Opal
by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic, 2018)
audiobook read by Will Patton (Scholastic Audio, 2019)
A wistful, dreamy novelette that serves more as a link between The Raven Cycle and the Dreamer trilogy than as any sort of standalone (non-fans beware). Opal’s POV drips with otherness. Patton’s by-now-familiar drawl lends a seductive quality to the audiobook reading.