Palaces and other Prisons - Mytho Collapse (AUDIOBOOK)
Palaces and other Prisons - Mytho Collapse (AUDIOBOOK)
- tentacles
- opposites attract
- fish out of water
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Standalone set in the Mytho Collapse world
Narrated by Roberto Scarlato
Sometimes the world is actually ending…
Dawson Hill is used to the routine and isolation of working on an oil platform in the North Sea. He’s woken up by what he thinks is an emergency drill, then the platform shudders and tilts like it’s about to fall into the sea…but the sea is gone. The oil platform is now on an island. And the island is inhabited by all kinds of beings. It soon becomes clear that rescue isn’t coming, and they are running out of food.
Magic is gone, and the water tastes different. Is different. King Ul doesn’t know what to tell his people when they look to him for answers about what happened or what the metal contraption is. The invaders must have answers, so when they leave the metal boxes, he has them arrested, which is how he discovers the marks on his skin glow in the presence of one man. His mate.
Even though Ul wants to get his tentacles on Dawson, he doesn’t have time for love while his kingdom is in trouble.
A gay Christmas/solstice romance in the Mytho Collapse world, which is set when the mythological world collapses into the human world, stranding all kinds of beings from myth.
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I really enjoyed this story. I was a positive event during a terrible time of loss and fear. Showing the humans that in the past they were a very important part of the mythos community and of King Ul's people. It showed them that the mythos people celebrated a Yuletide and the solstice celebration that is not so different from the human holiday celebrations. Including the birth of a child that heralded a new beginning.
I definitely recommend this Audio. Another great performance by Roberto Scarlato
I found Palaces and Other Prisons to be a sweet, gently told story with genuinely endearing characters, and under different circumstances I think I would have enjoyed it significantly more. Unfortunately, my experience with this audiobook was shaped less by what the story is, and more by what I expected it to be.
Because this book is part of the Tinsel & Tentacles series, I went in eagerly anticipating a Yule or Christmas-centered story set in the Mytho world that T.J. Nichols has created. That expectation set a very specific tone in my mind—one that the book simply did not deliver. The story does not have a cozy or festive seasonal atmosphere, and it never meaningfully leans into Christmas themes. While there is a Samhain celebration party where events take place, making the book loosely Samhain-adjacent, that is as far as the seasonal connection goes. And no, having the main characters say “Merry Christmas” in the epilogue does not suddenly turn this into a holiday story.
That said, the core of the book is not without charm. The characters are likable, the emotional beats are soft and sincere, and there is a warmth to the writing that suggests I would have been far more receptive had I approached this story without festive expectations. My disappointment stems largely from assumption rather than execution—but assumptions matter, especially when series branding points in a very specific thematic direction.
On the audiobook side, the narration deserves clear praise. The narrator did a great job bringing the characters to life, maintaining an engaging and consistent performance throughout. Even when my interest in the story itself wavered, the narration kept me listening.
In the end, Palaces and Other Prisons is not a bad audiobook—it’s simply not the holiday experience I was hoping for. Sweet, competent, and well-narrated, but ultimately misaligned with the expectations set by its series label.