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Gilded Cage
- Narrated by: Cornell Collins, Victoria Aston
- Series: Lilywhite Boys, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Romance, Historical
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Publisher's Summary
Once upon a time, a boy from a noble family fell in love with a girl from the gutter. It went as badly as you’d expect.
Seventeen years later, Susan Lazarus is a renowned detective, and Templeton Lane is a jewel thief. She’s tried to arrest him, and she’s tried to shoot him. They’ve never tried to talk.
Then Templeton is accused of a vicious double murder. Now there’s a manhunt out for him, the ports are watched, and even his best friends have turned their backs. If he can’t clear his name, he’ll hang.
There’s only one person in England who might help Templeton now...assuming she doesn’t want to kill him herself.
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- ShannonVM
- 14-06-2020
Is this the end of the Lilywhite Boys???
Gilded Cage is the first book of KJ Charles that I've read/listened to with an m/f pairing, I'm so used to her m/m books that it kind of took me by surprise that she also wrote m/f- I guess I never really looked past the book/series I was reading at the time, to see her full library of work!
I really liked Susan and Templeton/James. I love second chance romances and theirs was a bit of a heart-tugger, with how things happened to cause their separation. But nothing like a little murder to bring a couple back together! I loved how they were able to work together to clear Templeton's name, and the way they worked through what happened in the past.
I have to admit, I was a bit bothered at the start of the book, with how Jerry was treating Templeton- I felt like the way he was acting was a bit out of character from who the one we met in Any Old Diamonds. It frustrated me and made me sad for Templeton. I'm glad that "flaw" didn't last long though, and their friendship was able to rebound from Jerry's treatment of Templeton.
I always enjoy Cornell Collins's narration, he really is perfect for these characters. This was my first time listening to Victoria Aston and I enjoyed her performance as well. The only issue I had was the way they each performed the other's part- they didn't match up in my head with how they voiced their own characters- he made Susan a bit gruffer and she made James a little too prim and proper. But that's just my take, and I did really enjoy their performances!
***Borrowed through AE.
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- Clara
- 30-11-2019
Perfect
A heroine who can really take care of herself, interesting murder mystery, and great narrators.
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- Lovely Zombie
- 11-09-2020
Decent story undermined by poor performance choice
I'm a big fan of KJ Charles' work, and cannot compliment her storytelling, pacing, and characterization variety enough. She's a jewel of a literary creative who truly stands out in the crowd of historical romance writers. I have read virtually all of her books, and have enjoyed most of the audio performances as well.
Unfortunately, the performance of this book was damned from the start by an odd production choice: the book is split equally, every-other-chapter, between two different readers. This is a "quasi-ensemble cast" technique that can work in very specific circumstances, but which tends to underwhelm when used inappropriately. This book was *NOT* the right occasion for a split narration.
I can understand why the producers of this audiobook wanted to try alternate narrators. Charles did assign every other chapter to begin from the point of view of each character in turn. However, the majority of the story is propelled through dialogue, not reflective prose or omniscient narration. Consequently, despite being anchored in a particular character's perspective, nearly the entire book is essentially a shared, ongoing conversation.
This still could have worked if the narrators had been better matched. Cornell Collins has narrated other Charles titles, and does a wonderful job of moving seamlessly from one social class vernacular to another. His command of masculine and feminine voices is well-rounded, and contributes a great deal to the story. Victoria Aston... does not. I'm sure she is a great performer in different milieu, but in this particular product, her performance was a jaring, inconsistent presence compared to Collins'. She was unable to articulate the different social classes of the characters represented, her choice for Susan's voice was especially out of place, and her representation of male voices was simply not up to the standard I would expect from an Audible-produced product. Since the narrators switch every chapter, the comparison is impossible to avoid, and the issues with Aston's half of the work are even more frustrating than they could have been otherwise. It's truly regrettable that Collins did not perform the entire story.
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- Rocinante
- 28-09-2020
Great characters, great narration.
I’ve read mostly MM from KJ Charles, this is my first MF of theirs and I loved it! The characters are interesting and I loved their relationship. Susan and James don’t have the typical MF dynamic - it’s much more unexpected and fun. Cornell Collins is great as usual and Victoria Aston was fantastic as well. Great all around! If you mostly read MM and are not sure about MF I urge you to give it a try!
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- CH she/her
- 27-02-2021
I wasn't sure what to expect
I am a fan of KJ Charles' work ever since my first read "A Seditious Affair". I've enjoyed the Lilywhite Boys series but wasn't as interested in reading about Susan Lazarus. I couldn't have been more wrong. This book was such a thrill, so beautifully executed it took my breath away.
