Welcome back to Kodie’s Book Blog. Today, I will be reviewing "Lives Entwined in Kind: Tucked Away" by Mel Parrish, which is the first book in a two-part series. As usual, there will not be any intended spoilers from the book included in my overview or review!

Overview:
The main character, Abraxos, is known to kind of be a recluse and hides in his house, shutting out the world around him. This is until an older woman shows up at his doorstep with a surprise that is going to change the rest of his life. Because of this new part of his life that he welcomes in, we get to see how his personality changes and how he starts opening himself up to the world, and this new thing in his life. Through this change, Abraxos is faced with the past and has to confront his feelings that he has for it, why he did the things he did, and some of his regrets and ways to amend them.

Review:
Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this book, and I think it was a fun and quick audiobook to listen to. It took me a total of 3 days. I don't think I would have picked this book up off the shelf if I were out at the bookstore because it is not in my most preferred genre. I am glad that I picked this audiobook to listen to and review. One thing that I really enjoyed was the character development throughout the book. Like I mentioned before, we get to see Abraxos and his change in character because of the new things that are brought into his life. The author did a great job of showing his mental state, what he was thinking, and how he was actively changing within the moment. I think it is impressive that the author was able to have a verbal conversation going on as well as the main character's thoughts, without the audio or the book being confusing with what was happening in that scene. I do wish that the author had given us a little bit more backstory on Abraxos because he is supposed to be this feared character, and you can see how the other characters in the story fear him. I just wish that I understood what the characters were feeling and what they knew about him that made them fear him.

If you are interested in a book that has you asking yourself questions and has you wondering what is going to happen next concerning the events that are happening now, I would recommend reading or listening to the audio of this book. I think that the narrator did a great job.

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Audiobook- This one was really short, which I prefer anyway! I enjoyed being able to listen to the whole thing in one day. The narration as great, his voice was soothing & he did a great job at switching tones etc for different characters!
As for the book itself:

The setting *name withheld, sounded hilarious to me right from the rip so I had a very hard time taking it seriously.
This book is DEF YA & has zero spice so keep that in mind.

However the character twists etc were awesome & I really enjoyed them. It was definitely not what I was expecting (in a good way)
Looking forward to number two.

*I would say this was similar to The cruel prince but not as good. Hope that helps!

Lives intwined in Kind is the perfect name for the story in this audiobook book, that is what you get here. In book one we are introduced to the story which is played out through many characters. Both fabled fantasy and human, their past and suggestions of their future interactions. But only a glimpse, and that’s my issue having finished listening. I’m just not sure about this book yet, which is why only three stars; I think only future parts of the whole will make me decide if this is audiobook is actually worth more. Thank you to Initium Books and NetGalley for the ARC. The views expressed are all mine, freely given.