Previous reviewers disliked the voice performer, and though I didn’t find him completely unbearable, he does seem to make the lead male character Aulay sound stupider than he should. Every time a male character says “What?” it comes out “Uhwhhhhu’?” like he’s a moron. This is not the way you want the male lead in a romantic novel to sound. I suspect reading the book might have improved my affection for the two main characters.
I’ve listened to all the previous books in this series, and I wish the author would stop having unconscious characters be nursed back to health by someone dribbling broth down their throats. It perpetuates a dangerous myth. You cannot do this to an unconscious person in real life; you’d kill them, as the liquid would wind up in their lungs. In this book, she overuses the word “grimace,” which I noticed all the more because of the way the voice actor pronounces it. Also, “reticent” does not mean the same thing as “reluctant.” “Reticent” means something like “reluctant TO SPEAK.” I know these are nitpicky things, but they detract from my enjoyment of the books. I find myself questioning how plausible things are quite often. Like, “Really? When you know there’s a killer on the loose, now is a good time to have a wedding?” Or “Really? A lady wakes up and can’t remember anything but doesn’t ask basic questions about her life while she recuperates for several weeks?” Or “Really? You’re going to marry this chick not knowing whether she might actually be married already?” But if you’re the kind of person who isn’t bothered by lapses of logic in the name entertainment, this book will pass the time. The author does a fair job adding humor and lightness to the stories, though sometimes I find those instances to delay the plot pace unnecessarily.