Bespelling Jane Austen

Almost Persuaded, Northanger Castle, Blood and Prejudice, Little to Hex Her

By: Mary Balogh, Colleen Gleason, Susan Krinard, Janet Mullany

Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren, Ellen Archer, Charlotte Parry, Helen Stern

Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

Almost Persuaded

In this Regency tale of Robert and Jane, New York Times best-selling author Mary Balogh brings together former lovers who have seen beyond their past mistakes, and are determined to be together in this life and forever.

Northanger Castle

Caroline's obsession with Gothic novels serves as good training for a lifetime of destroying the undead with her newfound beau in this Regency by Colleen Gleason.

Blood and Predjudice

In fast-paced present-day New York City, Liz Bennett joins Mr. Darcy on his hunt to cure vampirism in New York Times best-selling author Susan Krinard’s version of the classic story.

Little Hex to Her

Emma, a witch with a wizard boyfriend, runs a paranormal dating service in modern-day Washington, D.C., in this story from Janet Mullany.

©2011 Mary Balogh (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

whoa!!!

I did love all of these, but my Blood and Prejudice skipped a little... maybe a weird download or an abridged version?

Four for one good deal

The first story by Mary Balogh was by far my favorite. It had romance, intrigue. Mystery and descriptive characters with excellent narration. She was the reason I bought this book in the first place and she didn’t disappoint. I would read it again and would love to read more if it was a series on its own.

The second story about vampires was seemingly written for teens. It was g rated, predictable and boring. The characters were summed up in a neat bow and they had very little depth to them. The topic was interesting and the scene was good but the story was very short and it ended too quickly. Actually I was just happy it ended.

The third story was read so fast by the reader, I felt my heart racing just listening to it. Breathe already I kept thinking. The mothers voice didn’t annoy me as much as I have read it did in reviews by other listeners. It reminded me of mommy dearest. It was ok but also ended so quickly and I was left still trying to piece it all together with some questions unanswered which I was disappointed with.

Th fourth story about a witch who runs a dating service for vampires, elves and other creatures was well written and read. There was an annoying character who was constantly speaking in incomplete phrases hyperventilating but the narrator read her very well. It was my second favorite of the lot and I would consider reading another book by this author. The topic was unique at least to my experience and the characters were well rounded.

Overall, I am glad I read them all. It is good to try new things. My favorite was the first story. I would buy the Mary Balogh one on its own for sure. It’s worth the 1 credit by itself. But the fact that all the authors contributed to this body of work was very cool and should be done more often.

Some are better than others

I liked some of these stories better than others. I’m not a huge fantasy or paranormal fan so that could be why. It was imaginative in some ways but I think some of the stories just didn’t translate into other times and paranormal genre. Just my opinion though

If you are an Austen fan you will love these

Hello,

Being an Austen fan and a lover of Mary Balogh i purchased this audio file. It was great!. The stories i like the most though were the last two by Susan Krinard and Janet Mullany.

First two stories were good, then had to shut off

The first story was great, I love Mary Balogh, the second story was interesting if you like vampires, but I couldn't get past the first 5 minutes of the 3rd story due to the narrator literally yelling. I turned it down but that just didn't help at all. So.. I didn't get to see if the 3rd book was any good, and just shut it off. Sorry, but I wouldn't recommend part 3 of this book at all.

I REALLY ENJOYED All these BOOKs

If you are a fan of Jane Austin and magic u will enjoy These stories. Some of the reviews said the pride and prejudice narrator was annoying but it’s really only the 1st 10 because she was trying to be the annoying mother in my opinion. She is annoying lol. But it turns out to be soo great and u don’t want to miss it ! I really enjoyed all them. North hangar might be my favorite but hard to decide Pride and Blood was VERY GOOD

Four stories, four authors, four narrators

The stories were pretty good, I actually thought Mary Balogh’s was the weakest and sappiest. Usually I love her stories so I was surprised. I liked the modern twist on Austen and the supernatural twist is fun.

Very,very sappy and verbose.

Had I realized that these were "romance" stories I would not have wasted my money. While the reader has a pleasant voice she mispronounced many words which tends to take the shine off the performance.