• Forbidden Fruit

  • Corinna Chapman Mysteries, Book 5
  • By: Kerry Greenwood
  • Narrated by: Louise Siversen
  • Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (290 ratings)

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Forbidden Fruit

By: Kerry Greenwood
Narrated by: Louise Siversen
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Publisher's summary

Corinna Chapman, owner of Earthly Delights, detests Christmas. The shoppers are frantic and the heat oppressive. Neither of which, this perfect size 20 with a genius for baking breads finds congenial. She's dreaming of quiet, air-conditioned comfort but instead finds herself dealing with a rose-loving donkey named Serena, a maniacal mother with staring eyes, a distracted assistant searching for the perfect muffin recipe, her friend - the fearless witch Meroe, and the luscious Daniel, with whom she'd like to spend a lot more time.

But Daniel is on the hunt to find two young runaways, Brigid and Manny. This simple Romeo and Juliet romance is not as straightforward as it seems and they will go a long way to ensure they're not found. When Corinna and Daniel find that Brigid is on the streets, heavily pregnant and in danger, the stakes rise. With the help of a troupe of free-spirited freegans, some very clever internet hackers and a bunch of vegans, Corinna and Daniel go head-to-head with a sinister religious cult on a mission and a band of Romany gypsies out for revenge in a wild and wonderful chase against the clock.

©2009 Copyright © Kerry Greenwood 2009. (P)2013 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Nicely done; very enjoyable

Another very enjoyable story about Corinna and her wonderful bakery, the great friends she has, and the odd little mysteries that fall into her life. Nice Christmas theme twining through, without being sappy; and of course there’s no snow, since Christmas happens in Melbourne in the middle of summer. The narrator, Louise Siversen, isn’t quite as multi-voiced as Stephanie Daniel, who reads Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher books, but she’s very good. 4 stars means I like it a lot.

Definitely recommended.

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Great story with a strange holiday twist

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I love that the book is set in Australia, so seasons are opposite. And the characters are just quirky enough to be fun, not totally off the wall.

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This book is just lots of fun. Some social commentary, but the live and let live attitude carries through. Entertaining. The narrator has the right tone for the book.

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Late to the Party

I came to this series as a fan of Phryne Fisher. I nearly decided that the format of this one had run its course by the third book, and would have missed out on the two best books yet, more fool I. Recommended.

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OUTRAGEOUS FUN !

so many threads weaving a brilliant and vivid tapestry of charming scenes, characters we love to be around and a world so real it is a visit, not simply a listen !

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Perfect narrator!

Australia, small-business, friendship, family-dynamics, cosy-mystery

The publisher's blurb is pretty good, but I really love the characters, especially those who live at Insula! It's what the characters say and do that make the books, plots are always important but if the characters don't worm their way into you it's just another read. Each book in the series can stand alone, but you miss some really great laughs. Reading in order is not really necessary.

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Absolutely brilliant.

I loved it. I just wanted to keep driving so I could finish it all.

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Hmmmmmm

Whoever it was that said there are only four basic plots for novels -- or seven, I've seen both -- obviously never read this book. In terms of way-out plotting, it doesn't get any more unique than this.

And a seriously grisly tale it is, too. Don't listen to parts of this one while eating dinner.

No overt spoiler here, but fans of Jonathan Swift won't be disappointed -- or much puzzled, either -- by some plot elements. Swift did it better, but then he wasn't writing a novel.

One further warning: Quite some time ago, I'd read -- as in an actual paper book -- one of Kerry Greenwood's novels, and eventually I remembered that I'd had the same sort of trouble getting into that book as I did with this one. Apparently these are almost "cult" books, with some of their own special language and "things" and/or characters who reappear time after time.

But I'd forgotten that, so with this one, when I found myself profoundly confused about who -- or what -- "The Goddess" was, or what sort of being "Hector" might be, I had to backtrack, and listen again. She doesn't explain in each book who -- or what -- some of these characters are. But fear not -- it really doesn't matter. I wouldn't have needed to backtrack -- it became as clear as it needed to be, eventually.

It's not all bad -- the book has its charms. I loved "Serena" -- no spoiler to tell you she's an adorable donkey. Any scene in which Serena appeared was pure delight. I also got a kick out of her "mouse police" squad, which are feral cats she keeps to keep her bakery basement mouse free -- the antics of the mouse police are a nice, funny, touch.

So, okay. A fairly good book. I'm sure this series has its passionate fans. I'm not quite there, but... it was reasonably entertaining, and what more can you ask?

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Wasted my credit

Would you be willing to try another one of Louise Siversen’s performances?

No

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Could not finish it it was so bad. The author fixated on muffins and cats with some semblance of a very thin story line. The narrator's attempts at a male voice were just too painful to listen to.

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Love

I love this voice actor, so easy and fun to listen to. And the content is amazing. Fun and interesting plots and characters… not to mention body positivity and FOOD.

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Love Corinna sires

Donkey knocking for treats Missing pregnant girl missing boy parent bringing trouble which hunter sniffing around

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