Jennifer

This series was recommended to me because I liked the Maisie Dobbs series by Jacqueline Winspear. Aside from the fact that the time and setting of the two series are the same (post WWI, England), they are very different in terms of characters and story lines; I enjoyed this series in a much different way. The stories are formulaic and predictable, but fun and enjoyable in that "cozy mystery" sort of way. I loved the quirky cast of characters that showed up in all the books (I even have a crush on Darcy O'Mara). Katherine Kellgren is a joy to listen to--her delivery, different character voices, and different accents were superb.

This book has outstanding narration and is well-written in terms of vocabulary, descriptions, sentence structure, etc. However, the far-fetched premise of the story and the unlikely characters made it difficult to take the book seriously. I liked the character of Cassie enough from the first book to see this one through to the end, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it.

Slow moving and not a very interesting story for a murder mystery. Some characters had potential to be likable and interesting, but their development never really got going. The narration was odd--slow and meticulous--reminded me of someone reading a story on an educational children's show on PBS.

I had to stop listening and will need to get this book in print in order to finish it. The narrator's "upspeak", as another reviewer aptly described the way she ends EVERY sentence with a melodramatic upward lilt, is beyond irritating, as is her voice for Maggie (main character) and her voices for German speaking characters. I really enjoyed the first book in this series (different narrator) and feel as though I'd enjoy the story of the second one, but I can not listen to another minute of it. I'm very disappointed.

Don't want to spoil anything, but I found the "through the woods" part long and tedious. Still recommend the book, as it fits with the previous books and lays groundwork for the fourth, I just didn't enjoy it as much as the first two in the series.

Very predictable--knew the culprit and her/his unlikely and uncompelling motive VERY early on. Weird, underdeveloped characters--"weird" as in "awkward and unlikable", not as in "quirky and interesting". Flat narration. I don't recommend this book at all.

This book is labeled as "Young Adult Fiction", but other than the fact that the main characters are "young adults", I can't understand why someone would put such a limiting label on such a wonderfully written, amazing story. I highly recommend it to both young adults and not-so-young adults. Beware, though, that this is an INTENSE listen (and read, I assume)!

Ugh. "Bodice-Ripper" is an apt description. There are parts of the story I'm interested in, like does she ever make it back to her time, and, is there an explanation of the time travel, but I won't ever find out unless someone else fills me in. After 12 hours of Harlequin-style "romance", I am DONE.

Good narrator, though.

One of the most poorly written books I've ever read/listened to. Full of holes, short on important details, completely unbelievable characters and situations, a cop-out ending -- an utter waste of time and a credit. An interesting premise, but very poorly executed.

Great story. Artfully written. Wonderful characters. Beautifully narrated. I LOVED this book.