Spindle's End

By: Robin McKinley

Narrated by: Justine Eyre

"We will keep her safe."

All the creatures of the forest and field and riverbank knew the infant was special. She was the princess, spirited away from the evil fairy, Pernicia, on her name-day. But the curse was cast: Rosie was fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a poisoned sleep - a slumber from which no one would be able to rouse her....

©2000 Robin McKinley (P)2019 Tantor

Great story

I've loved the story for years. I waited for the Audible with great anticipation. I like the performance, mostly, but I could really do without the change in her voice for each character. Some are kind of annoying. Overall, this is still a really enjoyable experience.

Fun!

This is a fun magical retelling of Sleeping Beauty. It was awesome that there was no sex or swearing that is so common these days. I recommend this one.

As Good As I Remembered

read this book years ago, and this audiobook captures the characters and dialogue, narrative and drama as well as I had remembered from that earlier read. This is one of my favorites by Robin McKinley, and the only one I kept in hard copy.

Great story, awful narrator

I might have to read the physical copy of this because I was so distracted by the awful fake british accent to truly appreciate the story, especially the way she made men's voices sound. I've always enjoyed Robin McKinley, and her other audiobooks were much better since they used different narrators.

Fantasy & romance story ok for kids!

I love the suspense, the love story, the magic, and everything about it is just perfect 🤩 ( and you can tell it is good because I only write reviews if I feel moved in a good way, or that it is one of the best books ever created) (I highly recommended this book :D!)