It took me a while to get into the book, but once I did I really enjoyed it. I think I would have enjoyed it more had I read the book and not listen to the audio. Don’t get me wrong, the narrator did a great job, but there is something to be said for reading the spelling of unfamiliar names, places, and creatures.

What I liked-Luatha! More books should have a rhyming piskie.

What I didn’t like-The pacing was a little uneven for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Dreamscape Media for audio ARC.

The Unseen is told in third-person narration but in multi-character POV jumping between its several main characters, almost like one of those movies that is a group of vignettes of separate characters whose paths you know will later cross. Because of this, it was strange to follow along at first, at least until you get to know each character and their stories start to merge together. Once the characters are established, though, this tale felt like a slightly dark but also cozy fantasy adventure. The characters are flawed yet there is some redeeming quality to each that makes them appealing and the story did grab my interest enough that I want to read the next installment in the series to see where they go from here.
I listened to this book as an audiobook and the narration was well performed. There was a solid attempt at changing voice for dialogue as different characters. Also, the narrator did well with the jumps between each character's POV. Overall, I probably enjoyed this story more because as an audiobook it felt like a fairy tale, a somewhat dark fairy tale, being read to me.
I received advanced digital access to this audiobook thru NetGalley (for which I want to thank NetGalley and the publisher, Dreamscape Media, Dreamscape Lore) for an honest review. The opinion expressed here is my own.