The intense raw connection between Susan and James Vane was palpable throughout the story, and at times during this audio production I felt as though I couldn't breathe. I loved the perspective brought by both narrators, I felt Victoria Aston met the standard that is always set by Cornell Collins.
The deep dive into the human psyche, the vulnerability required when loving someone is what brings me back to KJ Charles' work.
There are so many factors that I enjoyed:
1) Historical element - always hugely educational
2) Suspense - Susan and her connections save the day
3) Sex - always so erotic and sensuous
4) Just enough humor to give you the courage to keep listening (or reading)
This book thrilled me and I look forward to ploughing through the rest of her work
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- L.D.
- 27-09-2020
Past Mistakes and Current Reconciliation
Gilded Cage is the second book in the Lilywhite Boys series. I highly recommend reading the prequel, The Rat-Catcher’s Daughter, and the first book, Any Old Diamonds, before reading this book. This book can stand on its own, but it’s much better with the background those two previous books provide.
Gilded Cage is set in Victorian London with an enemies-to-lovers and second-chance love trope. There is also a mystery to be solved and a personal character redemption arc. The romance between Susan and James is strong with an edge of steel. These two aren’t romantic fools, but grown adults who know how to be practical and ruthless, yet love each other regardless. The mystery was more of a plot device to push James and Susan together again and force them to reconcile, but it was still well thought out and interesting.
The audiobook was a duel narration by Cornell Collins and Victoria Aston. I’m a huge fan of Cornell Collins and found his voice perfect for the narration of James’ point of view. This was my first book with Victoria Aston narrating, and I found her voice pleasant and easy to listen to. I thought she did a very good job with Susan’s point of view. The audiobook production was well done. Overall, I found the audible book extremely enjoyable to listen to.
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- Leah Amoroa
- 27-09-2020
K.J. Charles is my new fav!
I love Cornell Collins! He can pull off both genders voices I had to critically listen to Victoria Aston, I felt she was an interloper at first, but I must say she kept my attention and she fid awesome!
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- Joy
- 04-06-2020
This was a Surprise
I believe that this was like Book 5 of a series, a M/M series. Which is no longer a M/M series. What? Really? I see the need for a female narrator. Which, by the way, was an amazing performance by both narrators, but the female lover was just wrong to me. Not a bad story just wrong.
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- lori e burdzilauskas
- 30-03-2020
Bad female performance
The deflection and cadence were all wrong it sounded like she was trying to work on her accents more than telling a story
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- Fat
- 23-03-2020
Narration not great
Male narrator gives a fantastic performance, the female narrator seems like she’s just reading aloud. The production quality of the female narrator also wasn’t as clear as the male narrator which made it hard to enjoy.
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- Mary
- 16-01-2020
Jarring dual narration
Cornell Collins is a really wonderful narrator, so I was very surprised to discover this book had dual narration. The female narrator does a decent job, but still I found the change of narration from chapter to chapter upset the flow of the story. It was really unnecessary to have a female narrator and I would have enjoyed this book more with just Cornell Collins.
The story itself is an M/F romance. KJ Charles is well known for writing MM and ticking every diversity box, whether or not it fits with the historical context.
The story was nice, but not as well written as some of the other books by this author. There was clumsy prose and some painfully awkward sex scenes. It appears KJ Charles writes MM better than MF.
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- Escape Artist
- 30-11-2019
Not loving the dual narration
The story was absolutely brilliant, as always but I really didn’t like the dual narration, Cornell Colins is the best narrator ever, why interfere with perfection. I found the swapping from one narrator to another jarring, if future stories have two narrators in the future I’ll stick with the kindle books only.
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- C M Silver
- 06-01-2021
Sukey put the kettle on
Narrators who should never have been teamed up for this book. Cornell Collins was excellent in Book 1 Any Old Diamonds and excellent here and could very well have carried the entire story in Book 2 Gilded Cage with total success alone. The story did not benefit from the 2nd narrator: Victoria Aston who made errors in pronunciations and her toffee nosed accent for James was just OTT as if she hadn't bothered to listen to Book 1 to research the character. Despite this, the story was enjoyable, the MCs were interesting (but not likeable), there was drama and tension. The bedroom scenes were passionless, badly written and cringeworthy, voiced by Ms Aston. It was nice to revisit Gerry and Alec, and to hear of their efforts to continue their affair with Gerry going straight. Sukey and James look to be heading for a kitchen sink drama, as she refuses to take his name, title and position. Over all impression: it was OK.
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