The Briton and the Dane: Second Edition

By: Mary Ann Bernal

Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood

A Lurking Shadow. A Whispered Secret. A Veiled Betrayal.

As the specter of Norse conquest looms over Saxon England, a young woman becomes a pawn in a ruthless game of ambition and deceit. Her capture thrusts her into a tangled web of lies where allies vanish, truths twist, and loyalty can cost a life. In the heart of this storm, she searches for clarity and clings to the memory of a prince, her enemy, and the only one who made her feel seen. But as the drums of war grow louder, every choice she makes could tip the balance between salvation and ruin.

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The narrator detracts from the story. Too forced,

Good story, but narrator detracted from story. He's too forced, slow and flat at times.

Wow! That's a lot of Characters

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Narration - Sabastian Lockwood - Hot Mess (but it's not entirely his fault!) There are SOOOO many character's in this book. I felt like it was a little schizophrenic at times. This narrator has a fabulous voice, but because of the need/his attempts to create so many character's some of the voices were a little out there and over dramatic. With extended consonants and too much bravado. For the most part, the book told you who was speaking, so I think it would have been an easier listen with just a couple of his nice voices and call it good.

I don't even know where to begin on the story. I gave this 3 stars because I thought it was ok. But I really had a hard time following this book. Maybe because it was audio and I was sometimes doing other things, it made it harder to follow. But it flipped from character to character or scene to scene and all the sudden, I'd stop what I was doing and say Huh? Who's this Helga person? (or insert one of many of the character names) I was continually rewinding and re-listening to parts...sometimes it helped...sometimes it didn't - in fact, it took me 6 days to finish this title.

I've read and listened to books with huge casts and never felt as lost as I did on this one. BUT with that said, I think maybe on a large road trip or something where my attention is a little more contained, I will try to listen to this again and I will revisit and revise this review if my opinion changes.

Read the book instead

I tried to listen to this but I just couldn't get past the performance of the narrator. So read the book instead.

Love should take longer than this

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

For light reading yes; serious romance no

Would you be willing to try another book from Mary Ann Bernal? Why or why not?

Already did

Which scene was your favorite?

Most memorable was that she falls in love when they could not possible have spoken more than a dozen words.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No

Horrible

This book is for an elementary reader. No imagination & narration is unbelievably embarrassing. Cannot believe anyone published this