K. D. Shade Audiobooks

Dreamteller: a sixteen-hour young adult epic, read by K. D. Shade

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.8/5 average

256 listener ratings

Who is K. D. Shade?

Nearly seventeen hours on the young adult shelf signals ambition. This is not a slim coming-of-age story to be got through over a weekend; it is a full immersion, the kind of work that expects to occupy a reader for a fortnight and intends to reward them for staying.

K. D. Shade also reads Dreamteller, and that decision says something about how the work is held. Authors who narrate their own fiction are choosing to keep the voice in their own hands, cadence and all, which suits a title built on dreaming and telling: the sound of the storyteller becomes part of the story.

Our record here is the work and nothing more, and the work has been finding its readers happily enough without assistance from any publicity machine.

K. D. Shade in audiobooks

The reception is the striking part. An average close to five stars across a couple of hundred verdicts is unusual at any level, and in self-narrated fiction it points to readers who found something and then told other people about it.

Go in expecting a long arc rather than quick chapters. Young adult listeners comfortable with fantasy-inflected storytelling will settle in fastest, though the sheer length makes it equally suited to adults who read across the category without apology. Start at the beginning and give it a couple of sittings before deciding: work on this scale rarely shows its hand early. Browse what is listed below.