A surprising delight

The story is strong , twists and turns aplenty. Complex characters. Good historical facts. Love and laughter. Really well penned. Highly recommended

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Not Tripe - ignore that foolish review!

I occasionally read the various reviews before purchasing a title, I did on this occasion, there were only 2. One of which said that this was tripe and that the book was given up at chapter 2!
I would advise you to ignore that review.

This is a regency novel with the distinction of telling about lives in the Beau Monde and those characters and friendships that hover both on the edge of the Ton in business (Trade! Gasp!), Politics and enterprise, who are acceptable because of great wealth, an old but distant family connection and offered peerages from grateful monarchy and the favour of the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington.

You don’t often see how these groups mix the class structures through schooling, friendships, travel and war… makes for an interesting ‘plot C’. The main plot, is actually a comedy of errors and the female lead, Abigail, is a breath of surprising fresh air for her time. Plot B is easily the most traditional historical story and the only intrigue is how, alongside ‘plotA’, the story gets resolved. But the fun of it is, that the resolution is very novel.

I do think that it needn’t have taken so long to resolve, but it doesn’t suffer overall for the length, give it a chance, it’s an original piece of work in as far as, it’s not all Almacks and sad crushes…

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Lighthearted & entertaining

The narrator wasn’t the best but the story was fun & entertaining, the kind of book (if it was paperback) you’d read on the beach

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Tripe

Fourteen hours of drivel. Lovestruck geldings, young ladies and gentlemen swearing in public are just too unbelievable. I gave up after two chapters.

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Enjoyable and not that predictable

I mean sure, it’s obvious a book like this will turn out well in the end but it was a lengthy and enjoyable listen!

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enthralling story

loved the story but unfortunately didn't enjoy the narrator. But all in all a very enjoyable story.

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Never mind the Holland Covers

Good effort by this author in this genre, but gratingly inaccurate (and American) in so many small ways, that it became too annoying to continue; the way the author dipped in and juxtaposed "period" cant and colloquialisms with modern terms. As a long time aficionado of Ms Heyer, Ms Austen and lately of Ms Riley, the foibles of language use, of type of carriage, ie a barouche is a light coach drawn by two horses, not a travelling coach laden with luggage, layouts of houses; it all grated and soon outweighed my ability to continue.

For me, after reading the tripe v not tripe comments already submitted, this book is very much a sows ear masquerading as a silk purse.

Narrator was good.

NOT FOR ME

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Might have been okay

The book might have been okay but the narration was so robotic and strange that I didn't like it at all. Struggled on to chapter 13 bu lt gave up. Sorry narrator but that type of natation just isn't for me. I won't be listening to any more books with this author or narrator.

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