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This is pretty slow and complex for Ilona Andrews. Is it longer as well? I have to check. The audio clocks in at 21 hours… I like it, it‘s just different from their usual.

Part I, Kongoli:
Botanical: Refers to a pod, particularly the seed vessel of the tamarind.

Ominous!

The Swarm—such a great character.

Just met the cousins in chapter 14. Cool!

Coming of age of a young wizards/mage who will become legendary. I have not read the books.

Pretty watercolours!

Big reveal, wow! Did not see that coming. Did NOT see that coming.

Small moments changed the fate of empires.

The revelation in chapter 7 is obviously hard to stomach for Dafyd. Wow.

Leaving the garden. Poor Helga!

Sorry, but I am bored.

So far not very interesting.

Odd choice to elaborate on stomapod society this late in the book, when we should be all excited about the finale instead.

A hymn to the 747.

The first encounter with a real dragon. Ouch!

Nice use of colour schemes and page layout to make Harkonnen and Atreides stand apart.

Finished Part I. A story of manners with dragons. The names of places are fantastic, but this feels very much like Jane Austen‘s Britain, with dragons in the wilds of Eastern Europe and Russia. So far, so cosy!

I love the audiobook narration by Mel Hudson, she does a great job.

Complicated plot with all those different „ages“ and the jumping around between all those timelines. I would be totally lost without that character list. This is a serious trip.

Reached part 9. I just checked the book tags, horror is not among them. Ok then.

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When reading a book, it’s always nice to be able to say: I did not see that coming.

Imir! 🪲 🕷️