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Thin gruel

Revisado: 08-29-21

What can I say. This was pretty empty stuff and barely entertaining. The reader for the heroine has a pretty voice which made the heroine sound not totally impossible. The bad guys are Russian, a penis is a cock, Gee, the hunks are rich and the heroine is prim, a sex goddess and a dope who does not cooperate with anybody….the character just doesn’t make sense other than as a protean plot device.

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Shoulda stopped sooner

Revisado: 08-23-21

The book is very entertaining until the H&H get stupid for the last 200 pages. These are characters I was rooting for
and the author didn’t have to dumb then down. It’s a fun read anyway and it’s advisable to skip the slogging part before the end.

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Perfect for a devotee

Revisado: 02-19-20

This book is exactly what you expect from a RWW book and I enjoyed it a lot. His books are rather like Arizona or coconut...you either like them a lot or not so much. I think though that it’s time for him to settle down before he is just a shallow man-whore. And I think he can lighten up on the self abasement. It would be okay for him relax and enjoy the wisdom he has gained. At his age unless he gets less conflicted he’ll begin to sound like a real dodo... or not. Oh...and I really like him

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Funny

Revisado: 02-08-20

There are some fine jokes and lots of happiness in this book. A true treat..

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Feels good

Revisado: 12-24-19

I’ve always enjoyed book. I’ve read it twice. The narration is very fine. Even knowing how the story will end didn’t matter because the characters tell a good story.

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Vi YES Penelope NO

Revisado: 11-18-19

I don't think that Vi Keeland was involved in writing this book. It has Penelope Ward all over it. Vi writes whip smart. This book is a total mess besides being totally unbelievable. When the name Penelope appears on the book cover along with Vi's, I have no Idea what to expect.

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A bit bloated

Revisado: 02-05-19

The book is really, really good and when it is bad it is bloated. The book takes a few wrong turns into bloatland when an attractive and otherwise clever heroine makes dumb as a box of rocks decisions. This plot plan fails several times and the book sags very heavily from the late 20's too mid thirties chapters. When I saw how the wind blew, I skipped chapters, just listening to their starts and ends, and really enjoyed the book when it speeded up. There is a great book wedged around the bloated parts, and judicious skipping ahead, at least towards the conclusion, made the experience quite satisfying reading. These must be early books of Thomas because her later ones are very economical.

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TOO sad

Revisado: 10-05-18

The contrived ending did not make me happy enough to balance the misery described in this book. The villains were over-the-top evil. I feel like I've spent many hours in a tunnel of horrors with very little reward. I confess that I couldn't stop listening and cried a lot, but the resolution was so weak that I feel let down and depressed.

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Pretty Standard Heyer

Revisado: 08-21-16

Would you try another book from Georgette Heyer and/or Caroline Hunt?

Yes

If you’ve listened to books by Georgette Heyer before, how does this one compare?

Good but not her best. The audio performance is excellent though.

Which character – as performed by Caroline Hunt – was your favorite?

The bridegroom.

Do you think The Convenient Marriage needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

No. None of the minor characters were worth another book. They were too silly or too nasty,

Any additional comments?

In some of her lesser books Heyer takes long detours away from the main characters and spends a lot of time on minor characters who may or not be worth it. This book is particularly convoluted.

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Liked it OK

Revisado: 03-06-15

It's difficult for women to do men's voices. In this one our hero sounds a bit limp. The heroine wasn't given the best voice. If you go for this genre it was a pretty good story, but the narration does not hold up.

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