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A review by winemakerssister
My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid
4.0
An enjoyable re-telling of Beauty and the Beast where the 'beast' is not only disfigured from scars, but also believes himself to be impotent. It's a subject you don't normally see in romances and I applaud the author for tackling it. The MCs were completely likeable - I do like a Regency with a smart wallflower heroine.
Now let's get to the narrator, Mary Sarah. She was just awful. There is a big difference between narrating and acting, and her performance was more in the acting realm than the narrating one. Her delivery was in a breathy whisper, while sometimes swallowing words. I had such a hard time understanding her! I had to slow it down (but not too slow because the word swallowing got less tolerable at slower speeds) and turn up the volume. Often when I am bothered by a narrator, I get used to him/her by the end but that was not the case here. She was terrible up until the last word.
Now let's get to the narrator, Mary Sarah. She was just awful. There is a big difference between narrating and acting, and her performance was more in the acting realm than the narrating one. Her delivery was in a breathy whisper, while sometimes swallowing words. I had such a hard time understanding her! I had to slow it down (but not too slow because the word swallowing got less tolerable at slower speeds) and turn up the volume. Often when I am bothered by a narrator, I get used to him/her by the end but that was not the case here. She was terrible up until the last word.