The Reluctant Mage

By: Karen Miller

Narrated by: Nell Geisslinger

It's been many months since Rafel ventured over Barl's Mountains into the unknown, in a desperate bid to seek help for their ravaged land. With his father's Weather Magic exhausted, there seemed no other hope. Now this too has died.

Only Deenie believes Rafel still lives, sensing her brother in tortured dreams. She also knows she must try to find him, as only Rafel's talents could heal their land. The prospect terrifies Deenie, yet she sees no other choice.

She soon learns of a dangerous new power. Deenie comes to suspect that not only is her brother involved, but that the evil their father destroyed is somehow reborn. And if she can't save Rafel, then through him, Morg's vast power could once again command their world.©2010 Karen Miller; (P)2010 Hachette

Narrator changed

Would you listen to The Reluctant Mage again? Why?

The narrator is awful on this reading. She mispronounces the names and even pronounces babies like baaahbies once. The story itself is good.

Would you be willing to try another one of Nell Geisslinger’s performances?

I would not listen to anything else narrated by Nell Geisslinger if I can help it!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

In the publishers summary it reads "She enlists the aid of her cousin Randa." Who is Randa?? There are no cousins mentioned that I'm aware of.

Be prepared for another reader

I enjoy this series a lot, and even with this book having a 4th reader, the immersion into the world is still there. But with this new reader be prepared for absolute butchery. She gives characters random accents, and mainly butchers the crap out of the pronunciation of Lurr, Rafael, and a bunch of other things. It's very difficult to get used to her killing the names of people and places after 3 books of the same pronunciation.

narrator bad pronunciation

the narrator pronounced lur as lore; rafel as raFEL; among others.

great story none the less.

great book

the story was an amazingly great conclusion to the innocent Mage series. what I didn't like was a changeup in narrators from The Prodigal mage to The Reluctant mage. I know that changing narrators happens lot but it was weird because The Reluctant mage pronounced main characters names entirely different. it was very off-putting and I had to force myself to listen to the book. It wasn't until halfway through the book that it no longer seemed weird.

Poor listen

the way that it was red and how some of the names were mispronounced and some of the places were pronounce really took me out of the context of the story. There were many cringe moments when a character's name was mispronounced. I did although make it through the book. but I cannot recommend anyone listen to this.