{"id":27995,"date":"2026-11-06T20:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=27995"},"modified":"2026-11-08T20:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T01:52:26","slug":"the-wonder-engine-audio-book-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/27995","title":{"rendered":"The Wonder Engine, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9781614504429\"><em>The Wonder Engine<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/klishis.com\/Books\/authors\/Kingfisher_T.php\">T. Kingfisher<\/a> narrated by Khristine Hvam (Clocktaur War #2)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/123948\/9781614504429\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Wonder-Engine-209x300.jpg?resize=209%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Wonder Engine\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-22603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Wonder-Engine.jpg?resize=209%2C300&amp;ssl=1 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/The-Wonder-Engine.jpg?w=696&amp;ssl=1 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No one tried to stop them from entering the city. The guards looked bored. \u201cI expected it to be harder to get in,\u201d murmured Caliban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would it?\u201d asked Slate. \u201cThey want you to come in and spend as much money as possible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re at war.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich means the other city needs to worry about keeping them out. The war\u2019s happening miles away and there are no human soldiers from this side. Most of the citizens probably don\u2019t even notice it\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good plan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m coming with you.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike hell you are!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think I don\u2019t know how to act around thieves and ruffians?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that you even use a word like \u2018ruffians\u2019 is not filling me with confidence, no.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPolitics,\u201d she said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make any sense. People do the stupidest shit and you want to scream that it\u2019s against their own interests and you never know if they\u2019re playing some deep game you don\u2019t know about or if they\u2019re really just that stupid.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Characters<\/strong>: Slate, Sir Caliban, Brenner, Learned Edmund, Grimehug, Boss Horsehead, Ashes Magnus, Sweet Lily<\/p>\n<p>Publisher: Brilliance Audio<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wonder Engine, Audio Book (2018) T. Kingfisher narrated by Khristine Hvam (Clocktaur War #2) No one tried to stop them from entering the city. The guards looked bored. \u201cI expected it to be harder to get in,\u201d murmured Caliban. \u201cWhy would it?\u201d asked Slate. \u201cThey want you to come in and spend as much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[191,37,2,204,207,742,41,26,39],"tags":[481,262],"class_list":["post-27995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-5-10","category-audio-book","category-fantasy","category-good","category-mental-health-rep","category-physical-health","category-reread","category-romance","category-sword-sorcery","tag-khristine-hvam","tag-t-kingfisher"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-7hx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22602,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/22602","url_meta":{"origin":27995,"position":0},"title":"The Wonder Engine, Audio Book","author":"Michelle","date":"December 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wonder Engine, Audio Book (2018\/2019) T. 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