Karen White has a lot of books listed at Audible, but many aren't well-known, at least not to me. Now that one has been released, I'm so disappointed. I have been hoping for an audiobook version of this series for years. Very disappointing could have been so much better Side note: Alberich is pronounced all-ber-ick not all-bear-itch Honestly, I would love to be told that Mercedes herself dictated this particular pronunciation herself because learning I was wrong all along and adjusting my understanding of what’s correct would be 1000 times easier than listening to this recording as is. This is a pretty vital misstep in otherwise good narration. The only country that supposedly pronounces it gwee-nah is Canada but I am Canadian myself and I assure you the majority of us would pronounce it g-when-a.

The English, Americans, Italians, French, Finnish, Dutch, and Polish ALL use the short e. I understand why the author came up with gwee-nah as the first search result returns that pronunciation, however looking anywhere beyond that very first search option reveals that the popular vote has Gwena pronounced with a short e. If Gwen is pronounced g-when and Gwendolyn is g-when-do-lyn then on WHAT planet is Gwena pronounced with a long ee? After pushing through it countless times for the sake of the story it finally bothered me so much I spent half an hour researching it. (The story is fantastic btw) Every time I listen to this much beloved story from my childhood I get to the first pronunciation of ‘Gwena’ and I cringe and pause the book to consider whether I can stand to continue. This is not a review of the story - it’s a review of the narration. Book is amazing! Narrator mispronounces names and it drives me BONKERS.

Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey