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A review by winemakerssister
The Madness of Viscount Atherbourne by Elisa Braden
3.0
3.5 stars
I started this series on a recommendation and enjoyed the first volume. Viscount Atherbourne (Lucien) is hell-bent on revenge after the deaths of his sister and brother. The Duke of Blackmoor is the subject of his revenge, but he decides to use Blackmoor's sister Victoria. He ruins her reputation and then marries her so he can keep her from ever seeing her brother again. But revenge is never quite as simple as one expects.
Cover: All of the covers in the audiobook series are just terrible. Overly dramatic and fake. They're one of the reasons I stayed away from the Romance genre for so long. And in this one, the Viscount seems to have a furry woodland creature living on his head.
Narrator: There are a lot of bad reviews for the narrator on the Audible site. She really didn't bother me. Maybe it's because I listed at 1.45x. But mostly it's because I heard a hidden Welsh accent every once in a while and, while it didn't go with the book, I was a bit charmed by it.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: Tricky. Atherbourne is acting as a Slytherin, but I think deep down he's a Gryffindor. Victoria could be sorted into most houses, but I think Ravenclaw might be the correct one.
Themes: revenge, families, Regency, London, society
I started this series on a recommendation and enjoyed the first volume. Viscount Atherbourne (Lucien) is hell-bent on revenge after the deaths of his sister and brother. The Duke of Blackmoor is the subject of his revenge, but he decides to use Blackmoor's sister Victoria. He ruins her reputation and then marries her so he can keep her from ever seeing her brother again. But revenge is never quite as simple as one expects.
Cover: All of the covers in the audiobook series are just terrible. Overly dramatic and fake. They're one of the reasons I stayed away from the Romance genre for so long. And in this one, the Viscount seems to have a furry woodland creature living on his head.
Narrator: There are a lot of bad reviews for the narrator on the Audible site. She really didn't bother me. Maybe it's because I listed at 1.45x. But mostly it's because I heard a hidden Welsh accent every once in a while and, while it didn't go with the book, I was a bit charmed by it.
Hogwarts Sorting Hat: Tricky. Atherbourne is acting as a Slytherin, but I think deep down he's a Gryffindor. Victoria could be sorted into most houses, but I think Ravenclaw might be the correct one.
Themes: revenge, families, Regency, London, society