How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge

Nicole Poole’s narration is the secret weapon that turns this audiobook from great to *unputdownable*. She nails Rory’s exhausted defiance, the fairies’ gleeful menace, and the sheer exhaustion of a protagonist who just wanted to retire to a quiet life but got handed a revolution instead. Her pacing is relentless, yet she never sacrifices clarity for speed—every snarky aside and doomed strategic meeting lands with perfect cadence. The standout is her delivery of the fairy blessings, which oscillate between saccharine sweetness and teeth-gnashing malice, making each utterance feel like a pact with a knife at your throat. That said, the book isn’t without flaws. The middle act sags slightly under the weight of Rory’s internal monologues about her trauma, which, while thematically important, occasionally stall the momentum. And the epilogue, while satisfying, feels a bit too tidy for a story that’s spent 12 hours gleefully trashing neat resolutions. But these are minor quibbles in a package that’s otherwise so electrifying it’ll leave you hunting for a third book in a series that shouldn’t exist yet. If you love your sci-fi with bite, your fantasy with teeth, and your narrators with charisma, this audiobook is your next obsession.