The Daevabad Trilogy- S. A. Chakraborty

The City of Brass
    Length 19 hours 36 min
The kingdom of Copper
    Length 23 hours 14 min
The Empire of Gold
    Length 28 hours 37 min
Narrated by Soneela Nankai

A con women Nahri who doesn't believe in magic yet has the ability to understand every language and can identify illness in a person with a look But when Nahri accidentally summons an djinn warrior to her side during one of her cons, she’s forced to accept that the magical world she thought only existed in childhood stories is real

I like this magical world with its rich history and details. however I did struggle with the story no fault of the author or narrator but from my own lack of knowledge of the Muslim and Islamic religion and history.  I feel I would get more from these books if I learned more about eastern cultures, I have become to stuck in my own little world and need to expanded my knowledge.

I plain to relisten to these at a later date once I understand better.

I also recommend The World of Daveabad website to help with terms and descriptions of the world

Soneela Nankai was ok I guess didn't feel like she was able to capture the essence of some of the charters, she did have good pacing 

A Court of Mist and Fury- Sarah J Maas

Court of thorns and Roses Book 1  

Book 2

Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda

Length 23 hours 16 min

Spoilers ahead aswell as possible triggers.

very enjoyable from start to finish highly recommend

Feyre survived Amaarantha but at a terrible cost, learning to live as high fae is not easy in a court that wants to lock her in a guiled cage.
this book brings alot of issues that survivors feel after traumatic event, PTSD, Depression, Anxiety and so on. 
It also shows how love and infatuation can hide the red flags of an unhealth relationship. I want to throat punch Tamlin, I never liked him even in the first book and was proven right hes a selfish and controlling prick. I believe that reading this book it can help people to recognized unhealth behavior in a relationship

• Love bombing is an attempt to influence a person by demonstrations of attention and affection
• Gaslighting describe a person (a "gaslighter") who presents a false narrative to another group or person which leads them to doubt their perceptions and become misled
• Controlling and Threating behavior

Abuse is more than just hitting someone

Sarah J Maas also talks about sexual abuse but with females being the predators, how women can also use their position and power to force men into their beds. I have never read a book were it was discussed and how it mentally affects the men, they are Raped its as simple as that. everyone has the right to say no!

Love Rhysand, there is so much more to him. he's not just Amaarantha's whore, he is selfless, caring and kind. He hides so much from the world letting them think the worst of him. He shows what a healthy relationships are and how with love, support and time people can heal.

Jennifer Ikeda narration has improved alittle but still abit slow

https://www.lifeline.org.nz/services/lifeline

https://victimsupport.org.nz/

https://www.healthpoint.co.nz/social-services/social/victim-support-2/

Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J Maas

 Book 1 Court of Thorns and Roses
Narrated by Jennifer Ikeda
Length 16 Hours 7min

I can divide this book into 2 opinion's.

The first half....boring its the typical beauty and the beast Stockholm syndrome. Feyre a poor huntress struggling to survive and to feed her family kills a wolf in the woods and a beast-like creature arrives to demand retribution for it. It was so difficult to get through this part of the book as its so predicable.

However once Feyre ends up under the mountain things finally get interesting. great charterer devolvement and an introduction of a much more interesting male lead.

I recommend persevering to get past all the stupid romantic bullshit as the books later in the series are fantastic.

Jennifer Ikeda is a good narrator alittle slow for me but still enjoyable to listen too.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16096824-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses