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The Bookminder
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Narrated by:
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Bernard Faricy
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By:
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M. K. Wiseman
About this listen
Sired by magick and violence, 16-year-old Liara is found guilty of witchcraft and banished from her tiny village by the very priest who raised, then betrayed her. However, a mysterious mage steps forward to assume custody of her: Nagarath, the Wizard of Parentino, whose secret spellwork has long protected both Liara and Dvigrad from the ravages of war.
Despite Liara’s best hopes, Nagarath refuses to apprentice her to his craft but tasks her instead with the restoration of his neglected library. Liara gleans what magickal knowledge she can on the sly, determined to learn, come what may. But the first test of her stolen knowledge goes awry and renews an evil wizard’s interest in the people of the Limska Draga valley.
Only by tapping Liara’s inherent magick and joining it with his own can Nagarath protect Parentino from suffering a horrible fate. However, her discovery of his secrets destroys their fragile trust and ignites the darker tendencies of her gift. Now, he must rescue her from the influence of his mortal enemy before their powerful new alliance destroys them all.
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The narrator had a good and clear tone and a relaxing timbre.
Fantasy and history combined
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At the outset, it may seem a YA novel but I think it crosses over the boundaries fluidly and could be for all ages, from well-read teens upwards.
Through the course of her belligerent, learning of the craft, I think Liara does learn, even if she ends up in the clutches of evil. In this, the story is well written and the characters are very full of personality and conscience.
There are some great set pieces of magical use and conversations between the various leads and seemed to flow quite nicely.
A thoughtful fantasy, about back to basics magic use, with an interesting setting.
I wasn't as enamoured about the narration. The narrator seemed to read everything off the page in front of him, including the "chapter XX continued" despite the audio breaks being full chapters. It took some getting used to it too but was reasonably good on intonation and characterisation. I have to say I tended to look through it's faults to the story though.
I will be reading the next volume as I am intrigued by the growing up of and learning curve of our main protagonist.
Decent magic fantasy set in the real world
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I really enjoyed this. A good solid fantasy book that kept my imagination going. I do like a good book about creatures & other worlds.
The narrator was good too, a voice you could sit & relax too.
A good fantasy book
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I was pleased I did, the story and world of the Mage is well thought out, there is plenty of sullen teenage angst to suit a younger reader wanting a little more grit with their spells. Older readers can get much from the paternal feelings developed between Liana and her Wizard Guardian and all fantasy fans will get a frisson of delight from the apocalyptic power that a tale tangled with lies, manipulations - and at it's end redemptive acts of love and loyalty unleashes
Thoroughly enjoyable
A promising opener
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