The Language of Spells

By: Sarah Painter

Narrated by: Stevie Zimmerman

When you are ready, seek and you shall find. It is your gift.

Gwen Harper left Pendleford thirteen years ago and hasn't looked back. Until an inheritance throws her into the mystical world she thought she'd escaped. Confronted with her great-aunts legacy, Gwen must finally face up to her past.

The magic she has long tried to suppress is back with a vengeance but, gift or burden, for Gwen it always spells trouble. She has to stay—she has nowhere else to go—but how can she find her place in the town that drove her out after branding her a witch?

©2013 Sarah Painter (P)2016 Sarah Painter

Interesting

Where does The Language of Spells rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Close to the bottom.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Language of Spells?

I am not sure. I thought that this was a historical story but Gwen was actually reading her Great Aunt Iris letters.

Which character – as performed by Stevie Zimmerman – was your favorite?

I liked all of them, but he did Gwen and Cam very well.

Any additional comments?

I lost interest after while, I had to slog through the story although the narrator did a great job with moving the story along.

Magical Realism Story

I was very excited to start listening to this audiobook when I read the description. It definitely kept me entertained. When the book first started, I thought it was taking place in the past. I wouldn't have minded a historical romance, but I quickly found out it takes place in the current century. Gwen is an eccentric artist, who inherited a house from a great aunt she barely knew. Luckily the reader gets to know Great Aunt Iris through some journals she has left behind. Gwen; Katie (her niece); Cam (her old fame); were the main characters of this book. I would've liked a little more backstory of theses characters. I was felt with wanting more of a connection. I also was left wondering about some of the lesser characters, especially her mother, Gloria. I still really enjoyed the story, and will probably pick up more of Sarah Painter's books. This was a nice, light read.
This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher courtesy of Audiobook Blast. This is an unbiased review.

Good narrator so/so story

First time author for me.
Though not my favorite, I do like fantasy/paranormal at times. This one just didn't captivate me.
I think Stevie Zimmerman did great with what she was given. The story fell short.
The author tried to make it spooky but just didn't expand enough on her characters and some where just not needed.

DNF..

So, according to Goodreads this book has 332 pages. At 20% (location 1136 of 5601) I don’t have a clue what Gwen looks like. She could be a snaggled-tooth-crossed-eyed-wart-nosed-female-with-a-brillo-pad-head-full-of-orange-hair for all I know. Nor do I have any idea what Cam looks like. In all these pages couldn’t she have told us what the main characters look like? I absolutely hate when an author doesn’t tell you important things like that. It makes me lose interest in the book so fast it’s not even funny.

BUT worse than that is the author’s laziness in: replies, answers, remarks, exclaims, articulates, mentions, murmurs, mutters, anything but “said.” Is it really so hard to find another word once in a while other than “said?” In this 332 page book (according to Goodreads) Sarah Painter used the word “said” 1,096 times. Really?

That’s why I stopped reading at 44%. If I’d read that word again I was going to scream. I think I only read 1 Loretta Chase book then never read another because of this very reason. It was all “he said she said.” Needless to say, I won’t be reading any more Sarah Painter books.

The F-bomb was released 14 times and I have no idea if there was sex. As of 44% there was no kind of desire that would make you believe Gwen and Cam would ever be involved romantically.

As to the narrator: Stevie Zimmerman did a fantastic job, up until I quit reading. Her men sound like men and as long as a narrator reads with emotion they’re great in my opinion. Stevie Zimmerman gets better with every book she reads.

enjoyable story, a little slow.

I received this book free from ebalst, and this is my unbiased opion. enjoyable story, a little slow. believable characters, not much action.