Achewillow - Podcast Rankings and reviews

The story itself is riveting. The storytelling is superb. The cooking metaphors and imagery are delightful. And by and large, the whole series flows well, with an entertaining plot and truly interesting characters. The only caveat is a weekly smattering of consistent grammatical errors that a solid editor would catch.

I do not hand out five star reviews Willynilly. This review is given with neither Willy nor Nelly, but with joy for having had this story suggested as “people who listen to that podcast may enjoy…” and sure enough, I am thoroughly enjoying it.

The plot, woman on the brink of financial devastation, a convenient inheritance, and the threat of a serial killer, is pulled off by the author’s skill in describing a setting that carries the strength of a main character.

The reader of the podcast is equally skilled, and brought the characters to life.

I will definitely be checking out more of this author’s and audio artist’s work!

This show is one of the best audio dramas I have listened to, and I have easily listened to several hundred. It’s been at the bottom of my list for a while, but I wasn’t sure about it. I was so wrong to hold off. Not only is it one of the best I have ever heard; it may actually be the very BEST at continuing to be good over multiple seasons. Such a perfect combination of horror and humor.

The flawed narrator and her crazy, but relatable world regularly makes me smile, frown, laugh, cry, and talk out loud like the characters can hear me.😅 Every time I hear the intro music I get giddy.

I’m 5 episodes in and I have to give the author credit for an original premise: what happens if you hand a coming of age story with call-to-adventure to a protagonist who’s not competent enough to handle it?

What happens when you tell your audience in the first 5 minutes that your protagonist is self-assured and confident, but then spend the next 5 episodes having LITERALLY (and I mean literally) every other character they come across walk over them like a rug?

Well, if you want to find out: listen to this show.