Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston was my first audio-book. I still have complicated feelings on it; on the audi0-book, not the story itself. During the first half of the audio-book, I was bored. The story did nothing for me, and added with the narration (I believe it was Livingston herself!), I almost hated the whole feel of it. Wondrous Strange is not a book I would have picked up on my own. My foray into YA has mostly been for vampires and werewolves (I'm tired of them now), and Wondrous Strange is about fairies. On top of that, the book cover is ghastly! I know, I know, don't judge a book by its cover and yadayadayada, but Wondrous Strange's cover and other covers like it, well... not my thing, at all.
So, I didn't know what to expect. I only continued to listen to the audio-book because I don't like not completing things. So thus, I pushed through. And then, I don't know what happened, but I suddenly fell in love with the story! And by default, I fell in love with the world of fairies!
Yes, this book deserved a full heart from me! It's not 5 stars (the first half of the book was really, really slow), but the climax, and the ending, and how the love story turned out at the end, made me give it a 4 (and still a full heart!). I really didn't expect this. The annoying voice of the narration really outdid itself in the second half of the book. Lesley Livingston really set the mood with her voice. She really does know how to create suspense and emotion. The story wrapped itself very, very nicely. Now I'm crazy for fairies. Job well done, I say.
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