The Last Wicked Rogue

The League of Rogues, Book 9

By: Lauren Smith

Narrated by: Heather Wilds

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

Charles Humphrey, the Earl of Lonsdale, is infamous for his seductions. With laughing, gray eyes and a halo of blond hair, he's every woman's wicked dream. Beneath that devil-may-care grin he has a painful past that has made him sure love was not for him, even as the rest of his friends, the members of the League of Rogues, settle down in wedded bliss. When he accidentally rescues a mysterious beauty with eyes as haunted as his own and shares one life-changing kiss with her, she vanishes in the night. Charles vows to find this angel who might yet save his soul, but he knows anyone he cares about is in grave danger when an old enemy resurfaces a final time for revenge....

Lily has secrets, too many secrets. When she's abducted and taken into the London underworld by a gang of nefarious brutes, she's rescued by Charles, the one man who can never know her past. She can't let him discover her feelings or her secrets, but she can't resist sharing one kiss with him before escaping his passionate embrace. That taste of the last bachelor of the League of Rogues leaves her desiring a future she cannot have - especially when her master demands she prove her loyalty in a most deadly way....

©2018 Lauren Smith (P)2019 Tantor

The End of the Rogues?

The League of Rogues is a friendship of 5 aristocrats who became solid friends one fateful night while they attended university. That night they also met and made a vengeful enemy. Each book in the series alludes to the story, so we get bits and pieces as we move through each tale. Yet, Mr. Waverly is the major antagonist along each storyline. Although this series is considered Regency romance - which it is - there is danger and intrigue through out.

As the title suggests, The Last Wicked Rogue is the story of the only Rogue from the League who is not married . So … of course the entire group, especially the wives, decide he needs to find a mate. Remember, “it is universally known that a man with a title and a fortune, is in need of a wife” or some such nonsense.

Ms. Smith had been building the world, the characters and the intrigue for 9 books. She has done a great job of pulling all the story arcs together and providing satisfactory conclusions for the arcs.

I have enjoyed listening to this series and recommend anyone who enjoys intrigue and Regency romance to read / listen to these stories.

Heather Wilds narrated all the main stories and did a great job. The smaller tales had different narrators that were not as compelling. Too bad. Still recommend the series.

Closure

I love that Heather Wilds narrates the whole series. It helps with remembering characters and the other stories.

The storyline had enough of everything. All types of closure is needed. I would say I am satisfied with the ending without spoilers.

What an ending!

I have wondered what was in store for Charles from the start and had my suspicions about Tom, which were confirmed in this book. Such a good wrap up for an amazing series.

The best one

Finally, a book where they actually say how they feel and the women don’t play stupid games. I also like that Charles listened to Lily and wasn’t irrationally angry like the other men

My favorite in this series

This was the best one in the whole series. I enjoy the subtle humor that in scattered throughout this book and the series. I got Chicago musical vibes at the end lol

Finally, I can sleep

This series has totally messed up my sleeping, or lack thereof. The entire series has kept me awake, too enthralled to sleep. I am so happy Charles finally found his hea. I will say I have a few issues with her, and my feelings are kind of torn...which was the point of his story. It only adds to his. I like that all the rogues were heavily involved unlike other series where previous characters were merely mentioned. I won't give any spoilers. Everyone knows it was Charles' time. He's needed a hug from the first time he was introduced.
This last story was a bit stressful, again written purposely for that reaction. Well written. Love the narrator, and so happy she narrated all of them. There have been a couple of series I couldn't finish bcs they changed the narrator to a horrible one, and couldn't tell who was who by the voices.
I look forward to the next in the series, with Joanna. Hopefully, less stress this time.

Charles' story at last!!

Another great story by Lauren Smith! The League of Rogues is a fantastic series and the long awaited book about Charles, the last wicker rogue, does not disappoint!

Dreadful narrator, mediocrely writing

The story, at least the concept, seems potentially quite good. However, The narrator is so awful that the caliber of the writing is shown for what it is: desperately in need of a good copy editor! Using the word “fear” three times in one sentence is not only weak exposition but simply lazy. If a writer,sadly, has a limited vocabulary, a thesaurus should be kept near at hand. Even the narrow scope of an online version can prevent such silly redundancies.

The handling of dreams and flashbacks is muddled in the text but is made much worse by the narration. Sentences are broken such as to lose meaning and all emotional impact. The exact same vocal inflection is used consistently throughout. There is no character differentiation.

I’ve given the story four stars. However, that is only a guess and I’m giving credit for what the plot line appears to be. The reason for this is that, after only 2 1/2 hours of listening, I am so bored and frustrated with the abominable narration and the lack of skill in the text, that I can go no further. Maybe at sometime in the future I will try to struggle through another two hours or so in order to find out what happens. As I said, the ideas are good; it is the execrable execution by both author and narrator that are at fault.

What a series

I have enjoyed this series since listening to the first one. They have gone from strength to strength and this one has been the best yet, although I think that about each of them as I listen. I never give away any part of the plots in my reviews because I don't want to spoil them for others but they are excellent.

Cravat pin

I did enjoy this book and the performance of the narrator,she has got better the more of the series she read, although I did have to speed up her voice as it drawls rather a lot. As for the story, I had waited for Lilly to be revealed and tell all and with that how to identify the spies in the households but she didn’t? Did the writer forget? The pin could have been revealed in book 4 when Rosalind was reunited with her brothers as they had been told the secret of the pin by none other than Hugo himself and if all his spies had the pin why did Tom not know that Daniel was one of them? Was disappointed a bit because of this