THE DARK LORD CLEMENTINE

In a tale full of magic, performed by narrator Merissa Czyz, tween Clementine struggles to keep her father's domain from destruction at the hands of a witch. As daughter and heir of the Dark Lord Morcerous, she uses whatever she can to keep their reign safe. The opening author and title statement immediately thrust listeners into the story without a musical prelude to set the mood. Czyz distinguishes between the characters with ease; however, her performance is full of odd inflections and indiscernible pauses between sentences and paragraphs. Even though her voice for Clementine, complete with preteen attitude, makes it easy to imagine a 12-year-old girl is speaking, the story loses its magic in this production. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2019]