Thank you so much to MacMillan audio for providing me an advance copy of the audio for this book!

This is my third TJ Klune book and he has such a knack for writing about found family that this one is added to that list!

"In the lives of puppets there’s always a butt that spoils everything."

I do wish I had the physical copy to go along with the audio. Moreso because my brain doesn't allow me to picture what is being read to me. But I was able to follow this one for the most part which I was happy about!

This book had a little of everything, mystery, action sequences, romance, friendship, family. This is pegged as a Pinocchio retelling which it definitely has that element but at one point I felt like there was a little Wizard of Oz in there as well.

I thought the premise of the book was so different and Klune as always has such a unique way of writing and telling his stories that it's easy to get pulled in. And just like with his more recent books, you latch on to the characters and constantly are rooting for them.  I'm very excited to see how artists will draw these characters because I have such an image of my head of them all. Nurse Ratchet reminded me of Rosie from The Jetson, Rambo is a Roomba but with arms(?), HAP & Gio were a little harder for me to picture so that is one that I'm excited to see a drawing of.

"All beings deserve a chance to find out what life could be when they don’t serve others."

The narrator Daniel Henning did such a great job putting his own spin on the characters giving them such distinguish voices that it made listening so much fun!  I could not help but laugh whenever Rambo spoke because it was just so perfect!  I did not do the audio for Cerulean Sea but I saw that he did the narration for that book which I can only imagine how well he did those characters. Bravo Daniel! 

There were definitely times I found myself laughing at the dialogue and the narration just made it even more comical. I just loved how much they all loved each other and that when Gio was captured, they worked together to get him back to his family.  I think fans of Klune will really enjoy this one. 

This is definitely a favorite of mine and will be recommending!! 
I also think this could be a fun one for book club discussions.