Queen of Faces by Petra Lord Narrator: Dylan Reilly Fitzpatrick, E. A. Castillo, Nicky Endres
Published by Macmillan Audio on February 3, 2026
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
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A desperate girl at a cutthroat magical academy faces a choice between life and become an assassin for the enchanted elite or watch her decaying body draw its last breath. For fans of Leigh Bardugo, Brandon Sanderson, Lev Grossman, and R.F. Kuang.
Anabelle Gage is trapped in a male body, and it’s rotting from the inside out. In Caimor, where the magical elite buy and swap designer bodies like clothes, Ana can’t afford to escape her tattered form. When she fails the entrance exam to the prestigious Paragon Academy, her last hope of earning a new body implodes. As the clock ticks down to her last breath, she’s forced to use her illusion magic to steal a healthy chassis—before her own kills her.
But Ana is caught by none other than the headmaster of Paragon Academy, who poses a brutal face execution for her crime or become a mercenary at his command. Revolt brews in Caimor's smog-choked underworld, and the wealthy and powerful will stop at nothing to take down the rebels and the infamous dark witch at their helm, the Black Wraith.
With no choice but to accept, Ana will steal, fight, and kill her way to salvation. But her survival depends on a dangerous band of an impulsive assassin, a brooding bombmaker, and an alluring exile who might just spell her ruin. As Ana is drawn into a tangled web of secrets, the line between villain and hero shatters—and Ana must decide which side is worth dying for.
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This was such an interesting story and concept. We are in a futurist world where people can change bodies. Our lead character, Anabelle Gage, is in desperate need of a new body and her actions wind up leading her down a path she did not expect. All she wanted to do was join a school to hone her magical abilities (and get a new body), but things went awry and the path she winds up going down captivated me. The magic element was fascinating; I was intrigued to see what powers others possessed. The pacing was a tad slow for my taste but did build up as the book progressed. Overall, if you are a fan of fantasy books you should check this book out.
The narrators did a fantastic job at bringing this story to life. They kept my attention even on the slow bits, so I give major props to them.
