narrator is distracting, story is wonderful

What did you love best about Honor's Splendour?

Strong characters and a compelling setting lay a firm foundation for a good read.

How could the performance have been better?

At the beginning of the book the narrator ends most every sentence with a breathy sigh and continues to repeat unfortunate choice of cadence frequently throughout the book - it distracts repeatedly from the story.

Any additional comments?

The narrator has a good variety of character accents. It seems that she's working so hard on her accents that she looses her ability to vary her cadence and tenor.The story was well written and compelling and I'll look forward to reading 'Garwood's work again.

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Great book. Bad narrator

The book was awesome like the rest of Garwood's book, but gosh, The narrators voice was bland and irritating.

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A Beautiful Story

Julie Garwood is a very talented author. I have enjoyed reading most her books, and this one didn't disappoint. How ever good the story, how ever great the characters, it is the talent behind the pen that makes a good book GREAT. Garwood does a wonderful job with character development and dialogue, her descriptive writing makes her stories live. Her writing and Anne Flosnik's narration transports you into the story, it's as if you are watching it unfold.

Set in medieval times, "Honor's Splendour" is about a baron seeking revenge for his sister's rape. He plans to kidnap the sister of his enemy; an eye for an eye--a sister for a sister. It begins when Baron Louddon has Baron Duncan of Wexton, known as "The Wolf", undressed and tied to a post in the middle of winter to freeze to death, so there would be no marks on his body. Madelyne (the sister of his enemy) plans to escape her brothers abuse, but first she feels compelled to save the poor warrior from certain death. Not knowing he is there to kidnap her; she frees him and he captures her. Duncan immediately sees she is nothing like her brother when Madelyne unselfishly helps him and warms his frozen feet with her own body. So, he needs to adjust his plans.

Julie Garwood has a wonderful sense of humor which can be seen in her characters. Like the sweet, naive Lady Madelyne who want to save the world, keeps telling everyone that she is a quiet woman, but she is usually doing it at the top of her lungs....or in trying to cover over her disobedience she will say something like, "I have gone through an ordeal". It is not funny when I relate it, but it is funny and cute when penned by Ms Garwood and narrated by Anne Flosnik. I just love Madelyne's character.

I highly recommend "Honor's Splendour"!

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Narration was not good. Loved the story though.

What would have made Honor's Splendour better?

Better narrator.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Madelyn, she has spunk.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Anne Flosnik?

Davina Porter

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Had previously bought before and loved Julie's story but the narrator ruined it. Her voices were not distinctive enough for each character.

Any additional comments?

I would buy all of Julie garwoods books on audial if they were narrated better. I have them all in hardback and read them often. I am just starting to purchase them form my kindle too.

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Julie Garwood writes the best Highlander books!

If you like highland romance books than you can't pass her books up. These books are so captivating & passionate. Her books are worth the credit!

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Good Book, Bad Narrator

I've read this Garwood - and several of her other works - many times and was delighted to see that it's now at audible.com but was disappointed to see that Anne Flosnik as narrator. Ms. Flosnik does a satisfactory presentation of female voices, however, she consistently destroys male voices. She makes male characters sound like arrogant, expiring Darth Vaders making them - IMHO - boring and unlikeable. I think Simon Prebble does a much more credible presentation.

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Holy Jamoly

The story being good was the ONLY thing that got me through this. That and speeding the book up to 1.25 speed! The narration was horrendous!! Julie Garwoods writings deserve better than this. I am sorry Anne Flosnik, I feel terrible saying unkind things towards narrators, but this was not the best work.
The story was adorable. I loved the interactions between all the characters. The story isn't one of dragging out what we all know will happen in the end, but instead embraces it and let's us enjoy the love and romance.

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Honor's Splendor Was a Delightful Listen!

If you enjoy historical romance novels, you will love this book. I think it's fair to say that no one does it better than Julie Garwood. You will enjoy getting to know the characters she writes about. Like her other historical romance novels, this book not only features a strong-minded man, but a strong-minded woman. Garwood does a wonderful job of playing with the expectations of the time period she's writing about, and pushing at them just enough to make it neither totally unbelievable, nor completely unpalatable.

Some previous people have criticized the narrator, Anne Flosnik. In many ways their critiques are appropriate. She is a little over-dramatic...to the point that it may sometimes prompt an eye roll or two from the listener.

Nonetheless, I found this thoroughly enjoyable. It's the type of audiobook you don't want to end.

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Story is great, narrator is terrible

This story is great, however Anne Flosnik is terrible. Her voice sounds gruff, gravelly, and strained from speaking too low. It's almost painful to listen to. It's very disappointing considering the story is so good.

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Love the story, hate the narrator's performance.

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I loved the book and that was the reason I also wanted the audible version.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the character development.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator made it hard to listen to the book, the female voice was horrible. I have read the book and was really looking forward to audible version but the narrator made it a difficult process, I had to stop listening to the book to digest the voice. It was really bad acting and the narrator made the story boring because she did such a horrible job. I would never listen to another book with this particular narrator.

What character would you cut from Honor's Splendour?

None

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