Mrs. Perivale and the Blue Fire Crystal

Mrs. Perivale, Book 1

De: Dash Hoffman

Narrado por: Susan Duerden

"People your age belong at home," 73-year-old Mrs. Perivale is told when she tries to volunteer. With her son grown and gone, and her community turning their backs on her, the gravity of no longer being needed sinks her spirits deeply. She wonders if she has outlived her usefulness until a mystical little creature sneaks into Alice Perivale's home and begs her to come with him; there is a prophecy about her, and she must help save his world!

Finding herself in a magical place she had no idea existed, committed to a dangerous mission far more vital than helping out in her neighborhood, Alice dusts off her courage and bravery, rediscovering the feisty, sassy, powerhouse woman she is deep inside. She is determined to find the stolen Blue Fire Crystal before the imbalance between elements destroys all of the magical land of Coreve. Together with her extraordinary family of six cats and her skeptical-yet-devoted butler Henderson, she takes on the tremendous challenge.

With time running out and the world falling to pieces, Alice's precious companions are pulled away from her, and she is faced with impossible choices. Does she choose what she wants most of all, does she rescue her family, or does she save the world that will not survive without her?

©2017 Angel Canann (P)2021 Tantor

Mrs paraval and the blue crystal

what a merry adventure! plenty of twists and turns, a wonderful voyage to another world!

Exactly as fun as you would expect!

When I saw the add for the story based on a reddit discussion on a "chosen one" being a grandma instead of some angsty teen I had to check it out. The story does not disappoint! I wasn't expecting her whole entourage, but it was a lot of fun to listen to. Highly recommend the book to anyone.

Now for the down side. Susan Duerden's narration drove me batty. Her "narrator voice" has a strange (to me at least) cadence or style. I don't think it is what people call Up-Speak, but it's closely related. It's almost as if every sentence is taken on its own, devoid of context and intentionally made... as dramatic as possible? It's hard to explain, but it reminded me of the movie trailer announcer voice. I would have wrote it off as just a narrator I didn't like, but her character impressions did not do this. This was a conscious choice, and it weirded me out. That said, all of her characters were fantastic, and distinct. She's definitely talented, but the "narrator voice" she chose, which is most of the story, was almost too distracting for me.

Almost. Still worth the listen!

Incredible adventure

What an incredible adventure. Great narration, wonderful vocal variety! If you are looking to have an adventure through your mind warm your soul and make some friends along the way this is your book.

AMAZING!!!

loved it!! there better be more, the ending setsup for it!!! such a wonderful light harted journey.

The Narrator Ruined it!

I am struggling to finish this story. It seems fun but the narrator ends EVERY SENTENCE with an upwards inflection and it drives me insane.
I’m probably going to push through it but it is so bad