Inherit the Sky

Lang Downs Series, Book 1

De: Ariel Tachna

Narrado por: William James

Caine Neiheisel is stuck in a dead-end job at the end of a dead-end relationship when the chance of a lifetime falls in his lap. His mother inherits her uncle’s sheep station in New South Wales, Australia, and Caine sees it as the opportunity to start over, out on the range where his stutter won’t hold him back and his willingness to work will surely make up for his lack of knowledge.

Unfortunately, Macklin Armstrong, the foreman of Lang Downs who should be Caine’s biggest ally, alternates between being cool and downright dismissive, and the other hands are more amused by Caine’s American accent than they are moved by his plight…until they find out he’s gay and their amusement turns to scorn. It will take all of Caine’s determination - and an act of cruel sabotage by a hostile neighbor - to bring the men of Lang Downs together and give Caine and Macklin a chance at love.

©2012 Ariel Tachna (P)2014 Dreamspinner Press

A must listen

I absolutely loved the spectacular narrative v to got along with a beautiful love story.

Truly a surprise how much I loved this!

If you like gay romance then you will like this book and be surprised by it. This is book one and I just hope there is a two!

Aussie Cowboys, Need I Say More?

Any additional comments?

I’ll be the first to admit my bias, I love Cowboys, men with accents, and men with stutters (idk why but I find a stutter to be super cute and endearing), so Inherit the Sky had me hooked from the word go. But beyond those things, it’s honestly just a great story. And it’s wonderfully well written, which I’m learning with the more erotica that I listen to is a remarkable rarity.

The performance is good, but I’d like the reader to work on his pacing and delivery a bit more. There are odd pauses in places I don’t think they’re needed and it can make it sound like the characters are unsure when the opposite is the case. When I turned the volume up, it sounded like he was swallowing at those moments, like maybe he was taking a drink of water? But either way it was jarring at times. But that’s the only complaint I have since I loved the voices and the accents. As an American, I can only guess at the accuracy of the accents and I’ve seen others complaining about the pronunciation. I can’t remark on that beyond saying it sounded fine to my untrained ears.

Either way, the highlight here is in the writing. I was astounded by how much the Aussie dialogue went away from cliches. There isn’t a “mate” after every piece of dialogue and it feels authentic. And so does Cain’s stutter. You can tell the author really thought about when he would vs when he might not stammer and it’s so consistent throughout. I loved the attention the those fine details. It made me root for these character and love this book. I generally just wait for credits to get books on audible, but I can already tell I’m going to rush to buy the next book in this series.

Struth, cobber!

What did you like best about Inherit the Sky? What did you like least?

Bonzer story, but hearing an American try to narrate Aussie dialogue is both painful and hilarious. I was puzzled for ages over what a gulla might be. Galah, a very stupid bird even by bird standards, is pronounced galaaaaah. And it's DRYzabone as in dry as a bone, not drizzabone. And way too many other jarring mispronunciations.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Couldn't they at least have hired someone who's spoken to an Aussie once or twice....

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

I'd consider it.

Love in the Outback

I really enjoyed this book. I think the narrator does a great job and the story is engaging. A transplanted American finds love with a seasoned foreman of a sheep station in the Australian outback. What's not to love? I listened to this in 48 hours, it was that engaging. Definitely worth a credit. On to Book 2.