Kudos to Jim Dale
I had high hopes for this book, and while Jim Dale is an awesome narrator and the prose was beautiful, I just got bored by the story. It started off really interesting, the premise was fantastical and intriguing, but I never became fully engaged with the characters or what was happening. I tend to avoid books that revolve around an infatuation, and that’s precisely what this one did. However, for the right audience this is an excellent book. It has brilliant imagery and the writing is inventive and just simply amazing. There were certain passages that I was transfixed by, and a couple that I actually went back to and listened to again. I just wish the actual story had been up to the quality of the prose. But again, if this type of story is one that interests you, you will not be disappointed. It is, indeed, a magical tale.