The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

Why readers love it

Our view

choose this if your favourite kind of adventure depends on a double act. Smallhope’s social position and Pennyroyal’s role promise a contrast in manner, while their shared willingness to ignore restrictions gives them common ground.

The recovery-agent premise is more personal and flexible than following an entire time-policing institution. We think that makes the book an attractive route for readers drawn to resourceful partners and unconventional working arrangements. The important question is their connection, rather than a catalogue of destinations.

Start here if you want that partnership to be the focus of your next Taylor series.

Listening notes

The listed unabridged UK audiobook is read by Zara Ramm and runs twelve hours and fourteen minutes. That places it firmly in full-novel territory, rather than among the short adventures set in Taylor’s wider world.

Follow this recording with A Family Affair if you want to continue with the same partners and narrator. The sequel has its own separate audio listing.