I don't like leaving negative reviews. Clearly, this team worked hard to spin a tale, and it is an original and interesting tale too, but I couldn't make it to episode 3 because one of the biggest turn offs in serial podcasts for me is when voice actors adopt an unmistakenly forced cartoony pitch, as if their listeners were kids. But you don't have exploding heads and sex dioramas in kids stories so I must be honest in case other listeners are of like mind.The first red flag was the king, who's fake cantankerous delivery was thankfully short lived. When we were introduced to, at the age of twenty-five, the squeaky whining heroine of the tale I almost stopped listening but decided to hang on in hopes of a maturing as the plot developed. But when the witches son overacted his part like an early manga villain I had to bail. To be fair, the witch was believable and the narrator carried the listener through scenes with intrigue, but that wasn't enough for me to continue.The goal with actors should be to suspend disbelief, not distract.