Audiobook narrator: 5 stars 
 Character of Mary "Jacky" Faber: 5 stars 
 Story: Ehhhh 
 There were some great elements to this, and a great main character, yet I think the parts were greater than the whole. I wasn't as invested in the story, and I thought it was overly long, so I was surprised that the audiobook was only 6 hours (very short for an audiobook). It felt like the Lord of the Rings never-ending ending -- and there are 9 more books of this?! This is me tapping out. I think part of the problem for me was that the tone felt very middle grade but the subject matter was a bit older. I said on Instagram that I hadn't heard that many references to "sodomites" since I accidentally turned on Fox News. 
 I'm trying Pirates! by Celia Rees now and I'm liking that a lot more.