The Laughing Listener
November 2018
Format: Hardback & Audiobook
Narrator: James Marsters *Standing ovation*
You seriously haven’t lived until you hear James Marsters talk like a kelpie
Length: 30 hours & 23 minutes

Story Rating: 5 Stars
Performance Rating: 5 Stars
Overall Rating: 5 Stars

THIS. BOOK. WAS. INSANITY. And I just???? Oh my god. FEELINGS.



And similar to my Lord of Shadows review, there is no possible way I can form complete, coherent, constructive sentences right now, so I’ll just list why this book is the shit.

- Slytherin Julian
- Kit being adorable and hilarious
- All the Herondale-ness
- Jace with a beard
- Twisty plot
- Diana taking down the patriarchy
- Mind-shattering insanity
- Blackthorn family love
- The Julian smolder
- Tessa and Jem
- Cristina being a badass
- Diana being a badass
- Emma being a badass
- Dru being a badass
- Extreme Stranger Things vibes
- Mark + Cristina + Kieran = Kierstinark
- Gwyn throwing his axe around like Thor
- Ty being a smol cinnamon bun
- Subtle-but-not-really A+ political undertones
- Mark challenging Jaime to a duel
- Malec adorableness
- Ty and Dru sibling bonding
- Lots of Faerie drama
- Alec being a major badass and all around MVP
- Zara being an idiot
- Phoukas wearing purple pants
- Drunk Magnus
- LOTS OF FEELINGS AND PANIC ATTACKS

FINAL WORD
This book was complete insanity from beginning to end and I feel like I didn’t breathe for a week. I LOVED IT.

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