The Seventh Bride

De: T. Kingfisher

Narrado por: Kaylin Heath

Young Rhea is a miller's daughter of low birth, so she is understandably surprised when a mysterious nobleman, Lord Crevan, shows up on her doorstep and proposes marriage. Since commoners don't turn down lords - no matter how sinister they may seem - Rhea is forced to agree to the engagement.

Lord Crevan demands that Rhea visit his remote manor before their wedding. Upon arrival, she discovers that not only was her betrothed married six times before, but his previous wives are all imprisoned in his enchanted castle. Determined not to share their same fate, Rhea asserts her desire for freedom. In answer, Lord Crevan gives Rhea a series of magical tasks to complete, with the threat "Come back before dawn, or else I'll marry you."

With time running out and each task more dangerous and bizarre than the last, Rhea must use her resourcefulness, compassion, and bravery to rally the other wives and defeat the sorcerer before he binds her to him forever.

©2015 Ursula Vernon (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Great Performance

The narration was so good! A really fun story. I began reading the story from my Kindle but partially through changed to listen on audible. The story transformed. The narrator really brought it to life. I highly recommend.

Such fun!

I think T. Kingfisher is wildly unappreciated. Her humour and writinf are both consistently excellent!

I love her characters, all of which are memorable and tangible.

I'm not sure I am ready for the scary books, but at least I have a decent backlist to go through.

Fun fairytale for adults

While the beginning seemed to slightly drag- the rest keeps you engaged until you are surprised it’s over.

interesting listen

descriptive without being wordy, even secondary characters had some depth. authors voice was perfect for main character and did well with all the others. I would listen to other YA books with this narrator and would listen/read other books by this author.

Juvenile

If I'd realized this was most likely targeted towards a middle-grade audience, I probably would've skipped it. The story idea itself was interesting, but the writing was extremely juvenile, and the ending was fairly anticlimactic.

Amazing, creepy, fun and winding story

This story is just fantastic. It’s a creepy fairytale and with some very fun and unexpected characters. I honestly couldn’t guess what would happen next and it was great.

Did not expect to like it

Would you consider the audio edition of The Seventh Bride to be better than the print version?

Never read the book.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the challenges that gave the book the sort of thrill I had only previously experienced by watching Pan's Labyrinth.

Which character – as performed by Kaylin Heath – was your favorite?

The Cook

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The scene where the team of hedgehogs help our heroine in her first challenge.

The Narrator…

The narrator has a lisp, and enough of one to be distracting. Also, the accents she attempted were… not strong. It felt like watching a Disney sitcom rather than reading a fantasy novel.

Interesting

Perhaps the thing that makes this story rather remarkable in YA is that the protagonist does everything for herself. As in, no men come in and sweep her off her feet to save her.

She and the wives eventually group together to get themselves released.

But that still doesn’t really GET them released. That’s more hubris does ole Blackbeard in.

Any way, a charming twist to the Blackbeard story, for once. Somewhat grim, but it IS a Grimm fairytale.

Marriage is highly scoffed in this, which I approve of as too many girls and young women think that’s the endgame for their lives. There’s so much more.

Basically, this was an oddly feminist piece, and Rhea’s courage is what makes her a great protagonist. I liked this. I hope more YA are written like this.

I took away one star for the occasional oddness to the narration and speech. It might be her storytelling style or the fact it’s YA that bothered me. Regardless, it lacked a complete smoothness of narration in parts, but it was still very enjoyable.

Surprisingly good, love the narration!

Got it for free from Prime! Expected a more or less straight up horror version of Bluebeard, but this is more of a classic fantastical adventure with a strong heroine with a varied cast of other characters, but it did start off slightly boring.
The narrator is stellar in her performance, her voice made the boring parts bearable, and really added a lot to building up the personalities of the characters. I looked her up and... can't believe that this is the only thing she narrated!