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We Hunt the Flame

Sands of Arawiya, Book 1

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We Hunt the Flame

By: Hafsah Faizal
Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Steve West
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A Bustle's Most Anticipated 2019 YA Release

A Barnes & Noble Top 2019 YA Fantasy Release

Paste Magazine's Top 10 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2019

"Lyrical and spellbinding." (Marieke Njikamp, number-one New York Times best-selling author)

Set in a richly detailed world inspired by ancient Arabia, Hafsah Faizal's We Hunt the Flame - first in the Sands of Arawiya series - is a gripping debut of discovery, conquering fear, and taking identity into your own hands.

People lived because she killed. People died because he lived.

Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the sultan. If Zafira was exposed as a girl, all of her achievements would be rejected; if Nasir displayed his compassion, his father would punish him in the most brutal of ways. Both Zafira and Nasir are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya - but neither wants to be.

War is brewing, and the Arz sweeps closer with each passing day, engulfing the land in shadow. When Zafira embarks on a quest to uncover a lost artifact that can restore magic to her suffering world and stop the Arz, Nasir is sent by the sultan on a similar mission: retrieve the artifact and kill the Hunter. But an ancient evil stirs as their journey unfolds - and the prize they seek may pose a threat greater than either can imagine.

©2019 Hafsah Faizal (P)2019 Macmillan Audio Islamic Heritage Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy South Asian Creators

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Critic reviews

"Narrators Fiona Hardingham and Steve West lend their exceptional vocal skills to this fantasy novel...Both narrators deliver commanding performances steeped in drama and suspense, drawing out every ounce of emotion and intrigue: — AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner
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I absolutely loved this story!

Audio : I don't really get the reviews about the audio being bad. I really liked the audio (same guy who narrated Strange the Dreamer) and although it always takes adjusting listening to different narrators when you change books, I have heard much, much worse. Sometimes it was a little confusing whether someone was thinking something or saying it, but otherwise I thought they did a great job and I'd say I'm quite fussy about audiobook narrators.

The actual Review: The book itself is amazing. The story telling, the plot, the characters. I laughed and I cried and I listened to it in one day.

The only upsetting thing for me was that I couldn't listen to the second straight away! I ordered the physical book 2 immediately (as apparently Faizal doesn't prep the reader about the first book in the second book) , but I'm just in one of those reading funks where I need to lie back and listen to an audiobook. I know other countries have it... so please Audible - bring it to the UK soon!

Brilliant

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Pros:

-Very lovable characters
-Great character development
-Really enjoyed descriptions of emotions (very poetic)

Improvements:

-I often found it difficult to place myself in the story. for example understanding where certain conversations are happening and would love more of a description of where on Shah they were.

-I didn't understand the destruction and darkness (being a good thing) theme all that well. (maybe this just me)

Conclusion:

Really great read! would definitely recommend this to a friend. But needs better scene descriptions (general description was great, would just get lost sometimes)

GRACEFUL THEME

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The story is fantastic, very immersive and the world building is phenomenal. At times hard to follow - had to rewind several times - would work better as a book rather than audio book. The different recordings for the Arabic words was initially annoying (one of the other reviews that made me wary of purchasing) but Y did not detract from enjoyment as you quickly get used to it.

Enthralling story

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The story is really compelling and interesting, but the edits of lines being reread out loud are very obvious, and distract from truly being submerged into the story.

Great story - not so great audio

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One particularly odd narration issue in one chapter (name pronunciations are off but it returns to normal eventually) aside, the multi character narration style bought this book to life for me when I had been struggling with the written copy, and the plot eventually got going into something really interesting and gripping after a slow 2nd quarter. I would love to read on, but ' We Free the Stars' (book 2) is not available on audible.

Story picks up eventually into something cool

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