Nice Regency

Betrothals and Betrayals by Cinnamon Worth and Kay Springsteen is a sweet regency story that is reminiscent of Pride and Prejudice in its imagery and characters. Megan Green performs this book so fittingly. She gives the characters life. This is a fitting tribute and continuation to the beloved Jane Austen's characters. I requested this review copy audiobook and have voluntarily written this review. I will definitely listen to more books by the authors and narrator.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

I got a bit lost!!

This was a little hard to follow. I wasn’t sure in the beginning if I could keep up with who was who, but I got there in the end. Megan made this book a 4 star for me.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Beautiful!

I love this audiobook. The storyline is great and the narration is perfect. Really enjoyable book.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Three and a half stars, rounded up to four (just)

REVIEW OF THE AUDIOBOOK AS PERFORMED BY MEGAN GREEN

Regency set alternative history to Pride and Prejudice, starting off in Ramsgate as Georgiana Darcy is contemplating eloping with George Wickham and is found alone, in inclement weather, on the street by Elizabeth, waiting for aforesaid "gentleman". Elizabeth Bennet is about to start working as a companion to a wealthy widow in Ramsgate, following the death of her father, and the elder Mr. Collins (father of William Collins from canon) has thrown the Bennet women out of Longbourn. She prevents anything untoward happening and is eventually offered the position of Georgiana's new companion. She refuses as she already has a positionand suggests her sister Jane, who eventually takes the post. Jane, coincidentally, has to leave it eventually to marry Bingley (who she meets at Pemberley) just as Elizabeth's employer dies. Guess who ends up in the post?

There are many misunderstandings between Elizabeth and Darcy, as usual; a major one being her presumptuous reorganistion of Pemberley's library. Personally, I'd probably have reacted just like Darcy if someone had done that to my library without permission or discussion, no matter how altruistic the reason turns out to be. Darcy is searching for a wife who fits a list of particular criteria and can produce an heir, not someone he can love and share his life with.

The title is quite appropriate as there are several of each. The first betrayal is obviously that of Georgiana by Wickham and the first betrothal is that of Jane and Bingley. Both occur quite early in the story. The remainder of both are for the reader to find out. One is a particular doozy, but...spoilers!

I definitely enjoyed this story and the story was engagingly enough told for me to want to see it through. Some of the plot twists were...unexpected though once again, as I've found with Ms. Worth's writing, there were a few too many modern and/or American language uses throughout for this picky Brit reader/listener (waistcoat, not vest!). The audio performance by Megan Green wasn't bad, with only an occasional mispronunciation: "lieutenant" is pronounced "leff-tenant" and not "loo-tenant" in UK English and there was a very strange pronunciation of "awry".

I obtained a free copy of this audiobook at my own request from Story Origin. A review was requested but not demanded and this is my honest opinion. I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could, but have rounded it up to 4.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!