The Cruel Prince
by Holly Black
Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly
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You can see my original review here.
The book itself was even better than I remembered.Β Even though I knew what was going to happen, I couldn’t stop listening!! I dug out my headphones because it wasn’t enough just to listen in the car.Β I dug out a speaker because I wanted to listen while I was in the shower.Β I was every bit as sucked in as the first time I read it!
The narrator of the audiobook was good.Β It took me a while to get used to her voice because it was more feminine than I pictured for Jude, but she had great inflection and I got used to it quickly.Β My biggest issue listening to the audiobook was that there is a lot of internal dialogue followed by spoken dialogue.Β I couldn’t always figure out what Jude said out loud vs what she just thought to herself.
I am super excited to start The Wicked King!!!!! I am going to start it tonight! I got the OwlCrate special edition box, so I will probably do an unboxing post this weekend!Β (If I can put the book down long enough to write it!)
I got the owlcrate box too!! Wasn’t it the BEST?! Ahhh I’m already trying to find excuses to wear that scarf around π I can’t wait to start reading the book!
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It is the best β€ β€ I don't ever wear scarfs but I want to find a reason to wear this one!!! I hope its as good as the first!!
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This is one of those books that has been on my TBR for a long time. After reading your review of the audiobook, I am definitely going to look and see if I can get it from hoopla or overdrive. Awesome review Brittany.
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Thanks ππ I hope you can find it!! Good luck! I wish I could lend you the audiobook the same way you could lend someone a physical book!
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Wouldn’t that be awesome.
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I loved this book! I’m pleased to hear the audio book was good too! Good luck with The Wicked King π
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Thanks β€
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Canβt wait to read Wicked King!!!
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I hope its amazing and that we both love it β€
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I hope you enjoy The Wicked King, I’m sure you will:-)
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Thanks!!! I hope so too β€
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Fun review! I have this on my shelf to be read still! I canβt wait!π
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Thanks π I hope you like it!!
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I loved this book! So glad you enjoyed it!
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Thanks β€
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Oh, thanks for.a review of the audio. Sometimes I pick up books in audio because my physical tbr pile is so long, but this sounds like one where the physical may be a better fit for me. Can’t wait to have time to get to this one, everyone is raving about it!
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Yea I would probably recommend the physical book, tho the audio book was good too! β€ I hope you love it!
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Thanks!
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I read The Cruel Prince but haven’t listened to the audio version yet – thanks for reviewing it!
Can’t wait to read The Wicked King either. Hope you enjoy it this weekend, happy reading. π
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Thanks β€ I hope you enjoy it too!!!
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I am still waiting fro my Owlcrate box!!! Enjoy Brittany.
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I hope you get it soon!!! Thanks β€
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Great review! I’m so excited for The Wicked King, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on it π
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Thanks π And I’m super excited too! I hope we both love it β€
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Interesting point about the difficulty between inner and outer dialog. I never thought about that. This book has been on my radar for a while! Though I’ll probably read versus listen. π
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I had never thought about it before either haha but I couldn’t tell which was which so now I am going to forever notice it!! I hope you love it when you get to it!! And reading is probably smart π tho the Audiobook wasn’t that bad haha, it was just a couple of times.
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I loved this too and will be picking up No.2 very soon. Excitement.
Lynn π
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I hope its as good as the first!!!!! β€
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I listened to the audio for this one, too, and had the same feelings!
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Glad I’m not the only one!! β€ did you still like it?
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Yes, actually! I liked it a lot… Can’t wait for Wicked King!
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This book was one of my most anticipated reads for 2018, and it’s been like a year since it was published…and I still haven’t read it. Ugh, I feel so bad. I’m so glad you loved this! I’ll have to see if my library has the audiobook.
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Haha don’t worry I have sooo many of those books π There are just too many great books to read!! And if you are a mood reader like me, what sounds like the best book ever when you learn about might not strike your fancy when it actually comes out π
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I still need to read this one, and it’s promising that the book was so great both on your read and and your listen! And I’m glad to hear the audio was so good!
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Thanks π I hope you love it too β€
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I’m glad to hear you still liked this the second time around! I have yet to start this series, but it’s on my list.
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Thanks π I hope you like it when you get to it!!
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Probably one of the main reasons why I don’t listen to audiobooks is because the narrators’ voices might be totally different from what I imagined, and it would be weird for me the whole time. I’m so glad you loved this, though!!
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That is probably my biggest complaint with Audiobooks, tho most of the audiobooks I listen to are not re-reads so if I don’t have a pre-convinced voice in my head then the narrator won’t bug me (unless their voice is annoying haha)
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Great review, I’m happy to hear you liked the audiobook. Now onto The Wicked King, I’m so excited for it π
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Thanks π I am too!
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