• The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk, Read by Moira Quirk

    A Rich Fantasy with Lively Narration

    Every Monday through Friday, AudioFile’s editors recommend the best in audiobook listening. We keep our daily episodes short and sweet, with audiobook clips to give you a sample of our featured listens.

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    Moira Quirk’s lively voice draws listeners into a magical Regency-inspired tale. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Emily Connelly discuss C.L. Polk’s new fantasy audiobook, The Midnight Bargain, which is sure to provide all the distractions you need right now. Beatrice Clayborn is a young ingénue entering her first “bargaining season,” where eligible suitors vie for her hand. Once married, Beatrice will be forcibly cut off from any access to magic—but she is desperate to become a sorceress. Quirk uses dramatic pacing and smooth transitions to balance the complex courtly politics and magical worldbuilding. Her voices for the mercurial spirits Beatrice summons are especially delightful.

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