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Review at AudioGals

August 20, 2019 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of The Wallflower Wager by Tessa Dare, narrated by Mary Jane Wells. Found family and a filthy-tongued parrot.

Joint Review at Dear Author – part 2!

July 30, 2019 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with Janine again, with a spoilerific discussion Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh. We had so much we wanted to say and it was too spoilery for release week so we decided to split the conversation into two parts.

Joint Review at Dear Author

July 3, 2019 / Kaetrin

I’m over at Dear Author with Janine, reviewing Someone to Honor by Mary Balogh. Just what I wanted to read. A delight.

Review at AudioGals

May 29, 2019 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Peril by Post by Sherri Cobb South, narrated by Joel Froomkin. My first John Pickett mystery – even though it’s not the first in the series, it wasn’t difficult to dive in here.

Review at AudioGals

May 2, 2019 / Kaetrin

I’m over at AudioGals with a review of Of Paupers and Peers by Sherri Cobb South, narrated by Stevie Zimmerman. Excellent narration helped make this traditional Regency a fun listen.

On Apologies, Forgiveness and West Ravenel

March 18, 2019 / Kaetrin

I listened to Devil’s Daughter by Lisa Kleypas recently and I loved it so much I decided to read the book as well. If anyone has been following my Twitter feed at all, it won’t be a surprise that I have fallen hard for West Ravenel, the hero of Devil’s Daughter. I’m not alone. Janine from Dear Author is similarly obsessed – I believe she’s re-read the book three times now. Her review of the book is here and my review of the audiobook is at AudioGals here. Janine and I also had an epic email thread going where we gushed and squeed and reveled in the West Ravenel goodness so it’s clearly a book which has captured our imaginations.

As much as I enjoyed the audiobook, reading the print/digital version is a different experience again. Things I’d forgotten or somehow glossed over come into sharper focus in print for me. Whereas on audio I feel better able to understand certain subtext (I believe this is because the narrator does some of that interpretation for me and thank god for it I say – it’s not something I’m really good at. Or, maybe hearing the words produces a more instinctive emotional response than seeing the words? Or if not more instinctive, different? Who knows?). In any event, the other night when I was reading, a particular line stood out to me and it was kind of a revelation. Continue reading