Enjoyable, but the narrator is annoying

As is often the case with these books, narrators take on some funny pronunciations when they're reading "posh" people, such is the case with this narrator. The regional accents I have no experience of, but when she reads the aristocrats, she has some very odd pronunciations! I'm relistening this book again and it's annoying me enough to write a review.

For example, I find it hard to believe that any British person doesn't know that "Vauxhall" is pronounced "Vox-hall", but no for some reason in this book it is "vo-hall". I remember the first time I listened to this book I was way through it before I realised what she was supposed to be saying!

Then there are some very odd long "a"'s in there, they were earlier on in the book and I can't remember them off the top of my head now, but they make your spine crawl. Whilst I know that posh Southerners use a long "a", it's not in every single word that has one!

Then there' the often mispronounced "blackguard" as "black-guard" instead of "blaggard", again, I'm surprised that considering the number of people involved in recording it that someone doesn't think "oh that sounds like that word blaggard, that must be how it's spelled"... but no..

I'd still recommend the book because it completes the series, but this is one of the less enjoyable narrations.

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Ruined by Narrator

Its a real shame that a very good story line is ruined by the horrible narration. Reading other reviews, some people have no problem with an American narrator trying to do a "stiff upper lip" english accent. If she thinks this is what people talked like she has a problem. The upper class may have thought they were superior but they could not have talked in this "plum in the mouth way". She also got so many words and pronunciations wrong that it really gets to you over the 10 hour journey. The story is good. Tess Dare has even worked out a happy ending in a realistic way, rather than suppose that "society" will accept a serving girl into their elite ranks. Such a shame about the narration.

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Loved the story

I loved this story--I think this is one of my favourite Spindle Cove stories. Griff is wonderful and Pauline is thoroughly likeable. Griff's mother amused me too and there's some really heart-breaking and strong, sexy moments. Whilst I enjoyed most of the performance, there was some odd pronunciations which a native Brit will hear. Vauxhall being pronounced Voh-hall was one of the worst. It's pronounced Voxhall by Londoners usually. That said the 'A's were nicely pronounced which I often find are weak when the narrator isn't a native Brit. For those who aren't British listeners, I suspect you'll enjoy this very much.

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Hate Narration

I believe narrator is American and hard to listen to at times.Not her fault but no English narrator would pronounce Vauxhall so badly.Might seem pedantic but the Home counties girl has the strangest accent.

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funny, imaginative, and intelligent writing. you

You will enjoy this story of passion read by an understanding reader. good pace and gripping story

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Another book let down be the narrator

This was a delightful audio book with an interesting plot which was badly let down by the strangled voice and poor diction of the narrator. The narrator seemed to be trying too hard to go for upper crust accents but kept letting themselves down by poor pronunciation and completely incorrect was of saying things like Vauxhall and cravat to name just two. Pauline sounded as though she came from Australia rather than Sussex. Very disappointing.

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Great story, not such a fan of the hero

Another great addition to the Spindle Cover series with a feisty heroine and some heart-wrenching storylines, though I found the hero annoying - his arc wasn't redemptive enough despite his backstory and I wish he'd grovelled a little more.

The narrator's mispronunciations became quite grating after a while - it took me a long time to realise she was saying "Vauxhall" (which she pronounced "Vau-hawl") and even normal words like "hexagonal" and "jackass" were given an exaggerated, posh British accent.

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Engaging

I enjoyed the reading...It was very engaging😚 Can't wait for the next story in the series

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Total destruction by narrator

Fake plummy accent, fake Sussex accent! Mispronunciation of so many words. I am dismayed to see the same woman is narrating the next book in the series. Lord Dashwood Misses Out.
I could not take to Pauline because of her weird accent - my favourite character was Griff’s mother, the Duchess. Such unbelievable premises too. As if the Duke and his mother would carry on their ridiculous bet.
Not my favourite Spindle Cove story. I hope the next one is not ruined by the awful narration.

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Feel asleep in the middle and did not bother

Would you try another book written by Tessa Dare or narrated by Eva Kaminsky?

No, I will not.

Has Any Duchess Will Do put you off other books in this genre?

I do not think so, but of this author.

What didn’t you like about Eva Kaminsky’s performance?

She did not make the characters different enough and sometimes I think she had the pronunciation of places wrong.

What character would you cut from Any Duchess Will Do?

There where too little well developed characters not too many.

Any additional comments?

Completely unbelievable which would be ok, if it would be a fairy tale. But it sort of did not have to fantasy touch to it which does make you cope better with such a thing.

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