing like the voice she gave the ghost dude in the castle. This whole time I was wondering what happened with him and what this magical woman was doing talking to her. It makes more sense now that we're in the cave.

Coming back to finish this, but ready to be done with it already.

I am so close to being done with this book, maybe three hours, and I am still fighting DNFing it. Had to switch to something else and that may have given me the boost I need to return to finish it off.

Really loving how relaxed this is. Perfect for before bed listening.

I already have a feeling that I'm going to want to reread this book whenever I'm struggling and need a comfort read.

Thanks to Critical Roll I am now imaging the warden as being played by Matt Mercer

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Put this on hold for holiday reads but I need a feel good win now so I'm whipping out the big guns with this one.

I don't say this often but this was too juvenile for me (and also was written like a word salad which didn't help).

Torn about whether to DNF or keep going.

Have also realized, in looking for other books, how many books Harper Audio has produced 😳

Another Harper Collins audiobook that I won't be updating on until the HC Union gets fair contracts.
Will just say I needed something lighthearted.

Day 57 of the Harper Collins strike, which has more determination than I do to finish this book.

It's been hard but still not posting updates or a review until the Harper Collins strike gets its demands met. Entering the mediation room doesn't mean the line breaks yet! https://linktr.ee/hcpunion

The arrow sound effects are back. They are so bad 🤦‍♀️

The witch and old man are basically the Stepmother and Sidekick from Enchanted.

Well that's a twist I didn't expect. I thought he was a good guy!

These sound effects 😂

In solidarity with those protesting the unfair circumstances of their contracts with Harper Collins, I won't be updating on this book or rating when I'm done until fair contracts are signed.

I have 14 days to read this before the 200 moms on the wait list at my library devour it for the next 6 months

Final verdict for backlist book number 1:

I'm DNFing this. The writing, story, and characters are a hot mess. I'm so sad because I always thought this series would be a slam dunk 5 stars which is why I kept putting it off for a rainy day. So disappointed and definitely won't be continuing.

With the cover and the Shakespeare themes, I imagine this book would take place in an ambiguous older time period, but with modern references in the description of the glowing exit sign and theatre critic, it may be modern? I wish this was clarified more.
Also, I'm half way through and we just got a kind of reference to the Book and it's power. But it's a blink and you miss it line from Ophelia.

I'm so confused by this book. It is considered YA but reads as *incredibly* juvenile. It doesn't even live up to the standard of middle grade fiction nowadays. There have been multiple butt jokes and our main character reads as maybe 10-12, but she has also smoked cigarettes and is supposed to be in a love triangle (which doesn't feel appropriate or well executed). I always thought I would love this and now I'm sad

I'm almost half way through and nothing in the synopsis has actually happened yet. I like the setting, the fairies and the fact that the theatre is alive. But I thought the tone of this would be more Station Eleven and less Scholastic.

The later covers have more than one dude and I'm really hoping Ariel and Nate don't start a love triangle.

Whoever is doing the stage manager's voice sounds like the villain in The Princess Bride.

Need a fun read full of joy and I really enjoyed Miller's Christmas stories, so I'm picking this one up.

My sister actually got this book series when we were teens and it's been on my TBR ever since. Trying to read some of the books that have been on my backlist, that I've been meaning to get to for the longest, this year. This series was on the top of my list.

Also the audiobook has a full cast and I'm stoked.

This section kind of just feels like that revolving door gag from Scooby-Doo, with the girls, Wallace, and August running around after each other but add the ship sinking.

These girls use vents like they are in Among Us 🤣