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Title: April Lady
Author: Georgette Heyer
Narrator: Eve Matheson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-04-09
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 258 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
When Lord Cardross married 18 year old Lady Helen he also undertook the task of staving off financial disaster for her father, and settled the more pressing gambling debts of her brother. Has Lady Helen only married him for his money?
©1957 Georgette Heyer; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Members Reviews:
Not my favorite GH, but better on second listen
I have purchased all of the Georgette Heyer Regency romances here on Audible, and I've enjoyed all of them. However, if pressed, I have to say that I had to work at enjoying APRIL LADY the first time that I listened to it more than I've had to with the other GH Regencies. I think that a significant reason why I didn't enjoy this book on my first read was that I felt so much empathy for the heroine and her difficulties. I could see myself, at her age and with her lack of worldly experience, making the same mistakes in judgment that she had, and so I felt all of her turmoil as she truly did try to do the right thing in the muddle that she'd made of things while also trying to keep her headstrong young sister-in-law on the straight and narrow. Any GH fan would probably attest that the last few chapters of her romances tie up all of the plot points in a satisfactory (and usually humorous and entertaining) fashion, and I was happy with this book's resolution, as well, so this made up for the novel, as a whole, not flying along as wonderfully and humorously as I find most of Heyer's romances do. At this moment, I'm almost finished listening to the book again, and I've enjoyed it more this time, possibly because I'm not so anxious about HOW Nell's difficulties will work out in the end. Still, I would not recommend this novel to someone who's never before read a Heyer romance; it might not convince them to ready any more, on its own merits. One of her others (maybe FRIDAY'S CHILD, THE RELUCTANT WIDOW, FREDERICA, or THE UNKNOWN AJAX) would be a better introduction from which to judge her writing, especially her talent for writing memorable humorous characters, even for the supporting cast. So, if this would be your first Heyer audio ever, please re-think this choice and check out her others listed here on Audible. I feel that you should listen to APRIL LADY eventually, but check out her other romances first. Still, the narration was perfect, in my opinion.
Excellent Narration Does Not Rescue Boring Story
As usual, Eve Matheson's narrations shines. It is a pity that her voice is wasted on one of Heyer's less engaging novels. The story drags on in endless detail and I soon lost sympathy for the heroine and her troubles.
Enjoyable listen but not the best Heyer
Where does April Lady rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
I love listening to the Heyer books on audio, but I would say this is my least favorite of hers to listen to so far. I like the narration very much overall. My only quibble is that I don't think she has Cardross just right, but it is hard to have a narrator that captures the very young, sweet and somewhat ditzy female characters (Cardross' sister being the ditzy one, not Nell), who is also able to do the detached, ironic, and mature voice of Cardross.But the only reason I lower my rating is the book itself. I like the pairing of Nell and Cardross, but most of the time is spent on the painful complications keeping them apart.
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Title: April Lady
Author: Georgette Heyer
Narrator: Eve Matheson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-04-09
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 258 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
When Lord Cardross married 18 year old Lady Helen he also undertook the task of staving off financial disaster for her father, and settled the more pressing gambling debts of her brother. Has Lady Helen only married him for his money?
©1957 Georgette Heyer; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
Members Reviews:
Not my favorite GH, but better on second listen
I have purchased all of the Georgette Heyer Regency romances here on Audible, and I've enjoyed all of them. However, if pressed, I have to say that I had to work at enjoying APRIL LADY the first time that I listened to it more than I've had to with the other GH Regencies. I think that a significant reason why I didn't enjoy this book on my first read was that I felt so much empathy for the heroine and her difficulties. I could see myself, at her age and with her lack of worldly experience, making the same mistakes in judgment that she had, and so I felt all of her turmoil as she truly did try to do the right thing in the muddle that she'd made of things while also trying to keep her headstrong young sister-in-law on the straight and narrow. Any GH fan would probably attest that the last few chapters of her romances tie up all of the plot points in a satisfactory (and usually humorous and entertaining) fashion, and I was happy with this book's resolution, as well, so this made up for the novel, as a whole, not flying along as wonderfully and humorously as I find most of Heyer's romances do. At this moment, I'm almost finished listening to the book again, and I've enjoyed it more this time, possibly because I'm not so anxious about HOW Nell's difficulties will work out in the end. Still, I would not recommend this novel to someone who's never before read a Heyer romance; it might not convince them to ready any more, on its own merits. One of her others (maybe FRIDAY'S CHILD, THE RELUCTANT WIDOW, FREDERICA, or THE UNKNOWN AJAX) would be a better introduction from which to judge her writing, especially her talent for writing memorable humorous characters, even for the supporting cast. So, if this would be your first Heyer audio ever, please re-think this choice and check out her others listed here on Audible. I feel that you should listen to APRIL LADY eventually, but check out her other romances first. Still, the narration was perfect, in my opinion.
Excellent Narration Does Not Rescue Boring Story
As usual, Eve Matheson's narrations shines. It is a pity that her voice is wasted on one of Heyer's less engaging novels. The story drags on in endless detail and I soon lost sympathy for the heroine and her troubles.
Enjoyable listen but not the best Heyer
Where does April Lady rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?
I love listening to the Heyer books on audio, but I would say this is my least favorite of hers to listen to so far. I like the narration very much overall. My only quibble is that I don't think she has Cardross just right, but it is hard to have a narrator that captures the very young, sweet and somewhat ditzy female characters (Cardross' sister being the ditzy one, not Nell), who is also able to do the detached, ironic, and mature voice of Cardross.But the only reason I lower my rating is the book itself. I like the pairing of Nell and Cardross, but most of the time is spent on the painful complications keeping them apart.