7th Son was the longest podiobook I’ve listened to. This is a trilogy series, but I started listening only when the 3rd book was already started. So I worked my way through the first two books quickly, then caught up with book 3 and listened every episode as soon as it was released.

The different listening frequency really affected my enjoyment of the books. I really liked the first two books, it started very mysteriously, with a great concept of 7 clones. I was hooked immediately, wanting to know more about their past.

During the first two books we learn most of where they came from and the people that were involved, with many interesting and shocking twists. In the meantime we also got a few “action scenes” that ramped up the tension even higher.

However once the 3rd book started, the only mystery left was John Alpha’s plan, so the majority of this last book was more about fast paced action and people being killed. At this time I basically lost the passion for this story. I was still interested in it, but the weekly (sometimes 2-3 weeks) frequency really dampened my interest, and I just wanted to know how it finished. I just wasn’t invested in it anymore.

To make things worse, there a lot protracted final action “scene” which I almost didn’t pay attention to, except to remember who died and who didn’t. Once that was done, I thought we’d either get more surprises (maybe a final twist) or the book would be over. Instead we get a few more chapters of… nothing much. I didn’t really care about the details of the cover story, and although the funerals were nice they could have been shorter.

In hindsight I wish I only started 7th Son after it was all done. I probably would have enjoyed the last book better.

Still, this is a good thriller/mystery novel. JC Hutchins did a very nice job with the production quality of the audio files, and his voices are very well done. I’d recommend this to anyone, now that the story is finished.