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Title: The Pub Across the Pond

Author: Mary Carter

Narrator: Kirsten Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-30-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 90 votes

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Sometimes leaving home is the only way to find where you truly belong.

Carlene Rivers is many things. Dutiful, reliable, kind. Lucky? Not so much. At 30, shes living a stifling existence in Cleveland, Ohio. Then one day, Carlene buys a raffle ticket. The prize: a pub on the west coast of Ireland. Carlene is stunned when she wins. Everyone else is stunned when she actually goes.

As soon as she arrives in Ballybeog, Carlene is smitten, not just by the towns beguiling mix of ancient and modern but by the welcome she receives. In this small town near Galway Bay, strife is no stranger, strangers are family, and no one is ever too busy for a cup of tea or a pint. And though her new job presents challengesfrom a meddling neighbor to the pubs colorful regularsthere are compensations galore. Like the freedom to sing, joke, and tell stories and, in doing so, find her own voice. And in her flirtation with Ronan McBride, the pubs charming, reckless former owner, she just may find the freedom to follow where impulse leads and trust her heartand her luckfor the very first time.

Critic Reviews:

Superb storytelling and fun and fantastic characters make this a story not soon forgotten. (Romantic Times)

Members Reviews:

a romance read, disappointing for me.

I loved the story idea behind this book, and basically enjoyed the story itself; but there were too many "romance story" interjections for me, and I couldn't skim over it like I would in a printed version. I enjoy mysteries, thrillers, literature, and historical fiction, but generally don't care for the light romance novels, and this tended toward the latter, in my opinion. There was also a conversation at the pub that disgusted me because I thought it was just thrown in for the language alone, The F word is thrown around quite casually, so if it bothers you, beware. That in itself didn't bother me as much as the unnecessary bar conversation. I did like the turn the story took at the end, so that it did end well. The narrator was excellent for this book.

If you don't like the F bomb, don't listen to this

Would you be willing to try another book from Mary Carter? Why or why not?

No, I didn't appreciate the language

Any additional comments?

Wish there would have have been an explicit language warning on this book

Disappointment

The reviews for this book were good but I was disappointed. The continual use of THAT four letter word was overwhelming,. I actually didn't finish the book.

Kinda silly

I bought this because I enjoyed the narrator so much in Spymasters Lady. She performed well in this audible, too. The story was a little silly. If you like simple characters and a not very realistic plot this is for you. This is not life changing fiction but good for the beach or a commute listen.

Ugh! I couldn't get through it. Bad writing!

I love all novels, of every genre. This story line and plot seemed so interesting! Right up my alley. But I could not get through it. I made it maybe 25 minutes in, and I had to stop. Clearly the author is a great storyteller, but not a great writer. Every line is, "he said" "she said" "he said" "she said" "Ronan said" "Sarah said" "Katie said" "Declan said" -- it not only gets exhausting, but it completely takes away from the story line and frustrates me.