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Old Acquaintances
- Regency Tales, Book 2
- Narrated by: Hugh Bradley
- Length: 3 hrs and 7 mins
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- Georgette Heyer
- 04-09-2022
Good, but not fabulous.
I am a lifelong fan of Georgette Heyer and have read her romances time without number, never tiring tire of these. From time to time, however, I search for a living author similar to her in the hope I will have a new series of books to enjoy for many years to come. I thought I had found such a one in Gayle Buck, but whilst I enjoyed the story it does not even come close to the brilliance of Georgette Heyer. The characters and dialogue lack the depth, authenticity and wit I have come to expect, seeming more forced and less dazzling. And whilst the narration was clear, I found it too slow (subsequently increasing it to 1.4x) and overly theatrical. His pronunciation of ‘breakfast’ particularly annoyed me! I was left wondering if I would have enjoyed the story more if I had read the book instead …
So all in all, it was good, but at the same time far from brilliant.
(On a positive, the story was ‘clean’ and not being full of sex and innuendo, unlike most modern romances.)
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