Beast

De: Judith Ivory

Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat

Judith Ivory's tantalizing romances are a hit with critics, readers, and fellow writers alike. When the brainy, luminous Louise Vandermeer embarks on a transoceanic quest to marry an aristocrat, she dives into a scorching affair with a stranger on the ship.

Their trysts take place in darkness, so Louise does not know her lover is Charles d'Harcourt, the passionate European playboy who just happens to be her intended! Charles is playing a game, but his plan has unexpected results. Louise has fallen for her shipboard Casanova, and Charles will have to open her eyes to his own charms if he expects to win her heart. With exotic tales featuring radiant women and vigorous men, Ivory builds her legions of fans every day. Narrator Barbara Rosenblat delivers a rousing reading that deliciously amplifies the intensity of Louise and Charles' search for love.

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I needed to stop by and leave a 5

I don’t think anything less than 5 starts does this one justice, so even though I’m burned out on leaving reviews given the amount of titi go through.. here I am.

If I had one negative I would agree would agree with other reviews, the story dragged towards the end. It xo have been better.. that said, it was still 5 stars.

Great story and narrator. Don't miss this one.

What a thoroughly fantastic novel! I love Charles, the dark, beastly Prince. The heroine is young, but her youth is an interesting part of the story. She has the arrogant, careless whim and ignorance of youth. She also feels the emptiness of trying to figure out who she is at that crossroads between girl and woman.
Their story unfolds in a most compelling, interesting, and unusual way. I love this story. I love this narrator most. Her accents are fantastic. Her voice is enchanting. As is the very story she reads.

This is a favorite book of mine in a long time. I wanted the story to continue past the final words. And feel giddy to write this review.
Judith Ivory is a cherished author.

A bit boring

This book moves very slow I love the narrator she is on of my favorites but even she couldn't help the pace of this book.

Beauty and distaste

I loved this romance as much as other of Ivory’s other books. The retelling of Beauty and the Beast is delightful. Ivory is reminding while I read her of authors of the period. Proust’s accounting of Swan’s obsession with Odette, and Wharton’s Undine in Custom of the Country. Ivory’s characters are not quite so flawed. Louise is not so vapid as Odette or Undine, but Ivory flavors Louise with some of their arrogance, and coldness. Charles suffers a kind of emasculation at the hands of Louise’s blindness. All of these flawed characters only make their romances more entertaining. Ambergris, where it comes from, what is, I also enjoyed her metaphor in a kind of essay on the unusual places beauty can be found. I thought the narrator portrayed Louise’s cool American hubris, perfectly.

It was pretty good, although

it seem a little different than her usual, somehow.