Ok listen the plot was good. The magic system was unique and all the side characters were really interesting. I loved Gar. Xander and the voice actor who narrated him were amazing!!! I could have listened to him the whole time. His character was great too. 

Violet and her voice actor who narrated her UGH it was bad. It sounded like AI half the time. When the narrator used an accent it was fine. Also Violet as a character was just such a walking “it girl” cliche. Like can we jam every single girl boss energy stereotype into one female character. It was painful. 

The author also spends a ridiculous amount of time describing inanimate objects….like no I do not want to listen to what color the cabinets are or one whole chapter about getting dressed for a party. 

There were also a steep amount of weird audio editing problems. You could hear when extra audio had been added as it took a tin can sound to it. 

Overall I finished this book out of spite. I wanted to know what was going to happen (even the though ending wasn’t actually that shocking or really even that big of a cliffhanger, because we all knew for many chapters as we waited for Violet to catch up) I will likely read book two and not listen even though I will miss Xanders voice. 

*Also note the spice wasn’t that spicey. It was just ok. I thought going into it we might actually get some real Dom/Sub stuff but we didn’t, not really.