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Read, don’t listen

Reviewed: 12-30-24

This romance is more conventional than Betina Krahn’s older books, but it is still a rollicking read. Krahn has a distinctive, retro style of writing - sly, witty, satirical, and choreographed like a ballet - that should leave you on the ropes if a decent number of her punches land. The audiobook format could have done a lot to enhance that style of storytelling. This performance kills it dead. I’ve definitely had more than my fair share of audiobooks where I listen for less than a minute and say, “Nope, can’t do this.” I did make it all the way through this one, so I want to give the performer that much credit. I think the biggest problem is that this is a high-difficulty book, with a ton of opportunities for a practiced reader to show off, and it received a very basic performance. That said, I really do wish that they would do the audiobook over - not because it’s impossibly bad, but because of all the missed opportunities to make it great.

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