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The Watchmaker's Daughter
- Glass and Steele, Book 1
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America, a man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill. Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London's best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she's certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she'll find herself unemployed and homeless again - and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life. With a cast of quirky characters, an intriguing mystery, and a dash of romance, The Watchmaker's Daughter is the start of a thrilling new historical fantasy series from the author of the best-selling Ministry of Curiosities, Freak House, and the Emily Chambers Spirit Medium books.
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- LilMissMolly
- 01-16-17
Outstanding Start to Historical Fantasy Series!
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Words cannot adequately express how much I truly enjoyed this audiobook. I started listening this morning on my day off and I couldn't stop listening to it until I was finished nine hours later! It has everything that I look for in a story -- part romance, part mystery, and part mystical fantasy.
Set during Victorian Era London, the story has several amazing characters. The heroine is the watchmaker's daughter, India Steele, who is smart and resourceful, but who has fallen on hard times after the death of her father. If that was not bad enough, her fiancé dumps her the following day after inheriting her father's business. The hero is American Matthew Glass who owns a home in Mayfair and who is the grandson of an Earl. Matthew hires India to help him find the watchmaker of his unique timepiece, which has special powers and emits a purple glow. And Mr. Glass's cousin Willie is a gun-toting gambler, as if she was Annie Oakley from America's Wild West. Not only are they trying to find the watchmaker, but they explore who tried to break into his home, and why the members of the watchmakers guild refuse to talk with India.
I listened to the Audible version of the story narrated by Emma Powell and enjoyed it tremendously. In fact, I felt like I was watching a movie and couldn't help but remember how I felt the first time I watched the Librarian or Warehouse 13, where objects possess special powers. Thankfully the Watchmaker's Daughter is the first book in a new historical fantasy series, Glass and Steele, so I can look forward to listening to other great adventures in this compelling new series!
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- mtzrtr
- 12-07-18
Dumb bodice ripper
Poorly written, romance novel in a historical setting... don't bother. Nothing happens and you get to the end and... to find out what DOES happen, you are supposed to read the next book in the series. No thanks.
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- Sue
- 04-25-18
Story maybe, but probably NO; narrator-never again
Would you try another book from C. J. Archer and/or Emma Powell?
No.
What could C. J. Archer have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
I am unsure that much could have been done to improve a very slow, plodding story with a narrator who was all wrong for this story.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator's style was simpering and prissy. And her American (old west) accents were so awkward and awful I found myself rolling my eyes whenever she spoke as one of those characters. This pulled me completely out of the story.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Watchmaker's Daughter?
Too many to list...this book was overly-long for the actual plot line. In the end, it ended up without resolution. I was not satisfied with this audible purchase.
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- Libby Bray
- 02-14-18
The reader is awful
I am not sure if the story would have improved or not. I could not get past the horrible reader. The fact that she sounded as if she were constantly whispering was tolerable. But the American accent was awful awful awful! Not just a bad accent, but just flat and horrible!
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- BikeVON
- 03-12-17
Great New Series!!!
This is a new exciting historical fiction series. It is an engrossing mystery with a little bit of magic and romance on the horizon. I was fascinated with India. She is intelligent, educated, strong, and unconventional. She is a survivor over her purported inferior circumstances imposed by the male Victorian society. She is a violent cannon in the watch maker’s guild, which is all male.
These Victorian characters are faced with the crude, rude and uncouth Americans. They are boorish with their familiar (using first names or casual touching) with their betters and they lack the veracity of the British.
When India is a young English woman who has been ostracized from the watcher maker community and had her birth right stolen. Her father died and left the family watch making business to India’s fiancé with the understanding that India has employment and a home. Unfortunately, her fiancé was not an honorable man. Penniless and homeless her options were going to the work house or take an offer from an American, Mathew Glass.
Glass needs help to navigate the watchmakers to locate the maker for his watch. Glass is mysterious about his past life, illness and the watch. Willie, his female cousin wears men cloths, carries a gun and gambles. Cyclops is a one-eyed carriage driver, and Duke, is the irascible butler/men’s servant.
