House of Many Ways

By: Diana Wynne Jones

Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin

Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Recipient of two Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honors, beloved fantasy and children's author Diana Wynne Jones presents this exciting sequel to her novel Howl's Moving Castle, which was transformed into an Academy Award®-nominated motion picture.

A girl named Charmain must inhabit her ailing great-uncle's time-traveling home full of magical belongings. As Charmain begins a journey of amazing discoveries, she comes to the attention of the powerful sorceress Sophie and an elusive wizard named Howl.

©2008 Diana Wynne Jones (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC

i loved it so much that howl and Sofie come back!!!! and they got MARRIED!!!!!!!!!

I LOVED IT AAALLL IT WAS AMAZING!!!! it was hilarious it made me feel so happy listening to it!

very entertaining

Great imagination, keeps you guessing. The book even has some moral lessons in it. Most enjoyable.

A wonderful story.

All three books (Howl's, Castle in the Air, and House of Many Ways) are wonderfully narrated and are great stand alone novels.

Best trilogy: final book reminds me of Aliens

This book as always with nearly any title by Diana Wynne Jones is incredible but I won’t lie I got a little nauseous with when they describe

SPOILER ALERT the main villain monster the lubbux. A giant bug like creature that lays eggs in your belly. If your a guy the baby will devour any other eggs and come ripping out of you like Aliens while if your a girl you’ll birth it like a baby and will be mistaken sometimes for a human baby. Either way you die.

I really enjoyed the characters as per usual and what’s great about this book it doesn’t end with falling in love (not that mind that. I actually enjoy it) as the characters are too young, but ends with growth and development and as always it was great to hear from Howl and Sophie. This is one of the best series I have ever read and will treasure it always.

A good story

I love any story with Howl and Sophie! It was the only reason I listened to this book. So the beginning half of this story was hard for me to listen to as I found it is quite slow and also nothing to do with Howl and Sophie. It is a good story though and the second half was really good. I hope the writer does write more books with Howl and Sophie included (maybe again as the Main characters-a story to follow Howls moving castle; their adventures together as a couple) .

Lovely story

for kids and adults. The main character is an endearingly grumpy young woman discovering magic and her place in the world, and finding friends (and great female and male role models!) along the way. She ends up being capable and kind in spite of herself. This book can be read as a standalone, but I loved getting another glimpse of the Howl's Moving Castle characters. The narrator voiced the different characters well.

Whimsical and fun

This book is so fun!! After falling in love with Howl and Sophie it offers a glimpse into their life while also letting you fall in love with equally endearing and whimsical characters. Would rate higher if I could. A must read for families and individuals alike

Very immersive

love the story but the narrator was what got me omg it was hard not to put it away live it and i genuinely got excited when i discovered that the friend with the two kids were a familiar group of people I come to love 💕

story

Diana Wynn Jones is a genius! Her work is teaching kids about the ups and downs of the real world with wonderful, creative fanatic beings!

dope

love how this and the rest are all intertwined with characters which got them all connected. to include that the ending was fantastic!