By the end of the book I had moved the audio speed up to 1.8x and for Emily Woo Zeller, it did not make it hard to follow (some of the other narrators were too sped up at that speed). I’m not sure if I found the characters especially dull because of their actions or because of Emily Woo Zeller the audiobook narrator. But I hate not finishing things, so I did something that I never do. The book grew so annoying that I almost didn’t bother finishing it (as many people on Goodreads said). So by the end of a chapter you had read the same thing two or three times. But then she would circle back and confirm the repetitions. She was saying the same thing over and over again. And, as the story went on, the premise got even better, but the characters got even more and more annoying.Īnd the repetitions in the book were endless. But I was already warning her about the irritating characters. In fact, after the first few chapters, I was telling my wife about the great premise. This book came on a recommended list and WOW did it sound great. The funeral home is hilarious because all of the bouquets has curses and threats on them–beautiful flower arrangements with sashes that say things like “See You In Hell.” And when the funeral actually starts one of the men takes out a knife to make sure that Jake is dead. How could he have a substantial sum? But whatever, he has not much else going on. He just has to go to the funeral and say a few words on his behalf.Ĭharlie hasn’t seen his Uncle since he was like five years old and has no idea what to say about the man. She tells him that his Uncle Jake (the one with the spoons) has died and left him a substantial sum. When he gets back from the bank, there is a woman waiting on his porch. But it costs a few hundred thousand dollars more than he has–and the bank isn’t fooled by his lies. His last hope for a semblance of success is to buy a local Irish pub that is for sale. And he’s got this stray cat that he recently brought home… But he has three half siblings who are all owed a part of the house. And the house he’s living in was his only inheritance. He’s recently divorced–this hurts even more because his Uncle Jake sent him a pair of berry spoons as a wedding present with a note that said 18 months, which was exactly as long as his wedding lasted. But we’ll get to that.Ĭharlie is down on his luck. Rather, the cats are helpers to the villain. The cats are not the villains, despite how obvious that seems. I must say right off the bat it’s not what I thought it was going to be. She confirmed that it was good and I jumped in. I mean, blah blah, books by their covers, but come on, of course I’m going to at least look at this one. And since she is a much faster reader than I, she brings home all kinds of books that I think I’d like to check out.Īnd this was, obviously one of them. My wife and I have relatively different tastes in books, but we have a large section of overlap. He expects a fight from Trellis, but Trellis says no, he is there to serve the rightfully appointed king. When they get to the castle, it turns out that Gabilan is in power. They are smuggled in as sick prisoners suffering from (I love this) Empathitis. Meanwhile Trellis and the elves are heading bac into their own territory. Mostly that involves getting people to look inside of themselves and see their true nature. I had assumed that Ikol was the inverse of Loki, but later in the book he explains that it is an acronym–the Intelligent Kinematic Operations Laboratory (the place he was born).īut Emily’s plan is to undo all of the wicked things that Ikol has done to the citizens of this world. This book follows Emily as she combats the evil Ikol. It’s crazy to think that the students who were reading the books in fifth grade are now in high school. This has been a hotly anticipated release around our house as I got my wife into it and she has gotten a bunch of her students into it. It has been SIX YEARS since the previous book came out.
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