The Water and the Wild

By: K. E. Ormsbee

Narrated by: Nigel Peever

Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

For as long as Lottie Fiske can remember, the only people who seem to care about her have been her best friend, Eliot, and the mysterious letter-writer who sends her birthday gifts. But now strange things and people are arriving on the island Lottie calls home, and Eliot's getting sicker, with a disease the doctors have given up trying to cure. Lottie is helpless, useless, powerless.

And then a door opens in the apple tree.

Follow Lottie down through the apple roots to another world - a world of magic both treacherous and beautiful - in pursuit of the impossible: a cure for the incurable, a use for the useless, and protection against the pain of loss.

Book 1 in the spellbinding Water and the Wild fantasy trilogy.

©2015 Kathryn Ormsbee (P)2018 Kathryn Ormsbee

Magical Start!

Ormsbee does a fantastic job with this story! She created a magical atmosphere and enchanting characters. On Lottie’s adventures she discovers many things about herself, a new world, and forges new friendships. The Water and the Wild reminded me of a mash up of many different children’s books, but it was still unique enough to be its own. I can’t wait to read the rest of this series to see what happens next!
Nigel has an amazing talent of bringing this story and everything in it to life. His performance made me feel like I was actually in the book with the characters and along for the adventure. He does different accents and voices for each character and flows flawlessly between all of them. The majority of the sound effects blended well enough with the audio, but I found some of it distracting and harder to focus on the story. I wouldn’t mind listening to more audiobooks preformed by Nigel Peever!
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

I really enjoyed the story,

This book is a treasure. My kids and I couldn't stop listening to this book. Excellent world building and character development.

wonderful ❤️

so different from other children's stories
well narrated and quite entertaining
it was thoroughly enjoyable 😍🌈

An amazing journey that truly comes to life!

I absolutely loved this book! It madecme laugh... it made me cry... it made my heart race! I could not put it down! The writing was superb! And the narration was absolutely fantastic! I could not imagine it getting better than this! It was a fantastical journey through a magical world full of characters you can't help but love! I would reccomend this book to all! It is an experience that all should have! Nigel Peever did a magnificent job bringing this book to life with such emotion! The sound effects used only made this book better by truly giving life to the already amazing team up of Nigel Peever and K.E. Ormsbee!

Great story!

Exciting fantasy adventure story! This is the type of book that I look for. I couldn’t put it down. Narration is excellent! I’m going to look for more by this author and narrator.

this is a good audio

i liked listening to this and i couldnt stop listening to it
five stars on it

A Watery kind of tale

First off another great performance by the voice artist. He held your attention from the beginning and has a great voice. Great story with interesting characters So when you get a chance to check it out do so. You just might discover a new voice over performer you just might enjoy, as well as a new author you just might check out some more. So when you get a chance check it out and enjoy.

Magic, and mystery and danger, OH My

This book was given to me free of charge for an honest review.

This book is AMAZING! It reminds me of sitting in a circle in school while my favorite teacher read an exciting magical story to the class. It's about an orphan girl named Lottie, who lives in a boring town where she doesn't fit in at all. Her only friend is Elliot, who has a terrible disease, and her "magic" apple tree where gifts magically appear for her each year on her birthday. Suddenly Elliot's health takes a turn for the worst, and a series of events happen that flip Lottie's life completely upside down. She's taken to a magical world to find a cure for Elliot. What she finds instead is danger, creatures, and a few new friends. I absolutely loved this book, However, if you are not a fan of sound effects, which I don't mind, you may not want to get this one. Other than that, I highly recommend it.

A good book!!

This book was very entertaining and engaging right from the start. I look forward to more books from this author.

Beautiful Story

Know that this is an enhanced book so if you don't care for this type of audiobook then pass this one by. However if you do enjoy wonderfully done enhancements then check this lovely tale out. This is a beautiful story of Lottie's adventures to a new and magical world. She meets new and strange characters, different landscapes and a plethora of magical things. I found myself laughing, crying, sending virtual hugs and cheering her on. This story has the feel of quite a few different children's stories but it is wholly the author's unique imagination. Nigel Peever is such a wonderful narrator and this book is no exception. With his ability to change his voice to whatever is needed and the wonderful sound effects he puts to the story...it's truly an entertaining and amazing narration. I can also tell you that my children (7, 9 & 11 in ages) got as wrapped up in this story and the narration as I did. It took me about a week, playing around two hours a day, to play the entire thing but for those two hours...my children's attention was thoroughly kept. Well done KE Ormsbee and Mr Peever, well done!

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.