Gentle Warrior

By: Julie Garwood

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

In feudal England, Elizabeth Montwright barely escaped the massacre that destroyed her family and exiled her from her ancestral castle. Bent on revenge, she rode again through the fortress gates, disguised as a healer...to seek aid from Geoffrey Berkley, the powerful baron who had routed the murderers.

He heard her pleas, resisted her demands, and vowed to seduce his beautiful subject. Yet as Elizabeth fought the warrior's caresses, love flamed for this gallant man who must soon champion her cause...and capture her spirited heart!

©1990 Julie Garwood (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Can’t stand the narrator

I’ve read and listened to Garwood’s stuff for years, but I just couldn’t get past the irritating narration. Flosnik’s cadance of speech/ reading nearly drove me crazy. I know this is just a personal thing, but I will avoid anything read by her in the future, no matter how much I like the author.

I Liked It!

This book has all the elements that make up a good Historical Romance story, although the sexual and arguing scenes were a little over the top for me.

I thought Ann Flosnik did an excellent job. In my opinion she's a good actress and I can't understand anyone giving her negative reviews. Her ability to change her voice, accurately portraying the different characters each time they speak, is truly a gift. It's very hard for a women to sound like one man, much less several different men...and women. A narrator can make or break a story, and Ann Fosnik's performance makes this story.

Good story, terrible voice

I enjoyed the story immensely but could barely stand the voice. It was aggravating to say the least. There is a sometimes nasal, sometimes guttural sound that grated.

All in all, an okay listen.

Strong characters, both emulate the title.

The characters and the story were engaging, but the audio performance was weak. I would have preferred that the uncle was punished for his part in the murders, too. With another narrator this book could be 5-stars.

Good book but not my favorite by this author.

I love most of Julie Garwood’s older books, this was her first and not one of my favorites but still good one. While I would re read The Bride, Saving Grace and most of Julie Garwood others, this book is a one time read. You can tell the author gets better with time on her latter books. Narrator was not the best, but as the story continues it gets easier to ignore her.

A bad narrator can kill a good book!

I ADORE Julie Garwood. Let me preface this review with the fact that I have read, re-read, listened, and re-listened to every historical book of hers at least 4x. I found this book on Audible and couldn't believe I hadn't listened before.

Sigh...all I can say is you lost me at the first chapter. I couldn't follow the narrator and her super deep breathing and drawn out last word of every sentence. I couldn't distinguish between voices, and her cadence is off. Simply put, I zoned out after the first chapter and will be requesting a credit return. So disappointed because I wanted to love it. Will have to consider the book.

Formula Romance

All her books seem to be the same because they all follow the same romance writing formula. I really dislike this narrator and the way she read love scenes made me laugh and it was highly distracting. I did like the hero alot, but i'd say it's a better read maybe.

Good story. Horrible, horrible narrator.

What made the experience of listening to Gentle Warrior the most enjoyable?

I really enjoyed the story. Lots of funny moments when the heroin constantly getting into trouble.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Anne Flosnik?

Anyone but her.

Any additional comments?

Once again a good book almost ruined by a bad narrator. Also, I found it very difficult to "like" the hero. He was always so mean. There was too much shaking of the heroin which really bothered me. I was afraid the poor woman was going to get "shaken lady syndrome".

Story line predictable

If you could sum up Gentle Warrior in three words, what would they be?

Not too bad

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

As I guessed

How could the performance have been better?

Need a different narrator . Almost quit several times. Accent was so hokey.

Any additional comments?

If you can get past the narration the story was not bad.

Worst narration!!!

I LOVE Julie Garwood, but the reader on this book didn’t let me even finish the story. I really hope the rest of her Audible books are not like this.