It's hard to review without giving the game away, but it focuses on a young woman who has bern hidden to protect her from being killed until she can return and make a claim to be queen. It also means that any change in emphasis with character voices doesn't work, as there is no way of altering the tone to make decent distinctions. It's a shame that those moments could almost be counted in seconds rather than minutes. The few times when the narrator tone lowers and softens, the story is far more enjoyable. To be fair, the narrator herself isn't too bad, and it's difficult to know if this is how she was directed to speak, or if this was how she decided to narrate the story. Plus, the only way the narrator can make that distinction is to shout even louder! I also found it was seriously headache inducing, and not at all relaxing. It also ends up meaning that there is so little distinction between ordinary narrative, and what should be tense moments that the whole thing runs together. For a lot of the story the narrator sounds as though she is shouting for constant emphasis, which is a real shame. Unfortunately it's spoiled by the narration.
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