Gentle Rogue

I enjoyed reading this novel but listening to it was not nearly as enjoyable. The narrators voice ruined "James'" character for me. I would recommend this book as a "read only".

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Pretty good

Story is good but narrator needs to learn how to say "grimaced" since the author uses it way too often. Listen at 1.5 speed and it's so much better.

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Not her best

Definitively not Stephanie Laurens' best. Skip it.

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Wonderful

I happen to love the books by Stephanie Laurens, especially the Bastion books. Her heroes are warriors and their mates are worthy of them.

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I love all Stephnie Laurens books

I really enjoyed this book. She gave us a better understanding of Jack and who he is. I found it easy listening and set at a comfortable pace. Clarice was a wonderful character and hope to see more of her in the next few books.

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Boring!

And I love a good historical romance on audio. Between a plodding narrator who mispronounced “grimace” and “Clarice” - the heroine’s name - an irritating million times , I really wondered if a bot was reading the book aloud. Skip this audiobook!

Word Repetition!

I had difficulty enjoying the story due to the repetitive use of “warrior queen” and “Boadicea”. In print it may not be to bad but in audio the repetition makes you want to pull out your hair. I’ve noticed that this author latches on a word or two and use constantly throughout the story. Another issue is the narrators mispronunciation of the word grimace and the heroine’s name. The ongoing mystery is interesting but after four books it’s time to wrap it up.

This book tries too hard

Full disclosure, I listened to this after the horrendous “Her Husband’s Harlot” narrated by Erin Mallon which had my ears bleeding!

That being said, this book was a major improvement for me for both the story and narration. I’m not sure if I’m more annoyed at SL for using the word “grimaced” as many times as she did or at the narrator for mispronouncing it the 120 times she read it!! 😫 While grating the over use of “grimace” didn’t completely ruin it for me. I appreciated Jill Tanner’s English accent and proper pronunciation of common words like ton (see Erin Mallon comment above).
“Anyhoo” the story is ok, though I don’t think there was nearly enough passion to match the title. It was lukewarm at best and not particularly believable. Her “rescue” of her uncle and then her brothers and how easily the past was forgiven had me rolling my eyes.

Boud - I - KA

loved it but the mispronunciation of Boudica's name drove me nuts. Boud I Ka. love a strong woman.

Running away into destiny

Date: 1816 April - May
Chronology: set after A LADY OF HIS OWN, before TO DISTRACTION.
Two days after Charles’ wedding Jack goes home to Avening and helps Lady Clarice Altwood rescue a stranger run off the road. When they overcome their misunderstandings about each other the attraction is heated and intense.
Then the stranger wakes up with a warning that Clarice’s cousin James Altwood is being framed for treason, and Jack braves going back in the Ton to help her rally support and find proof to protect James. When Dalziel helps with the investigation it quickly becomes obvious this is an attempted coverup by the last traitor to deflect blame on a scapegoat.
Boy do I wish for a different narrator who doesn’t mispronounce so many words and names. Why didn’t the producer or editor catch this earlier?