The Uninvited Guest

A Gareth and Gwen Medieval Mystery, Book 2

By: Sarah Woodbury

Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder

Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins

Publisher's summary

It is the winter of 1143 and all is not well in the court of Owain, King of North Wales: His future in-laws are untrustworthy; the Norman lords on his eastern border are restless; and among his wedding guests lurks a cold-blooded killer.

Gareth and Gwen have marriage plans of their own, but their love will have to wait while the pair race to separate truth from lies, friends from foes, and unravel the mystery before King Owain - and his new bride - fall victim to their uninvited guest.

©2012 Sarah Woodbury (P)2016 Sarah Woodbury

Didn't see ending

This was great book, and I always enjoy Laurel's reading of Sarah's books. Best part was that I hadn't seen the ending coming. Thanks, Sarah, as always!

Love this series!

Great characters and storyline. I have loved everything Sarah Woodbury has published! Keep it coming!!

Enjoying this series

Great character development. Excellent narration. Good story. Looking forward to the next in this series!

Great mystery with a medival setting - LOVED IT

If you could sum up The Uninvited Guest in three words, what would they be?

Inviting Interesting Intrigue

What did you like best about this story?

The characters and the humor. Also I love trying to figure out whodunit while I read.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Gwen finds Gareth in the woods.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes when the girl realized that her father really loves her.

Any additional comments?

Love all of the author's books. This is a new series for me and I love it too. The narrator is awesome too.

Enjoyable story, but reader is not the best

I read this because I enjoy the Cadfael mysteries by Ellis Peters. It was a good story with likable characters. I really want to listen to other books in the series, however, the reader was a bit tiresome. She did not do a great job differentiating between characters. Still is you like historical mysteries, you should give this a listen

How to make a great book even BETTER!

I read this book before but enjoyed it even more while working outside

Great time gardening and listening to a great book

Haven't read the book but the audio was great

Where does The Uninvited Guest rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I'd give it a top 12 at least ;). It's really good.

What other book might you compare The Uninvited Guest to and why?

Well considering I'm not usually fond of murder mysteries I don't really have a comparison to it, but I do like historical novels. So I'd say probably anything by Phillipa Gregory in terms of research potential and historical fact mixed with artistic liberties wrapped around fictional events.

Which character – as performed by Laurel Schroeder – was your favorite?

Oddly? Christina. That heifer amuses me to no end.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I wanted to listen to all of them in one sitting, but unfortunately life and work prevent that. I did listen to it as fast as I possible though.

greatly enjoyed!

I am rather enjoying this series. I listen to audio books while I work to make the time go faster. I have found this series engaging without being distracting.

Fun

enjoyed this one, but didn't find it particularly noteworthy. it was just a fun story.

Good Reading (listening) and a fun Escape.

A light story in keeping with a medieval times with lots of mystery as to who was trying to kill the King. And a hero who loves a clever and wiley slouth of a lady who is a spy for the King's son.

Entertaining continuation of the series

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the first story in this series, and this second one keeps up the standards! Not only does Ms Woodbury give us a rich cast of characters, we’re in a medieval castle in Wales for a royal wedding, with an attempted murder and two bodies found in unexpected places.

There’s enough detail to give us an impression of some aspects of life at the time, some which seem familiar and others pretty alien. We have the mystery of the murders being investigated and solved, with twists and turns along the way.

I thought the narrator made a decent job of the Welsh accents, which can’t be easy for someone not that familiar with them, and her pacing and “feeling” was spot-on.

Disappointing

The time and place this book was set in is one of particular interest to me but it did not meet my expectations. I struggled to finish it. Possibly a book better read than listened to, I found it hard to concentrate on. The repetition of ‘He said/She said’ was particularly irritating, again perhaps better read.

If you like history you will enjoy

I personally love Wales and his history. Knowing that a lot of facts are true make those story even more relavante.
I also adore the way it is narrated with a real welsh accent. Thank you.