Go go Toogie! Too many characters is a problem I face with audio. I was able to read the first several Game of Thrones books manually and listened to the last couple. It is much easier sometimes when you have a list of players! It is one of the problems I have with fantasy books that want to build up the entire history of a planet, I don't know what I have to keep active in my mind. I am happier with books that just put me in the action without a lot of backstory.
Beckyboo, I missed saying it earlier but I have T. Kingfisher book on hold, it hasn't come off yet...
PTQuilts, I only have the first of the Neely books at my library, but it is ebook.
LAF2019, I really enjoyed Dreamfall. I am tired of YA fantasy books where the lead has hitherto unknown powers. This shows me I can enjoy a story of teen-aged protagonists. It was the perfect book for my insomnia. Sigh, although I'm still spending too much time awake, at my worst I only got roughly 2 hours (total) of sleep in 24 hours. Now I'm up to a solid 4 hours and working towards six. Before I couldn't nap, now I can sometimes and get another period of sleep in. Still, mostly I have a period in the afternoon of 2-4 hours where I'm not good for much on most days. Yes, I have been in sleep studies and seen sleep doctors, but as my last one told me there are still about 10% of us they don't know how to help yet. Trust me, I was thinking Michael Jackson was on to something and I would have signed up for a experiment like set up in the book if I could have!
And just now the second book of the Keeper series, The Letter Keeper, just came off hold.
Thank you all so much for your suggestions.