These continue to be my current favorite audiobooks. I’d say this one probably was my least favorite of all of them but if so it is just by a tiny margin. It is certainly the one where the inherent repetitiveness of the time loop was felt the most. At times it does seem to drag a lot and the big fetch quest we got at the end of the recent volume only extends this feeling.

So what worked about this book? First of all I loved that we got another main character tagging along. Obviously this characters’ existence was long known but having him more involved and working alongside Zorian was truly joyful. Their very different personalities work super well together and I just loved them solving problems together and it feels like they just make each other better people in general. Plus the secondary character is very funny and had me chuckling a lot. The series is still single POV which is a good thing (especially for an audiobook) but they just have great dynamics.

There also have been good parts about the huge fetch quest mainly because it is used to explore the world more. And also getting to new regions is a great opportunity to introduce new characters or some we only have known by name so far and I really enjoyed this part about it. 

The continued unraveling of the series main Mystery has also been really intriguing and every time we get a chapter where that is the focus I am highly engaged. 

This volume ends on a banger and there was no way that I wouldn’t immediately jump into the next (and final installment) after that, so good job on that I guess!

I also have to shout out the continued awesome narration by Jack Voraces. He did have lots of opportunities to voice non-human characters in this one and it’s always so cool hearing him do a new voice, aside from the million other very distinct voices he already does of course. I think his narration style can truly be compared to the likes of Andrea Parsneau, who imo is one of GOATs in audiobook narration. Haters call what they accomplish “overperforming”. In my opinion it just shows the passion, love, appreciation and general investment into the series and their work and I absolutely adore it.