Liked it well enough, but....

Dear Kristen Proby,

DO NOT WHITEWASH SLAVERY. Saying they were “given homes” and treated well, does not in any way make it okay or diminish the fact the their ancestors OWNED human beings. The homes were not "given" to the slaves, they were simply a means to protect their investments. And they were in no way treated well because they were PRISONERS forced to work in horrible conditions for FREE. There is nothing okay about it, nothing that can be said to make 400 years of human suffering okay, and time can't erase it unless people buy into this BS that you were slinging.

It would have been better, much, much better, if you had the Boudreaux family acknowledge the atrocities committed by their ancestors, and keep the slave quarters to remind people, themselves and others, how terrible it was and how human beings can become monsters and still convince others it's okay. Keep the slave quarters so people don't forget what can happen, not because they're the homes the slaves were 'given'.

This colored the rest of the story for me. I was so angry. I let it slide in Gabby's story and convinced myself she was re-humanizing the slaves, as the only way such a thing could happen is if people are dehumanized, if they become things on a shopping list: Flour, Sugar, male child, aged 6, female, aged 12.

Hearing Charlotte say they were 'treated well' and 'given homes' was too much.

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Decent Story. Great narration except for accent.

This was a decent story. I think I liked it better that the first couple of books in the Boudreaux series. There was more story and less sex in this book. Always a plus when there a story to read\listen too.

I really liked Charly, she was a great strong female character and I loved her shoe store! LOL I liked Simon too, he was handsome, and of course rich. The chemistry between these two was good. It wasn't an insta lust sex fest at first sight. They actually got to know each other so the relationship felt more genuine and not forced. There was plenty of sex, it just didn't take over the story.

The story line and plot was pretty typical for this genre, no mystery or anything like that. Just boy meets girl get to know each other and have a HEA with of course at least one misunderstanding.

There was lots of dialogue throughout the entire book which was good.

As for the narration. Well, as much as I love Sebastian York, Simon was from England. There was no accent for him from SY. And Rachel Fulginiti tried to give him the accent at times but it was a fail on the accent. Otherwise the narration was very good.

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Accents

The British accents were awful! The story was entertaining but a little weak and predictable. Charlie deserved a stronger storyline.

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No accents

It makes me a little crazy when one of the main descriptions of a character is their accent and the reader lacks the ability to pull off that accent.

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British character without the accent?

Would you try another book from Kristen Proby and/or Sebastian York and Rachel Fulginiti ?

The story was interesting enough but was not my favorite of The Boudreaux series. However, the narration fell flat. The British dialect was present, but neither narrator adopted the English accent. I was frustrating since the Louisiana drawl is heard throughout.

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Voices good . Accents off . Like the Boudreaux's.

Common family behaviors from old New Orleans.
Totally family togetherness and all up in your business behaviors.. Enjoyed. Read the books already
Now enjoying listening

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Readers made it hard to listen

Any additional comments?

These books are cute even if the author using the same sex scenes and jesters often. The issue with this book is if you have someone from England then use an English reader. Both readers are not good with the accent and should have just read in their original voices, which still would have distracted but you might not laugh.
Best book in this series so far is Melody!

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If you are a stickler for accents, read this; don't listen.

I once wrote in a review that Sebastian York could read the phone book and I would love it. I was wrong. He can't do a British accent, and he shouldn't be cast to read one. The female narrator is great for Charley but isn't great at the British accent either. Better than York, but not great. Seriously...I love him, but if you only pronounce one of every 1000 words with an accent, why bother?

The story was good, but just read this installment and listen to the rest.

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F...ing!!!

After listening to all of the five books l realized that falling in love was not the common thread but having sex was the glue that held this series together. The same descriptive sex scenes over on over again.

There is a plot or two in each book that would make the stories so much interesting but that normally comes in the last few chapters and very quickly.

The characters are great and enough to make you want to listen to all five books but what is annoying is they use all the same phrases to describe someone such as ”whisky eyes.” l thought that might be a Southern thing until the man from London said it. They also use the same descriptions when having sex especially oral. I was starting to wonder was l taking a how-to course in oral sex.

I don't want to give any spoilers away but this one l can not help. ”The Inn ” is talked about in every book but it's the same conversation so you don't learn anything new about it except in book 4, one of those good plots l mentioned. And then there are the slave’s quarters. Let's just say l am African American and every time they were brought up l was expecting something more to come from it besides it's our family history or we feed and clothe our slaves. Maybe since this family is so rich and still has the receipts of all the slaves it would have been nice to know that some slave descendants who they owned, were equally in the family business. Or the family allows universities to come and view the slave quarters for black history studies.

I hope the author acknowledges her audience is diverse.

Again, the family that the books are focus on is interesting l just wished she used different narrators because when it's time to focus on the next sibling he or she sounds like the one before, attitude and all.

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Disappointing

It seems to me that all the characters are basically the same, only the names have changed.The preview at the end of Easy Melody had me hyped for this, but what a let down. Where was the British accent? I love Sebastian York and Rachel Fulginiti's voices, but they were not meant for this one. This was a diluted version of all the books before it and I started this with Savannah's story, which I still think is the best.

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