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Title: Wanted, a Gentleman
Author: KJ Charles
Narrator: Greg Patmore
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-17-17
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 22 votes
Genres: Romance, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
By the good offices of Riptide Publishing, KJ Charles' new entertainment:
Wanted, a Gentleman, or Virtue Over-Rated.
The grand romance of Mr. Martin St. Vincent - a merchant with a mission. Also a problem, Mr. Theodore Swann - a humble scribbler and advertiser for love.
Act the first: the offices of the Matrimonial Advertiser, London, where lonely hearts may seek one another for the cost of a shilling.
Act the second: a pursuit to Gretna Green (or thereabouts) featuring a speedy carriage, sundry rustic, a private bedchamber.
In the course of which are presented romance, revenge, and redemption, deceptions, discoveries, and desires - the particulars of which are too numerous to impart.
Members Reviews:
A ridiculously good audio book
What made the experience of listening to Wanted, a Gentleman the most enjoyable?
The voice acting in this was so above par and complimented the great storytelling perfectly.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Martin St. Vincent. Man, he was just so well written. With his whole background as a slave, coupled with his mixed emotions about that time and his owners, he just really stood out in this book.
Have you listened to any of Greg Patmores other performances before? How does this one compare?
This is the first audio book of his that I've read. It was phenomenal, though.
Any additional comments?
While I have to say that I loved the ebook version of this story, it has got nothing on the audio book. If you combine the great writing style of K.J. Charles and the highly enjoyable voice narration of Greg Patmore, you were bound to have a hit. But I never expected just how well they would compliment each other and take this story past what individually they could have been.
Up first, lets just get this out of the wayas in, come on I just wanna talk about this!the story.
Loved the whole premise of this book. It basically takes one of my favorite historical-tropes, the whole running away to get married thing, and turns it on its head so instead of being with the elopers, we are with the chasers. Thought this was very cool, because it is not a part of the trope we get to see very often, but it also just probably one of the few ways you can have this kind of story with two dudes in that time period.
On top of all that goodness you have some excellent writing in regards to both Theo and Martins pasts. They are certainly different in some significant ways, but I also loved the parts where they kinda mirrored each other and how that helped bridge the pretty big gap between them. Also, darn good writing in regards to Martins time as a slave. I really liked the mixed emotions that came out here in this story. How he feelsrightlyenraged at what was done to him, but also guilty that he was relieved that by some standard it was not the worse fate a slave could have had. But then how dearly he hates that guilt, that forced gratitude he is told to feel. He has a whole bundle of issues about his past, and I liked how it balanced all that emotional turmoil and made it work together to make a complex, but very relatable character.
As I stated up top of this review, I was already a hug fan of this story when I got my hands on this audio book. But there was just something about this audio version that really turned it up a notch.
Most of that rest in the hands of the narrator, Greg Patmore. Man, what a voice.
