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Bells Hells—What Doesn't Break

By: Cassandra Khaw, Critical Role
Narrated by: Grey Delisle, Marisha Ray, Laura Bailey, Robbie Daymond
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Uncover the lost years of Critical Role’s unrelentingly upbeat undead spellcaster in this original prequel novel to Laudna’s adventures with Bells Hells.

For as long as she can remember, Laudna has had a friend. A mentor. A little voice whispering in her cropped ear, promising that, no matter how monstrous she becomes or how far she wanders, there will always be someone to guide her.

And so, Laudna is content.

But the thought of more—of life, of love, of the magic stirring in her still veins—is unrelenting in its familiarity. More is the dream of the young girl trapped behind the bloodstained walls of Whitestone, and the nightmare of the woman who now stalks the woods outside them. More, Laudna’s little voice reminds her, is dangerous. From Tal’Dorei to Marquet, the world is infested with heroes destined to rid their kingdoms of creatures like Laudna.

The little voice is right, she knows.

But still, she thinks of more. And when she reaches for that dream, what reaches back will change everything.

Written by USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, Critical Role: Bells Hells—What Doesn’t Break delves into the unexplored years before Laudna joined up with the crew of Bells Hells, chronicling her departure from Whitestone and her solo adventures on the road to Jrusar.

©2024 Cassandra Khaw and Critical Role (P)2024 Random House Audio
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Great story as usual from CR

I always love a good origin story. I genuinely cant wait for their next title. I have never been so happy to hear Laura Bailey's voice.

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The Best Crit Role Story

This is by far the best of the audiobooks from Critical Role, but that’s likely because Laudna is one of the best characters from the three campaigns. It’s Marisha’s best character and proves the hate she got in campaign one was unwarranted. Laudna’s backstory was such a shock in campaign that I’m glad it got this book to explore it further. The one failing is that it didn’t give Matt the chance to voice his best campaign three voice, Pâté.

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Absolutely beautiful

Khaw’s writing style flawlessly encompasses the beloved character of Laudna that Critical Role fans have come to know. This look into Laudna’s backstory was both heart breaking and breathtaking. I would love to see Cassandra Khaw write for this universe again. Performances by Marisha Ray and Grey DeLisle (Griffin) were amazing and the dynamic between them is deliciously fun. Can’t wait for the next Critical Role book!

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Deep Critical Role Lore

This book is amazing. Great story, great cast. The Lore from this book is amazing. It is amazing to to learn about Laudna's past.

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I didn’t want it to enddddd

Laudna is my favorite critical role character, ever. I’ve been desperately waiting for this book for ages and it does not disappoint. The voice acting from the actors who play Laudna, Delilah, and (in just a tiny but wonderful part) Imogen is an absolute delight throughout the novel. Extra kudos to Grey Delisle for her performance as Delilah. It was just so, so good. And Robbie Daymond is perfection as a narrator.

The story itself is fantastic. To be completely honest, it was so, so much better than I expected it would be. That isn’t a critique on the book in any way, but upon myself. I know myself, so I knew I’d love a novel about Laudna no matter how it ended up being — but actually appreciating the high quality of the writing, the recurring themes, the well rounded characters, the plot(s) and how tidily they all tied up kind of blindsided me. I was repeatedly shocked at how much I liked the book as a book, and not just as a *Laudna* book.

That being said, very quickly into beginning this novel I noticed a pattern where the author often used Oddly Big Words for things. At first, I figured that my knowledge of Fancy Words was less extensive than I thought. But after four or five of these words, I began to note them down in a journal. It became something of a game tbh, and I’d send the words to various friends and family as I found them to see which ones of us were the smartest and knew the most terms. In total, from chapter five(ish) to the end of the book, I wrote down 21 words. (Side note, figuring out how to spell some of these words from audio-only was a Challenge, but a fun one!)

That last, honestly very silly, paragraph aside — I adored this book. The style of writing, the talent in how it was told, the story itself, just. Everything about it was a delight and a treat and I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you to everyone involved in making this book <3.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go buy the print version as well so I can figure out if I spelled all those big words correctly or not-

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A beautiful story

I've been following Critical Role's Bell's Hells since almost the beginning, and I've always been curious on Laudna's backstory, and how she became who she is. This story so far has been beautiful and emotional, and I'm not even done with it yet. Robbie, Marisha, Laura, and Grey do an amazing job at bringing these words and characters to life.

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Wonderfully engaging and sad backstory

I loved the tone of the story and incorporating the actors from the series to do their voices in the story.

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Absolutely Love This Story

This story is perfect. I did cry at some parts of the story. The voice acting was amazing as usual since the cast of CR is incredible. I'm definitely recommending this book to my friend who watches campaign 3 with me! Amazing job Robbie Laura Marisha and Grey 💜

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W O W

the performance of this story is incredible and I'm beyond excited for more from Cassandra. what a wonderful story, and the narration *chefs kiss*

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I enjoyed this book!

I couldn’t stop listening. I love it! Of the 3 critical role books this one is my favorite.

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