Fantasy – The Audiobook Review

Caput Mundi

2 June 2026

Kidnapping an eleven-year-old because his dad owes money sounds like a fairly grim way to open a middle grade fantasy, but fortunately for Niil, his kidnappers are quite personable for people trying to use him as a bargaining chip. It […]

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My Big Goblin Space Program 2

9 April 2026

I am starting to really appreciate a good recap at the start of a sequel. With the number of series I bounce between, a quick refresher goes a long way. This one keeps it brief and to the point, which

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Blood Eternal

3 April 2026

Ancient enemies from before the dawn of time? Yep! After bouncing around the world in Blood Demands, this instalment spends more time digging into the past as part of uncovering what exactly is going on, and why Noosh and her

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Blood Demands

31 March 2026

Blood Demands picks up directly after the events of the first book in the Blood & Ancient Scrolls series, continuing Noosh’s journey deeper into the secretive and dangerous world of the Am’r as she continues her transition from ordinary human

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The Doomsayer Journeys

24 March 2026

Three books, one credit, written by an author I have enjoyed in the past? Yes please! In the mood for something light and absurd, this looked just the ticket. I’d been sitting on it for ages and finally got around

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Emberstone Farm 2

20 March 2026

The second entry in the Emberstone Farm series is just as pleasant to listen to as the first. Maybe a little slower, thinking about it. While the first had some tension where Violet was stuck in the mines for a

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My Big Goblin Space Program

27 February 2026

Chris just wanted to be an astronaut and walk on the moon. A motorcycle accident ruled him out, or so he thought, which cost him both his legs. Not quite the usual truck-kun method of reincarnation, but close. A second

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The Hidden Kingdom

27 January 2026

The Hidden Kingdom steps straight into familiar fantasy territory with rival princes, a volatile king, backstabbing advisors, old laws rubbing up against ambition, and a kingdom that feels like it’s been waiting a long time for things to go wrong.

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Beware of Chicken 5

6 January 2026

Beware of Chicken 5 is a smaller, slower entry in the series, but it still delivers the warmth and laughs I’ve come to expect. After the bigger events of Book 3 and the world‑building of Book 4, this volume pulls

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The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop

16 December 2025

I stumbled into The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop a bit like the characters do in the story, which felt fitting. I’d meant to listen when I first grabbed it, then forgot about it, then found it sitting in my library

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The Lavender Blade

21 November 2025

There’s something immediately satisfying about a story that knows exactly what kind of world it’s playing in. The Lavender Blade has that rich, old-world texture where the air smells faintly of coal dust and class divides, and where the wealthy

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When the Angel of Death Tells Bedtime Stories

3 November 2025

I enjoy a quirky title, and When the Angel of Death Tells Bedtime Stories nails it: weird, unsettling, and somehow entirely accurate. It makes it sounds like something between a dark fairytale and a theological thought experiment, and in a

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