[image] ★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) I’ve never read a book by M.M. Kaye, but I’m doing a “Lifetime in Books” challenge as well as a “Dou[image] ★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) I’ve never read a book by M.M. Kaye, but I’m doing a “Lifetime in Books” challenge as well as a “Double-Decker” (double letters in title, etc.) challenge and wanted to kill two birds with the same stone before the end of the year. The results of my searches have been hit or miss. This one, luckily, was a home run. Not out of the ballpark, but very well played.
I’ve not heard Bahni Turpin narrate before, nor am I familiar with her acting on the large or small screen. Nevertheless, I thought she elevated this story, kicking it up at least a half a star or more. Great voice differentiation, deliver of international accents from a large cast of characters, and inflection for characters’ tones and moods.
While dated, especially as far as male chauvinism goes, I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Great sense of time and place, with a nice little mystery that kept me guessing, but didn’t make me feel too stupid as I started catching on near the end....more
★★★½☆ Not as enjoyable this time around, even if I did do it as a “buddy read.” I actually put it down and it took forever for me to pick it back up. ★★★½☆ Not as enjoyable this time around, even if I did do it as a “buddy read.” I actually put it down and it took forever for me to pick it back up. Who ever thought I'd say too many - and long - love scenes? SL should have gotten back to the mystery, which was well done....more
★★★★☆ I probably shouldn't rate this so high, but I'm a sucker for an amnesia plot. Plus, I love that the characters were married at the beginning.★★★★☆ I probably shouldn't rate this so high, but I'm a sucker for an amnesia plot. Plus, I love that the characters were married at the beginning....more
I'm trying to decide what to rate it. Probably ★★★★✩ to ★★★★½. I really like this author, although she's not everyone's cuppa-tea (some think her too I'm trying to decide what to rate it. Probably ★★★★✩ to ★★★★½. I really like this author, although she's not everyone's cuppa-tea (some think her too dull); she is a comfort read for me, as I know what I'm getting: a straight-forward, old-fashioned frontier romance. However, this time around she added quite a bit more Romantic Suspense.
In this one the heroine is widowed on the wagon train trail west and must choose another husband or go back east at the next settlement. She happens to be pregnant. However, she has some bad guys after her, as her dead husband had a deed to a gold claim. ...more
★★★★½ Fun and very well narrated YA book set in GC's Victorian Steampunk world.★★★★½ Fun and very well narrated YA book set in GC's Victorian Steampunk world....more
★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Nicely narrated; many character voices differentiated and accents done well, too. Silly at times, but very ★★★★☆ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Nicely narrated; many character voices differentiated and accents done well, too. Silly at times, but very strong sense of of time and place. ...more
★★★★☆ This was a really weird book that went off on tangents occasionally. Nevertheless, I couldn't stop reading it a little bit every night, if only ★★★★☆ This was a really weird book that went off on tangents occasionally. Nevertheless, I couldn't stop reading it a little bit every night, if only to find out where it was leading. ...more
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