{"id":10971,"date":"2018-07-25T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T00:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=10971"},"modified":"2026-03-22T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T14:39:08","slug":"burn-bright-audio-version","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/10971","title":{"rendered":"Burn Bright, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burn Bright<\/em>, Audio Version<\/a> (2018) Patricia Briggs<\/a> narrated by Holter Graham<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When I read this after it was published in the spring, I believe I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. <\/p>\n

After listening, I think I know what felt off originally–this majority of this book takes place over a very short period of time. Two days if I’m parsing it correctly. That’s not an unreasonable time frame for a fantasy, but I’m used to the stories in this series taking place over closer to a week, so when the end of the story arc came it felt a little abrupt.<\/p>\n

I think also what was a little unusual was that closing fight was seemingly smaller and less important than the one that happened a little earlier. And the death of the other bad guy occurred off-stage and was rather anti-climatic. Not that we should have seen that death, but it almost felt like a bit of a let-down.<\/p>\n

None of these things were bad, it’s just that they were unexpected in this series.<\/p>\n

And I still have issues with the following bit:<\/p>\n

\u201cBran\u2019s not funny about her,\u201d he told Anna, feeling uncomfortable. \u201cHe thinks of her as his daughter, and he doesn\u2019t have any other daughters still alive. There\u2019s nothing strange about it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOr so everyone is much happier believing,\u201d agreed Anna blandly. \u201cIncluding Bran. We\u2019ll leave it at that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I just…no. Mercy came to him as an infant. Even if she was raised by foster parents, she was in Bran’s life as a baby, toddler, child, etc. That Bran could see her as something other than a daughter-like figure is just squicky and gross. <\/p>\n

Oh, another issue:<\/p>\n

It took Anna the better part of an hour to drive twenty miles. <\/p>\n

Since she had become Charles\u2019s mate, most of the time she felt as though she belonged here, in the wilds of Montana. Then she\u2019d take a drive with Charles in the mountains and be forcibly reminded that she\u2019d been raised in a city. <\/p>\n

True, some of Chicago was a wilderness in its own right, but even in the bad areas, roads could be relied upon to be paved, wide enough to get at least one car through, and she\u2019d been able to trust that there wouldn\u2019t be a freaking tree growing up in the middle of the road, hidden by a sharp bend. <\/p>\n

If she hadn\u2019t been wearing her seat belt for that one, she might have gone through the windshield.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No. No she would not have gone through the windshield. I drive roads like that, and 20 MPH will not throw the driver through the windshield on an abrupt, controlled stop. It might toss unbraced passengers about a bit, but not through the windshield. <\/p>\n

As for the narration, I’m still frustrated by it. As I said, I don’t hate it, I just wish it was better.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Penguin Audio
\nRating: 7.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burn Bright, Audio Version (2018) Patricia Briggs narrated by Holter Graham When I read this after it was published in the spring, I believe I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. After listening, I think I know what felt off originally–this majority of this book takes place over a very short period of time. 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