Two world-weary men from worlds as unlike as possible, guarded and grumpy and distrustful, caught up in the most unlikely chain of events imaginable: it’s unusual for a romance to focus on two men in their 40s and even less usual for fantasy, and it’s both incredibly refreshing and deeply poignant. Inventive and interesting, heartfelt, and beautifully told in Fenn’s wry, honest, countryman’s voice, Seducing the Sorcerer is absolutely captivating.
And then Joel Leslie reads it, and it takes off and soars. He is note perfect: beautifully capturing the humor, suspense, drama, magic, romance, and pathos and giving them depth and life. This is a favorite book – head and shoulders above so much of what I read – and this audio performance takes it to an even higher level.