Ruined by narration

A very good story, with lots of tension and a satisfying culmination of the search for a traitor which has run through the series.
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Lately ruined for me by the narrator - he really cannot do women. If the heroine and other female characters spoke in the manner given them by the narrator I would have thought the hero would have been more likely to have arranged their deaths rather than the traitor’s. Such a shame and made the book really difficult to engage with at times

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Excellent story but narrator ruins all female characters

Really great book, with a really excellent couple of protagonists and a fun plot when I read it on its own a few years ago. Having now read some of the others that precede it in the series I would have preferred a bit more of a ‘criminal tracing’ plot and a little less sex.
For this rendition I had to work to get over the narrators terrible simpering and or sneering female characterisations though. No woman comes off well, but the way he portrayed the men was all good. Having read the paperback of this book years ago, Minerva comes across much better when reading her words rather than hearing them via this particular narrator.

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Good story, shame about the voices.

The story was okay, and I liked both of the leading characters and their interplay but the narrator was just awful. He just cannot do female voices without them sounding like either elderly pantomime dames or Emily from Little Britain (a comedic transvestite man for those who don’t know). Some of his male voices were also questionable - Devil Cynster sounded like a fribble. :-O. On the whole this was extremely irritating. As was the pronunciation of the name Dalziel. It would not have taken much research to know that this sounds ‘D L’ not ‘Dazeel’. Bring back Simon Prebble., an excellent voice actor who does both male and female voices magnificently.

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A bit of a disappointed

This was the story I was looking forward to the most out of all in this series but unfortunately it was a bit of a disappointment. I thought there was going to be a really exciting plot and Royce would be investigating to try and catch the last Traitor, but there wasn't a plot at all except for the last hour of listening. It dragged on and on with Royce trying to seduce and win over Minerva. I do like the sex scenes very much but basically, that's all this story contained. So it got a bit boring. The best part was the last hour after 14 hours of mainly sex and everyday life at the castle. The previous book of Christian and Letitia was my favourite.
The narrator was much better this time.

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Great story, voices wrong

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I love Stephanie Laurens books - super sexy - so happy to listen to it.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The story of the hero and heroine and the development of their relationship very strong.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

When telling the story the narrator was good but the voices of Royce and Minerva were painfully wrong. It just doesn't do them justice. Far too fruity.

If this book were a film would you go see it?

Yes

Any additional comments?

It is a shame that voices were so off.

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Another great book

I loved every book in this series.I heard every book twice.I wish they were also produced on screen.But for the time we will rely on our imagination and the vivid descriptions of the author.

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Poor narration Surprising

The narration spoiled the cadence of the story. Mis pronounced words, poor characterisation made the story grate at times and it was a long 15 hours to listen all the way through. "DL" - no idea how we got "Dalzeel" pronouncement" - representation made one wonder how he achieved such success in his role leading the Bastion Club he did not portray a quick thinking strategist more like a Dickensian Has been! Very disappointed when there are so many excellent narrators available! Sorry but not good value or enjoyable listening!

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Convoluted and Disappointing.

It starts off slightly differently, she manages to seem uninterested. So we have chapters of his dreams and desire. Then he see the light and we revert to reluctant female, aggressive, domineering male, who doesn't take NO for an answer.
The fact that the "last traitor" is present gets sidelined.
He needs to marry to stop the state claiming his lands. The heroine is the target and his character changes, he becomes a bully. As usual sex is rampant throughout with seemly everyone participating.

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