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What the Stubborn Viscount Desires
- Lords of Happenstance, Book 1
- Narrated by: Anneliese Rennie, Logan McAllister
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Stubborn hearts might be the last to fall, but when the hard tumble comes, it'll last forever.
Jonathan Banshire, Viscount Trewellain, has become a bitter, sarcastic lord and against anything remotely smacking of romance. Though engaged to a woman whose hand he'd won in a game of cards years ago, he hasn't thought of her in years. But he's also a king's agent, and as his duty to the Crown, he's being sent to Spain to track down a missing peer. He goes to escape his personal life.
Miss Sophia Wickham is tired of men deciding her future. She's on a mission to live her life on her terms, but can't due to an ambiguous engagement to the Viscount Trewellain. Determined to gain her freedom, she sneaks on board the ship intent to have Jonathan release her from that old promise. When he refuses in a fit of pique, she's stuck as stowaway, bound to the one man she can't stand.
In Madrid, they search for not only the missing lord, but also stolen Spanish crown jewels and an ancient relic. Through crashing a glittering ball to hunting down clues to exploring the hidden catacombs and caves beneath Barcelona, the unlikely pair comes to an understanding. Vulnerable and trapped, truths are revealed as well as the fragile state of their hearts. But machinations of a madman bent on revenge could destroy a budding romance, and when the specter of death makes an appearance, Jonathan must finally decide what it is he desires the most.
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- G C
- 05-24-19
EXCELLENT READ!
I absolutely loved it! This book is full of suspense, adventure and romance.The narration is superb and gives the story that extra flair. It and will keep you entertained. This author does a great job with the character builds and plot. This was my first book by this author but definitely not my last. I look forward to reading more books in this series (can't wait)! I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Keira
- 06-18-19
A Tale of Two Narrators
I loved the sexy scene in the boat at the beginning - even loved how Jonathan is with her after. I love a good amount of angst and the more the better. I also love a good win-the-girl-with-a-bet storyline. If you're ready to charge headfirst into a dangerous mission, a fantastical treasure hunt, and a romantic romp this book is for you.
On the narrators:
4 Stars - Logan McAllister has a great voice. Very deep, which is why I believe he was cast so he would sound like how Jonathan is described. I could easily listen to him across other books and genres. I feel he would have paired better with a younger female narrator, since Sophie the heroine was so young.
2 Stars - Anneliese Rennie overly stressed/pronounced her 'S' sounds so much so that it was distracting. This aspect of her narrating disappeared by the middle to end half of each chapter only to resume at the start of the next. Additionally, viscount was mispronounced in the book, a lot, like every time, which I feel someone should have caught.
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- Lidia Chymkowska
- 06-12-19
Not bad, but not perfect, either...
First things first: it's a little above 3 stars for the story (but not totally 3.5), and the stars for the narration are split - 4 to Mr McAllister, 2 to Ms Rennie, which makes it the overall 3 star rating for the performance...
The story has potential, quite a lot of it, and some parts are really well done - some of the dialogues are funny, the treasure hunt is good, the developing feelings of the main characters towards each other nicely done. But... there are a lot of choppy scenes, leaving you with a feeling that you have just missed an important part of the book, as if something that is essential for the development of the story has been cut out - it happened to me at least two or three times that I found myself not knowing why something was happening or how it had come to be and wondering whether I might have lost focus for like 5-10 seconds without realizing it... but no, going back and listening again didn't help, so it's not me, it's the book:)
The plot itself is quite interesting although at times the characters do behave in a rather implausible, unrealistic way, and I wanted more than once to slap Jonathan in the head and tell him "get to grips with yourself, man":) Sophie is a bit too modern with her disregard for social propriety, though on the other hand she's not a young debutante any more and officially she is engaged, so... I can forgive her; after all she just wants freedom at first and doesn't see any other way to get it...
What I think is the weak point of the story is the villain and the whole "mission" part; the "mission" seems more like a pretext to have Jonathan and Sophia alone, to convince the reader that because of the great danger it entails Jonathan must protect Sophia - but somehow this whole set is a bit ridiculous (why not simply leave her at an English Embassy? it wouldn't be so hard to think of a plausible explanation for her circumstances) and lacks conviction, especially with other king's agents not worrying in the least of what's going on...
So I'd say it's an OK romance with rather unconvincing, unbelievable historical background - still, it's a fun listen so give the book a chance, but rather in its printed form.
As for the narration, I'd rather have the book read by Mr McAllister alone. I liked his voice, his pace of reading and the voices he gave all the characters. Ms Rennie, however, is not the narrator I'm likely to return to. I really didn't like the way she read the dialogues or the "inner thoughts" of our characters', especially Sophie's. She made Sophie sound like a seductive nasty harlot, which she definitely was not. But maybe I need to listen to something more by her to make a reasonable decision...
