Brenda Ratcliff

Good enough story - Please Get A New Voice Actor

Revisado: 10-29-23

I love the ROL series. This story was good, but I found the frequent religious references distracting and not consistent with Agent Reynolds in past stories. While I tried to be kind about the Narrator, every time she unzipped her "parker" (rather than parka--a coat), it was so jarring that I came out of the story. The male voices all seem to have head colds; and as a native Southerner in States, I need to say, please, just stop.

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Delightfully surprised!

Revisado: 07-24-23

I was hesitant to purchase this because I was expecting mostly fluff. But I am a big fan of the late Queen and of British history and ceremony. I personally enjoy the "inside look" at the court and courtiers almost more than the mystery, which is well done. Who knows how accurate the portrayal of Her Majesty the Queen, but it certainly "feels" that the author truly captured how HRH would think and act!

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Good story but increasingly annoying heroine!

Revisado: 06-13-23

I've enjoyed this series from the beginning. Good prose, interesting historical information, tense mysteries. But for all her admirable traits, Bess Crawford seems more and more like a selfish busybody who torments her poor parents and friends by completely refusing to take their feelings into account in her rash decisions! I'm still enjoying the series (have started the next book), but am suppressing the wish to slap the protagonist!

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Wonderful departure from the expected!

Revisado: 11-23-22

The ultimate mystery: what is reality?!! I enjoyed stretching my imagination while exploring history and ancient mythology. All while Walt and crew pursue justice.

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Neil Gaiman is the best author narrator!

Revisado: 08-08-22

I used this compilation to fall asleep at night. The stories are so beautiful, and Neil's voice is soothing perfection.

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Simply lovely.

Revisado: 05-05-22

Lyrical, poignant, historical. A fitting entry--and perhaps a finale--to a beloved canon. Narrated with care and sensitivity.

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Whodunit? I still don't know!

Revisado: 03-21-22

I typically love this series--the writing, characters, historical setting--and I love the narrator. I was enjoying it right up until the last chapter. But I am so disappointed, annoyed and a little angry at the ending (or really, the lack thereof) that I am returning the next book in the series before I even start it and quitting here. Sad.

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Fantastic Imagining, Beautiful Prose, Ascerbic Wit

Revisado: 02-24-22

I listened to the Cabal books out of order, which did not negatively affect my delight in them; but I'm going to start from the beginning and listen again in order. I'm sure I will discover wonderful bits I missed the first go 'round; but if I'm lucky, I will find more laugh-out-loud moments and have time to recreate the fantastical imaginings in my own mind. I have so much admiration for Jonathan L. Howard's gift with prose, and I am awestruck by his spectacular creations. Plus, not too many books have made me laugh out loud--loudly!--as these have!

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Laugh-out-loud funny, and smart, smart, smart!

Revisado: 02-18-22

I came in to this series at book 3 after being hooked by book 0.5. If you read/listened to book one and are on the fence about continuing, get this book! JLH hits his brilliant, erudite stride full on in this one. The storyline in this and subsequent books turned out to be secondary for me because I was so delighted by the prose, the droll wit, and the heart in the characters. JLH very subtly shows you the heart in what should be a repugnant character and makes you like and root for him. I laughed out loud so many times during this book and had to rewind a lot because the laughs are fast and slippery under the radar in throw-away comments, similes, observations, all sorts of non-obvious zingers that you may miss if your attention dozes for a moment. Brilliant! The narrator of Book 1 does a fine job, but Robin Sachs' rendering of Cabal in this book and other volumes in the series is so bloody well suited to the spirit of the character that it elevates the whole experience. I don't know if the skewering wit would make its way out of printed pages as well as it does here in large part due to Sachs' delivery. I seldom write reviews but had to tell how delighted I am following Johannes Cabal's escapades.

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Delightful!

Revisado: 01-27-22

Sublimely erudite, devilishly droll, subversively witty! The narrator is perfect for this cast of characters!

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