The Raven Prince: Booktrack Edition

By: Elizabeth Hoyt

Narrated by: Moira Quirk

Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

The Raven Prince: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! *

Widowed Anna Wren is having a wretched day. After an arrogant man on horseback nearly crushes her, she arrives home to learn she is in dire financial straits.

There comes a time in a lady's life...

The earl of Swartingham is in a quandary. Having frightened off two secretaries, Edward de Raaf needs someone who can withstand his bad temper and boorish behavior.

When she must do the unthinkable....

When Anna becomes the earl's secretary, it would seem both their problems are solved. But when she discovers he plans to visit the most notorious brothel in London, she sees red - and decides to assuage her desires....

*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

©2006 Elizabeth Hoyt (P)2018 Hachette Audio

Good Read. Not a fan of the elevator music

Very good story. Likable heroine and hero and the sub-characters are reasonably well defined and interesting without being a distraction.
A couple of caveats - this is more like an adult fairy tale than historical fiction. There are quite a few plot devices that would have been utterly impossible for the time period. If that makes you nuts, skip this one. The other is the crudity of the language...
It's not so frequent or crude to wreck the book, but some of it was jarring.
Narration is fine, but the "on hold" music playing in the bacground did not add to the experience. I believe that there is a version without the music. Go with that.

Spoiled by the music

I normally enjoy Ms Quirk’s narration and would have again but the background music was for me unbearable. Unable to listen to the whole. A first for a Hoyt story. Please redo without the music.

Loved it

Loved the story. The characters were dynamic, fleshed out, quirky and halter skelter. Made the storyline pop. Could not stand the background music. It wasn’t appropriate for what was happening in each scene and that was really distracting at times. If you can find a version without this blasted music I’d suggest listening to it instead.

So Romantic!

I do like this author's style of writing and this story was just lovely. The characters were interesting and well formed and their story revolved around them with grace and ease.
I also enjoyed Moira Quirk's narration. She has a very well used voice and helped make this audiobook more interesting than it already was.
What I didn't enjoy was the music in the background and found it a bit distracting at times.

Very disappointed

From the very start it sounded like a story line that I heard before recently. I didn't like the reader and what's up with the background music and sounds.
I feel like it is a wasted credit.