![]() ![]() They interrupt the flow of the story, in audio format. Also, the quotes at the beginning of each chapter are annoying. ![]() Narrator Alison Larkin was great, but she portrayed the heroine in a somewhat childlike voice, and she needs to learn how to say "laudanum" if she plans to read more historic novels. These two series are similar in many ways, with orphaned or otherwise homeless youth, mangy but loyal animals, "great dame" adoptive aunts, and cast-off servants. I loved Gracie's other series, especially The Perfect Rake and The Perfect Waltz. Still, I'm probably going to read book 4 when it's published - Daisy's story. ![]() Emotionally I felt little connection to the lead characters. The murder charge somehow never felt like an honest theat, and I frequently felt one step ahead of the plot lines. THE SPRING BRIDE was pleasant but predictable. The mutt described in the synopsis played a starring role for a while but then he faded into the background. It was good to see old familiar characters again: Aunt Beatrice and the four Chance sisters, Max, Freddie, the butler Frothby and the footman-cum-bodyguard William. Contents include one sex scene, minimal violence, minimal swearing. But it's a pleasant enough post-war romantic mystery, set in London 1817. Third book in an ongoing series, and in my view the weakest of the series, so far. ![]()
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