I didn't like the voice of Maggie Hope. She sounded like a teenager.

I was disappointed that the character, Maggie Hope, seemed weak. She missed clues, did not keep her full attention on the Princess at a critical moment. Over all, she seemed like a different character from the Churchill's Secretary story.

She was ok with some of the characters, but Maggie Hope's voice did not fit the character.

No

The new narrator's extremely girly readings of the characters doesn't help the fact that Maggie is even more impulsive, entitled and prone to temper tantrums in this novel than the previous. If you have trouble suspending disbelief, this novel is not for you either. Maggie and her emotional maturity and stability of a14 year old would never be allowed yo be a spy. The history isn't very accurate or vivid either,. It seems like most of it was gleamed from recent novels and TV. The characters sensibilities and language are very modern.

That said, this is still a fun light novel with some engaging characters. The narrator isn't bad at all, even if she has a tendency to read the female characters as high pitched and bubbly. I could criticize it forever, but that isn't fair. It is an enjoyable novel, with sufficiently complex story and charters. Something you can smile your way through without ever worrying too much. At times that's just what is needed and I enjoyed it.

This was an enjoyable book read by an outstanding reader. Highly recommended.

Yes! Nice mixture of history and plot. It kept moving along without so many side stories. It kept me reading and enjoying. Some nice twists and turns than kept you listening and enjoying.

Yes! Nice voices and be had to adjust to them. The story was so great who cares about the voice. She did a great job overall.

Yes The tile is good!!!

Great book. Must read and I will be reading book 2, 3 and 4.
Highly recommended!!!

I am in the middle of the book but I am not sure I if it can finish. The narrator is irritating! I see the third books goes back to the narrator used in book one.that is a good thing

Yes

Different narrator. She reads each line as if it was a stand alone sentence, not a part of a story. The dialog is slightly better.

n/a

These are bang-up good stories - MacNeal even has me talking like a WWWII Brit these days!

However, I wish that before I purchased this book and the third in the series, that I had noticed that the narrator was not the excellent Wanda McCaddon from the first book in the series. This narrator ends most phrases and sentences with an upward lilt. It becomes quite annoying, quite quickly, and seriously affects my ability to enjoy the performance.

I would absolutely recommend this book. I don't write many reviews but I enjoyed this series so much, I felt that it was important to tell others about it.

I don't know that there is another female heroine that is as intelligent, determined and "real."

This book is intriguing. It makes you want to turn the page to hear what will happen next. Many times you read a spy novel and the spy is just there, you don't put much thought into how they became a spy, what training was necessary, what thought processes the person goes through - I have no idea if the information is 100% accurate in the novel but it really, doesn't matter, it gets you thinking about a spy novel from a completely different - completely enjoyable angle.

If you are a fan of the spy/mystery/1920's era novels, this series is a must. I appreciate the intelligence of the characters and did not feel that that the novel slowed as some do when over describing technical details. I bought the first audible book in the series because it was recommended to me based off other purchases. After the first read, I quickly purchased the other 2 and I am certainly glad that I did.

I'm not sure I can finish listening to this book.

The narrator sounds like a hysterical 9 year old, not like a woman who would be working as a spy. You can never tell when she finishes a sentence. There is little intonation, unless she is squealing.

I enjoyed the first book in this series very much. I am extremely disappointed in the seconds narration.

I would, but the narrator drove me crazy. Every sentence she said was as if it was a tagline for a movie.

She said every sentence with a downturn at the end, turning it into a movie tagline. Just imagine: "In 2014, there was an event. An event that changed... the world." Except for the entire book.

The narrator is the worst I've heard. Breathy, whispering narrative, though her dialogue is fine and her character differentiation is good.

I loved Winston Churchill and David Green equally.

The narrator from MR. Churchill's Secretary was wonderful and her characterization of Maggie was excellent, not the little girl, baby-voice of this narrator.

I would have loved to listen through if there had been a different, less annoying narration. I listen to audio books while walking my dogs for an hour or more, then, if the audio is great, I keep on after I get home.

Overall I love these books, maybe should have gone whispersync.

Utter disappointment. The reader's irritating "up speak" distracted so much from the author's words that I found myself cringing as the end of each sentence approached. This, together with the delivery of every line with the same plodding lack of emotion, ruined the book for me. I enjoyed Mr. Churchill's Secretary and couldn't wait to listen to the next in the series. Regrettably, I didn't pay attention to the fact that there was a different reader or read the reviews before purchasing.