Toddson, GMTA.

Thank you, Toddson, Paladin of Souls was the title I couldn't think of

Agreed on Hallowed Hunt - although I liked it better when I re-read it in the last couple of years than I remember liking it the first time. Would love more Learned Hallana!

I really like the I guess subgenre of fantasy that's about made up religions, and the 5 gods are an excellent example. Other favorites that spring to mind are The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (I think the series has a different name but I forget what it is) and Raven Tower. Stuff like that is catnip for me

Cashmere, thank you SO MUCH for mentioning this book.

I wanted more people to squee with about it! The audiobook is to DIE for. The narrator is so hilarious and wonderful with the characters. I've listened to it multiple times. (I own it in print, ebook and audio).

Ooh, might have to listen!

For some reason, I just can't deal with audiobooks. I like e-books fine, but the audio just doesn't work for me.

I have to match the right audiobook with the right other activity (if I try to just listen to an audiobook and do nothing else I will drift off to sleep which is not terrible except I will not actually hear the story) - right now I've got the Complete Works of Sherlock Holmes as narrated by Stephen Fry as my book to listen to while I'm working (if I get caught up in something I'm doing and miss a little bit it doesn't frustrate me too much and Stephen Fry's voice is generally quite soothing) and the Murderbot Diaries to listen to while I do household chores (I don't know, it helps motivate me somehow?). I looooooove audiobooks while I'm driving but I haven't been doing much of that lately...

I love audiobooks but I am also a massive snob when it comes to narrators so I frequently bail and buy the eBook instead.

I am an audiobook snob, too. I've had some great books ruined by the narration.

But the ones I love--I will listen to them over and over. The narrator for TAofML also narrated Alexis Hall's Glitterland which is also fantastic in a different way.

I once had a message conversation with AH on Goodreads about getting an audio version of Pansies. I helped find the narrator--they were looking for a good Geordie accent, and ended up with Cornell Collins who also narrates KJ Charles' Magpie Lord series.

I play six degrees of Joel Leslie with gay romance authors all the time.

I also liked Hallowed Hunt a lot better on my latest re-read. I found the characters more appealing and the world building more interesting. But the world is very different there, and I missed the Bastard, my favorite of the Five Gods.

The Bastard is certainly all over Penric's stories