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Narrated by Kate Reading
Can a beloved narrator turn a bad book into a good listen? In this case, no. Blythe reviewed the print version for this entry into the Others series at AAR and gave it a D+, liking the fae aspects, but not much else. I should have paid more attention to her review before volunteering to review this in audio. If reviewing in print, I suspect my grade would be even lower than Blythe’s.
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I’ve read a number of the Others series but was immediately confused. The author’s website reveals that while this was released in November 2011, it should be read “before” many of her other books as it takes place before many older books in the series.
Not Your Ordinary Faerie Tale focuses on Corinne and Luc, our hero and heroine, with much told from Luc’s POV. For the most part I liked Ms. Reading’s performance of Luc but she seemed to struggle a bit with Corrine’s voice. At times she gave Corrine one of her typical, smart aleck voices but more often than not, Corrine just sounded flat. This isn’t surprising. We know virtually nothing about Corinne other than that she’s Luc’s heartmate and is very irritating. That’s it.
Most of the book takes place with just Corrine and Luc on page; I never had difficulty distinguishing one from the other. When another character appears, Ms. Reading gives them a unique voice making it easy to understand who is speaking. Corinne and Luc’s emotions are heard clearly with Ms. Reading’s narration: anger, sorrow, and passion (and they have a lot of passion). Their tongues tangle, their mouths mate, and Corrine’s body worships Luc’s.
My problem isn’t with the narration. Ms. Reading continues to be one of my favorite narrators. I intensely dislike this book. In fact, this will be the last time I venture into the author’s works, either in print or audio. I will definitely seek out further narrations by Ms. Reading; I’ll just be more selective about the author’s work she’s narrating.
Breakdown of Grade – Narration: B and Book Content: F
Grade: D
Book Type: Audiobook
Sensuality: Hot
Review Date: 05/10/12
Publication Date: 2011/11
Recent Comments …
Yep
This sounds delightful! I’m grabbing it, thanks
excellent book: interesting, funny dialogs, deep understanding of each character, interesting secondary characters, and also sexy.
I don’t think anyone expects you to post UK prices – it’s just a shame that such a great sale…
I’m sorry about that. We don’t have any way to post British prices as an American based site.
I have several of her books on my TBR and after reading this am moving them up the pile.