Twice a Rake: Lord Rotheby's Influence, Book 1
Written
by: Catherine Gayle
Narrated
by: Pearl Hewitt
Length:
10 hrs and 38 mins
Series:
Lord Rotheby's Influence, Book 1
Unabridged
Audiobook
Release
Date:11-13-13
Publisher:
Catherine Gayle
My Review
I found this an enjoyable listen I have listen to
one other by this narrator and really enjoyed her so the less than flattering
reviews had no impact on me. I try not to let others opinions affect where or
not I pick up a book. For me this wasn’t a bad story yes Aurora was a spoiled
brat and needed to grow up. In the characters defense what else would you
expect from a father who only has her to love and take care of? At times I thought the story was a little too
much but for the most part believable.
Aurora is not one to think before doing which gets
her in hot water from time to time. At times she feels she knows what is best
when it comes to her friends and who their mates might be. She isn’t very good
at reading people or their feelings. At times she is childlike and at others
overly headstrong. Her feelings get hurt easy and she is misunderstood at
times. She doesn’t really care about what people think about her but do care
that her actions will cause pain to those she loves. Sometimes she is pulled
into things without even meaning to. My feeling for her are mixed she is very
complicated.
Quinton is another one that thinks only of his self
and what he wants or needs. He needs a wife he doesn’t want but will take one
to make his grandfather happy. He doesn’t want a boring one but one full of
life and passion. He feels he found that in Aurora as he makes plans for her
down fall into his arms. Things do not go as he planned with him more or less
making a fool out of both of them causing a scandal. This will in no way be the
first or the last one these two cause. I still have mixed feeling about him as
well.
I have listened to one other book by this narrator I
thought Ms. Hewitt did
a good job I enjoy listening to her voice. She has a very lovely accent which
is very clear and easy to listen to. There are no background noises, the tones
are very even, you have no trouble knowing the emotions of each character. She
puts a lot of feeling into each character. Her female voices were lovely but
her male voices were too close to each other and needed a little more roughness
to them. I thought Ms. Hewitt did a lovely job I enjoyed the listen and the
story very much.
Even
though I am on the fence with these characters and their actions I thought all
in all it was a good read. It isn’t the best story I have ever read but it is
by far not the worse. There are things I really liked and others I didn’t care too
much for. It is hard to trust when the one you want to has done things to make
you not. I understood why Quinton went off the deep in from
the writing to being like his father. This was very believable and I have to
say how he acted about being his father and taking actions to protect his wife
was honorable. I thought the ball was a lovely idea to win her husband over and
a way to show the world they couldn’t take them down, in doing so trying to
find out who was causing all the trouble. There were characters I likes and a
few I didn’t. All in all not a bad read at all.
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Overview
Some scandals are meant to be
. . .
When Aurora Hyatt loses her journal in Hyde Park, her ruin is a foregone conclusion. After all, if anyone discovers her writings, they'll find scandalous fantasies involving the newest rake in Town alongside entirely-too-candid thoughts about her typical dreary suitors. Aurora will either be forced into a loveless marriage with the first nodcock to make an offer, or she'll be assigned a permanent position on the shelf. Oh, dear good Lord. What catastrophe will God smote down upon her next?
If Niles Thornton, Baron Quinton, desires to maintain any semblance of his current lifestyle, he must fulfill the requirements his grandfather has set for him. First and foremost: he must marry and begin filling his nursery within the year. When he is nearly barreled over by a racing curricle and a journal flies out to land at his feet, his troubles are over. Inside the journals pages, Quin discovers a scandal waiting to happen. Surely a young lady who would write such brazen things in a journal (and then dare to lose it) must recognize the necessity of a hasty marriage, even if the gentleman making the offer is rather less-than-honorable.
In a drunken haze, Quin kisses Aurora on a crowded ballroom floor, necessitating their immediate marriage. Quin's troubles are only beginning, however, as Aurora's writings are soon the focus of both gossip rags and drawing room conversation. When word arrives of an even greater scandal following in his wife's wake, will he prove himself a drunken abuser like his father, or will he become the loving husband of Aurora's fantasies?
When Aurora Hyatt loses her journal in Hyde Park, her ruin is a foregone conclusion. After all, if anyone discovers her writings, they'll find scandalous fantasies involving the newest rake in Town alongside entirely-too-candid thoughts about her typical dreary suitors. Aurora will either be forced into a loveless marriage with the first nodcock to make an offer, or she'll be assigned a permanent position on the shelf. Oh, dear good Lord. What catastrophe will God smote down upon her next?
If Niles Thornton, Baron Quinton, desires to maintain any semblance of his current lifestyle, he must fulfill the requirements his grandfather has set for him. First and foremost: he must marry and begin filling his nursery within the year. When he is nearly barreled over by a racing curricle and a journal flies out to land at his feet, his troubles are over. Inside the journals pages, Quin discovers a scandal waiting to happen. Surely a young lady who would write such brazen things in a journal (and then dare to lose it) must recognize the necessity of a hasty marriage, even if the gentleman making the offer is rather less-than-honorable.
In a drunken haze, Quin kisses Aurora on a crowded ballroom floor, necessitating their immediate marriage. Quin's troubles are only beginning, however, as Aurora's writings are soon the focus of both gossip rags and drawing room conversation. When word arrives of an even greater scandal following in his wife's wake, will he prove himself a drunken abuser like his father, or will he become the loving husband of Aurora's fantasies?
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