LONG LIVE EVIL Time of Iron, Book 1

Moira Quirk is a virtuoso in narrating all manner of fantasies. Here she delights in turning to the dark side. When a lonely, bookish adolescent is offered a magical deal to hop from a cancer ward to the realms of her favorite fantasy novels, she jumps at the opportunity--with one caveat. She wants to be one of the villains. As this wonderfully campy send-up of bodice-ripping, backstabbing palace intrigue blasts along, Quirk has a fine time giving voice to a murderous lady-in-waiting, a moody knight, and a backstreet rogue, among others. But where Quirk is exceptional is in adding just the right tone of anger and wonder to the voice of a girl who is coming of age at the same time that she's facing death. Enchantingly light and dark. B.P. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2024]