Narrated by Liyah Summers, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon has a runtime of 25 hrs 52 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel. Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Liyah Summers
- Length: 25 hrs 52 mins
- Publisher: Audible Studios
- Release year: 2019
- Audible category: Literature & Fiction / Genre Fiction / Coming of Age
Listener Ratings
The Priory of the Orange Tree holds an average listener rating of 4.1/5 from 6949 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.1/5
- Story: 4.2/5
- 5-star ratings: 50% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
4/5 stars — “Slowed down the narration…”
Usually I speed up narration, but for some reason (narrators cadence) or just the writing; made me slow it down so I could enjoy it?— Melody, Audible listener
3/5 stars — “Wonder through world as a disembodied ghost”
There is a plot, their are characters but I feel bored and a bit lost. There seem to never be any actions. The ladys might make up the queen and their is a description of the dress and jewelry but not of the effect. The character are "angry" or "pleased" but not described acting or of their expression. There is little trying to build picture of the religions of the world but yet their riffs are described as political problems.The narrator did a good job keeping the voices clear for who was speaking.and injection some personality in the story.
I think this book could be rewritten to be interesting. Twenty something chapters in I am done.
— Coral, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Good but not great”
The story is creative and fresh but a lot of it was predictable. It also took me over half the book to get invested in it. The performance was 80% excellent and 20% strange choices for voices.— Amazon Customer, Audible listener
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