I’ve been dipping in and out of this audiobook from my library (borrowbox) over the last week. Unfortunately, this one isn’t read by Valente so it’s not as energetic a reading. I quite enjoyed her zippy, witty wording.

That said, this narrator is still decent and she’s able to do a bunch of interesting voices, but she’s a much calmer reader with a soft narrator voice.

The story itself is still full of adventure and various characters. I enjoyed the idea of shadows and world beneath. The Goblin was also a wonderfully lyrical character!

I just didn’t feel September was as captivating a character as she was in Circumnavigated. Again, that might be because she sounded like a scared little girl, the way the narrator read her.