When I began listening to this book I was almost laughing at how dark and edgy it was. The narrator really just made it worse, it was so edgy that it could cut through adamantine like if it was butter. The narrator probably wouldn't be able to make a proper female voice to save his own life. But dark brooding ghasts and evil overlords were more his gig. However the story was really great once I got into it, and Boyce really made me hooked on this series and I can't wait for the continuation.