Sunshine over Bluebell Cliff

By: Della Galton

Narrated by: Laura Kirman

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

'Utterly uplifting, pure escapism - a perfect summer read' Trisha Ashley, bestselling author **Bluebell Cliff Hotel is a place to make your dreams come true...

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Clara King is left in sole charge of a fabulous new clifftop hotel for the summer.
The owner has barely left the country when Clara realises that someone is hell-bent on putting the Bluebell Cliff Hotel out of business.
It becomes a race against time to hunt down the sneaky saboteur before they succeed in bringing the hotel to its knees.
With her dream job under threat and her personal life in chaos, Clara discovers that, when what you love the most is in danger, it can bring out the very best in you.

©2020 Della Galton (P)2020 Boldwood Books

Enjoyed the story but not the narrator.

This was an easy to listen to story with pleasant characters and a predictable story line but the narrator was just awful. The voices of the female characters were indistinguishable and the voices of the male characters sounded to me like very old women.

The narrator....again!

The story is fine--great setting, light, mildly entertaining, the kind of thing I can listen to while doing something else. I've listened to other books by this narrator, and they were fine, but this one most definitely is not. The main character's voice is well done, though the expression was often overly dramatic. Some of the other characters blend together, though, and, even worse, the exaggerated intonations are really AWFUL! I'm at 3 hours in and don't know if I can finish it. The main character's mother, her sister and her boss are indistinguishable and were so exaggerated. No one speaks that way! The worst. Can't imagine what Laura Kirman was thinking with this one.

LOVE IT!

I loved this story! It has come as such a breath of fresh air to experience a story WITHOUT an insipid, whiny, weak, mellow dramatic, overreactive main character. Clara, I feel, was a very relatable character. The decisions she made were generally well thought through. She’s been written as a “normal” business woman who might freak out in her head, but moves in logic instead of emotion (most of the time 😊 we are all human and that trope plays well in this book).

Each of the characters are well developed and the story is a good ride. Everything unfolds at a comfortable pace. I never felt like ok hurry upppp! Get to the point! I enjoyed every step of the journey. I only had one cringe moment (I won’t spoil it) but it was quickly reconciled. There is just the right amount of suspense, humor, romance, and overall fun in this book.

Now the narrator…I could listen to this woman read ingredients on a can of creamed corn and be intrigued. She has a wonderful voice that is smooth and very slightly raspy at times…but in a pretty way. Great pace and great inflections. I loved her performance!