Honoria and the Family Obligation
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Narrated by:
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Helen Taylor
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By:
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Alicia Cameron
About this listen
When the eligible Mr. Allison is to come to Fenton Manor to woo Honoria, there is a problem. She doesn't remember what he looked like. Crippled by her timidity, she hardly looked at him when they'd met during her first London season. But he had spoken to her father, determined to ask her for her hand. Her siblings, Serena and Benedict, find this highly amusing, but after Honoria overhears a conversation between her parents about their finances, she realises she must marry Mr. Allison, and this constraint leaves her martyred and unhappy and unable to share her feelings.
When Mr. Allison arrives, there is another problem. One to do with her sister, Serena.
Mr. Allison, (annoyingly handsome and kind) fails to propose as expected and leaves abruptly - but invites the confused family to stay at Bassington Hall, his own country home. His kindness to all her family leaves Honoria with no legitimate excuse to escape marriage. Mr. Scribster, his ugly, unpleasant, unfeeling friend, guesses more than she would like and offers Honoria a place to concentrate her dislike and frustration.
Meanwhile, Benedict embarks on an adventure with his rogue of an uncle, Wilbert, to save his childhood friend and neighbour, Genevieve Horton, who has become the unhappy Lady Sumner. By learning some scandalous skills, Benedict hopes to give some options to the most trapped figure in all of polite society - an unhappy wife.
When Benedict's life hangs in the balance, all the major players are changed forever and the tangle of romance is finally resolved.
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- GemStaff
- 10-07-17
A real feel-good listen
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I loved the first book by this writer (Clarissa and the Poor Relations), and this one is just as good. Two very different narrators, but both pinned it. At the beginning I was surprised by the idea of a rude and ugly hero and an overly-timid heroine (I'm used to craggy heroes and redoubtable heroines), but instead, this provided for some fabulous dialogue and great plot twists. The characters are engaging, the story is fun and absorbing and the concluding scene had me laughing out loud. For people like me who have read and listened to every Georgette Heyer novel at least five times, Alicia Cameron's books provide the perfect way to revisit a much-loved world. Can't wait for the next one!
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- Mo Bass
- 17-10-21
Perfection
I loved this audiobook. Funny, witty and wonderfully narrated. The pace didn't see let up for a minute.
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- Bev
- 12-10-20
not bad nor good
thank you for this free book was asked to review it. very well read thank you
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- Vix83
- 29-05-21
A case of mistaken identity
This book took a little while to get going, but was very engaging once it did. There is a lot going on in the plot, but not enough to confuse. It is filled with humour (including some laugh out loud moments). The story has echoes of Jane Austen and Agatha Christie.
Overall, it was an entertaining audiobook.
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- Jo Kindle
- 19-04-20
good, but ....
There were too many characters, especially at the beginning. It all unravelled in the end, but I'd have preferred not to have to spread my attention so thin.
Also, I'd have liked a description of Scribster ... lovely hair (late in story) and smile (also late), but in what ways as he ugly, other than a surly expression? Tiny piggy nose, weak chin, bulbous forehead, hump back? a wart above his eye and a scar down his cheek? My imagination needed a little help here. I think pockmarks were mentioned, but some men with pockmarks are exceedingly attractive.
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- Thor
- 18-05-21
Light weight, but enjoyable.
Lots going on, two heros and
heroines and general shenanigans.
The secondary characters are many, all well balanced and play full parts in the story.
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- eliza rose
- 11-05-22
Fast paced with many enjoyable twists and turns
How refreshing to find an author who follows in the footsteps of Georgette Heyer and doesn't need sex scenes to sell her book.
There's refreshing humour and an interesting plot with twists and turns, I highly recommend this book, it'll keep you interested the whole way through.
Very well read and easy to listen to.
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- H.A.B.
- 30-04-23
Many twists - but charming story ...
I had to come back here to rectify my original review - as I listed again to this story and changed my mind!
The Story has a great plot and one has to listen to it carefully, as often one might think to have missed something, but it is change of scenery or space - which the narrator doesn't indicate distinctively....
BUT the book is entertaining and what is refreshing is the fact that the author doesn't feel the need to spice up her great plot with sex scenes or descriptions of endowments, as so many other nowadays do. ...
This book & author is MOST REFRESHING and WELL RECEIVED ...
Thank you !
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- A Very Tired Goose
- 29-01-22
Really enjoyed this
It did take a while at the beginning as there are lots of characters and the voices are not that different…..
As it went on I thoroughly enjoyed it and found the narration easier to go along with.
It was well written and moved at a decent pace.
The interaction between characters and was well done and enjoyable.
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- VoraciousBookDragoness
- 11-12-21
Good
I was given this free review copy at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Story well written and great narration
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