Cannot stand this narrator any more

I listened to the first two novels in this series because I liked the characters and the stories. The first novel had a completely unworkable plot (no aristocratic family could have got away with their ploy. The servants would have revealed all) but I still enjoyed the novel. The Americanisms were minimal and the historical inaccuracies, especially with regard to societal behaviours at that time also fairly minimal.

Unfortunately the narrator is unbearable, I jumped four books to listen to this last one because I wanted to know how it all panned out, but I can’t bear any more. Her accents are dreadful, especially those of residents of the British Isles. If you want to write books set in Britain and peopled with mainly British characters then for goodness sake choose a narrator who can actually speak the language, is good with accents and colloquialisms, and most of all, someone who can pronounce the simplest words accurately. The narrator has beaten me down, I’ve missed out four of seven books and I just can’t stand to listen to any more of this one:

I like this author. She creates great characters with excellent back stories but I can’t stand the narration.

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