Envy

By: Anna Godbersen

Narrated by: Nina Siemaszko

Gossip Girl meets the Gilded Age in this delicious and compelling novel, the third in the New York Times bestselling series from author Anna Godbersen.

In the thrilling third installment of Anna Godbersen’s bestselling Luxe series, Manhattan’s most envied residents appear to have everything they desire: Wealth. Beauty. Happiness. But sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets.

Jealous whispers. Old rivalries. New betrayals. This is Manhattan, 1899.

Two months after Elizabeth Holland’s dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. When Elizabeth refuses to rejoin her sister Diana’s side, however, those watching New York’s favorite family begin to suspect that all is not as it seems behind the stately doors of No. 17 Gramercy Park South.

Farther uptown, Henry and Penelope Schoonmaker are the city’s most celebrated couple. But despite the glittering diamond ring on Penelope’s finger, the newlyweds share little more than scorn for each other. And while the newspapers call Penelope’s social-climbing best friend, Carolina Broad, an heiress, her fortune—and her fame—is anything but secure.

“Mystery, romance, jealousy, betrayal, humor, and gorgeous, historically accurate details. I couldn’t put The Luxe down!” —Cecily von Ziegesar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Gossip Girl series

©2009 Alloy Entertainment and Anna Godbersen; (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers

gosh the story turns and this record is HORRBLE

As for book 4 in the lux series - it is a good tale. However this recording is of the worst quality. It sounds like it was taken from a CD and not well edited.

Yikes

I’m not going to go on and on about the books; they’re ok, but I will touch on the narrator quickly. I think Nina Siemaszko has a great narrating style, but the mispronounced words were many and extremely cringe-worthy. Her voice was perfect for these books, but some of the mispronunciations made me groan out loud and took a lot of my attention away from the content of the story.

Good but narrator is awful!

The story is fun but the narrator mispronounces many words!!! It’s painful!
Read the book!

The ending..

I loved everything about the storyline up until the last 4 minutes of this book.