The Reach Between Worlds: The Arclight Saga, Book 1

this book has everything you can hope for from a classic fantasy book. a well paced gripping story, A variation of characters, cool magic system with slight steampunk elements to it.
even though I never heard about the narrator he did a splendid job
highly recommended for any fantasy lover.

The narration was fantastic. With so many characters and voices and accents in the book Pirhalla performed it incredibly well. Real joy to listen to this book. Most importantly Reach was a very good first book by Hayden. Not your normal book of magic. It's full of twists and turns and surprises that are weaved into the story quite well. Hayden gets a crucial element that many writers don't get...make your reader root for and care for your characters. He has accomplished this. Even smaller characters are fleshed out well and it really adds to the entire world created in Reach. This is one you'll want to listen to as opposed to reading. Can't wait to hear book 2.

Very original story and setting, not your typical fantasy world.

Vexis, the main villain. She's a lot of fun. Kind of a mad genius type Joker.

Probably Suri.

No, took a few, but it's short.

Wonderful book.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! Reviews help, I'd love to continue this series in audiobook format if there is interest! :)

I've certainly read/listened to worse offerings, and there are world building elements with strength here, but a Mary Sue that would make Kvothe blush, eye rolling dialogue, and then author's lack of reverence for his most important scenes make me unlikely to continue the series.