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Inkluderar namnet: Cameron M. Hayden

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My original The Reach Between Worlds audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

The Reach Between Worlds by C.M Hayden is the first book in the series called The Archlight Saga. Taro’s parents are really sick and so he must resort to unsavory dealings with a crime lord to try to make some money to afford their medicine and to support the family. As a part of this, Taro and his sister are suddenly thrust into a complex plot that starts with Taro and his sister entering the Magistarium to learn magic, and also break out a prisoner. The crime lord and the prisoner stand starkly against the Magisterium and what it stands for, leaving Taro in the middle. However, as Taro starts to truly become a part of the Magistarium and make friends, he begins to waver on his loyalties. As the stakes get higher, Taro must decide which side of the fight he wants to be on.

Overall, this was a promising story. A young boy who’s caught between good and evil and in the meantime enters a school to learn magic. And the teachers pitted against this prisoner who escapes and everything hinges on Taros’ actions. Unfortunately, I didn’t feel compelled by any of the characters and many of them felt similar enough that I had a hard time remembering who was who. I was also a little confused about how everything worked, from the magic to the arc light itself, that powers the city. I think that if I had found Taro compelling I would have been able to overlook lack of complete understanding of how everything functioned, but he just seemed to take action after action without much personality. This all compounded. However, since the plot was good, the end was interesting and set up the next novel nicely.

The narration by John Pirhalla was well done, with clearly distinguishable voices for each of the characters. The production quality was good as well. I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes a young adult story about learning magic, learning how to survive in the middle of a complex mess of powerful people, and making hard decisions.

Audiobook was provided for review by the author.
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