In general, I think it's preferable to have one narrator reading the whole book, or, if there are male/female narrators they should read male/female parts respectively - the constant change of the characters' voices when two people read them can be annoying and confusing, and leaving the listener with the feeling of those characters having a split personality disorder...:)
DISCLAIMER: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
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- Felisha
- 06-06-19
Missed the mark
This novel of Sandro Sookoo’s has all the elements needed to tell a good story: romance, mystery, driven characters and historical intrigue, but it turned out rather choppy and lack luster. I’m always willing to extended believability in romance novels, but this one just didn’t make sense in regards to the character’s motives vs. their actions. There were also a lot of backstory that was told to us to help develop a character’s persona but it was choppy and used too often.
It ended as expected but I wasn’t satisfied.
Narrator Anneliese Rennie‘s narration was too breathy for me liking but delivered at a fine pace and not overly dramatic.
Narrator Logan McAllister’s narration was truly fitting his role: Robust and Arrogant sounding. I think I would have enjoyed it more had he narrated the entire book.
Overall, I’m disappointed it didn’t reach the mark.
This audiobook was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
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- Listener
- 06-23-19
Enjoyable romance
What the Stubborn Viscount Desires was a good book. With romance and intrigue and some hot moments it did keep me listening. When Jonathan Banshire, Viscount Trewellain wins Sophia Wickham in a card game from Sophia's father Jonathan's aim is to release her of this, and Sophia doesn't want it either. When they are thrown together, (Sophia stows away on a boat to convince Jonathon to release her of the obligation, they end up together. As luck would have it.. they do fall in love.. but they also go through a lot of intrigue first as they are in search of the Holy Grail.
I did not enjoy the dual narration. Logan McAllister was good, but I had a hard time listening to Anneliese Rennie's narration.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review
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- John
- 06-09-19
An entertaining Regency romance and spy romp
What the Stubborn Viscount Desires is an entertaining Regency romance and spy romp that reminds me of movies like Romancing the Stone. I enjoyed the book, though I do have to wonder about the plausibility of some of the action, particularly considering the Viscount’s handicap. Contains graphic sex scenes.
Having a male and female narrator is an effective way to bring the book to life, and both narrators did a good job.
I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook. This is my honest and voluntary review.
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- Zena
- 05-25-19
Interesting story
This is a good story, nicely planned out and written. It has two opposites as main characters and both egg each other on in their adventure while solving a mystery and of course they fall in love.
There are some explicit and hot scenes, quite a bit of self-questioning about each others intentions as well as a lot of deliberation about how to solve the mystery. I loved the way they learned to care for each other.
The only thing that upset me about this audiobook was the narration. It is done by 2 different people, a male (Logan McAllister) and a female (Anneliese Rennie), both of whom, on their own could have done a satisfactory job of it, but the way they 'read' the story made it very stressful for me, because just as I got used to the one voice, I was suddenly listening to a totally different one as they took turns, each reading a chapter.
If it was necessary to use two voices (and I really don't think it was) then it would have been far better to have the one person reading all the story bits and the male doing all the men characters' verbalizations and the female doing the same for the female characters.
Its a pity, but the way this was done really spoilt this audiobook for me.
I requested and listened to the audiobook version and this is my voluntary and unbiased review of it.
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- Lexi Zieve
- 03-21-22
Regency spies
This was an interesting story that mixed the regency era with spies. I enjoyed the characters for the most part and had some fun with the story. I am curious to see if I would enjoy other characters too and find out more about what’s going on.
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- Cynthia Hurt
- 04-18-21
Ancient Library
This was a delightful book!
After a three year engagement where the two main characters don't talk to each other, Sophia Wickham takes it upon herself to talk with her fiance, Jonathan Banshire, Viscount Trewellain. He refuses to address her concern, which leads them to working together on his missing persons case, as a King's Agent to the Crown. Through ancient libraries, dark confined spaces, and near death escapes, they both come to realize they have feelings for the other. Though, Jonathan was stubborn, he learns, with Sophia's assistance, to feel and live life, instead of shunning the world away.
This book had a couple of firsts: first time I read a Sookoo book, and my first audiobook listening to Anneliese Rennie narrating; I had met her in person at a writing conference. It was neat knowing who was behind the voice.
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- Bethany Cagle
- 01-15-20
Loved it!
Loved the story and enjoyed the duel narrative of intrigue and romance. Strong heroine and a hero who learned that his flaws are not a weakness.
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- Bev
- 04-04-21
Absolutely fantastic book.
Thank you sandra for this wonderful book. hopefully I will be able to find book 2 very soon.
throughly enjoyed listening to this book x well done to you all.
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- Buster
- 09-13-20
Hissing Mispronunciations
The male narrator wasn't too bad however the female was terrible. There was an echo-y hiss through her sections and if you cannot be bothered to check the pronunciation for common words then you shouldn't narrate. Viz Count for Viscount. Although I do also have a hatred of narrators who cannot pronounce Valet [a manservant] correctly with a hard T, which includes an astonishing number of English narrators, who really should know better. So possibly I am overly sensitive, but I just cannot listen to such egregious mispronunciations.
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