Now there is a rumor of American outlaws being in England and a big reward is offered, enough to improve India’s living conditions. Are these the outlaws?
Glass and India play game of asking questions and providing little information. The story precedes with each character learning about each other through a set of questionable circumstances. There is the usual conflict between a strong independent woman and a chivalrous, according American standard, man. The mysterious illness of the American, and the wariness of the watchmakers to India.
If you have read many Victorian novels you are aware that family rank will determine the character of an individual. That factor and aide and hinder interactions with people. That fallacy moves within the plot and precipitates much of the action.
Much of the story centers around India snooping for answers about the intention of Glass and his posse. It is heighten with the declining health of Glass and their the departure in four days. I found the book to be very enjoyable. There is a lot of potential for a unique series. You will see that with the ending.
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- Believer50
- 01-26-17
Could Be Less
I was given this book via audiobook boom, I felt like I was listening to War and Peace. there was so much unnecessary detail. The story just kept going and going. I listened to the book and there were so many places where I did not know if they were talking or thinking. The story is a strong story but could have been done in less time than it took to do it. I can't imagine more books that drag like this one. The whole gambling scene took so much time I started yawning. I can't say I enjoyed this one.
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- Maximilia
- 01-26-17
Plodding Pace, but with Potential
I listened to the audio version of this book, which I found Ms. Powell's voice excellent to listen to. Just her accent really carried the Victorian England across very well--I'm an American and I think we're all hypnotized by English accents!--but when it came to the American voices in the book, it was less... good. Not bad, mind you, but definitely not American accents.
For the book itself? It started out with a lot of promise, throwing us right into the action! I enjoyed that as we got to meet the protagonist India Steele, showing us her fire! However, as the book went on... but I get ahead of myself.
We open in the Watchmaker's Daughter with Ms. Steele confronting her ex fiance Eddie who did her wrong... he convinced her to marry him and had her father sign over his shop to him after a promise that he would marry India. The father died, and Eddie broke the engagement. My modern sensibilities were like, "Wouldn't you want to put that in a contract, dad?" but perhaps it wasn't' done that was in Victorian England. India was kicked out of her own home, left with nothing. It was during this confrontation that we also met Mr. Glass, who was inquiring about a watch at Eddie's shop when India stormed in. After it was over, Mr. Glass offered to hire Ms. Steele to help him track down a certain watchmaker to repair his watch. Only that particular watchmaker would do, but he has no idea where to go looking. She accepts, and that's the premise of the book.
It's inferred in quite a few places that the watch is special, and that something is special about India, but nothing is said right out until the very end. We meet a fair large cast of characters, including Mr. Glass' cousin Willie, a regular rough and tumble frontier woman, and ... really that was about the only other character who interested me. Mr. Glass' aunt is potentially crazy, but could potentially be a source of answers. Duke is pretty much interchangeable with Willie in attitude, but that attitude on a woman is far more interesting. Cyclops might have an interesting story, but we never get to hear it, and so on and so on. The plot... moves... like... a.... glacier. It was so slow. I have no idea what the word count of the book is as I listened to the audio version, but I bet at least three hours of material could have been cut out easily to make a stronger story which moved along more quickly. This is not to say I dislike long books. I love long books... just not when it feels like a chore to read them.
That being said, I did very much enjoy the chemistry with Ms. Steele and Mr. Glass. I also enjoyed the... well the reveal, when it *finally* came at the end, and the explanation thereof. There's potential in the book and the series, and I think this could be a historical fantasy done right... if it wasn't filled with so much unneeded details and filler. I get so frustrated when I see shining gems like that surrounded by dross because I really think there's a story here I want to know.
Victorian romance is not necessarily my thing, but I DO love historical romance/stories, though most of them that I've read have been based in America. I don't think the setting detracted, but perhaps this is how Victorian English romances are--slow moving and slow building over multiple books--and I'm not quite... a perfect fit for that particular genre. Overall, I give the audio book 3 stars--the audio really was quite wonderful but those American accents need work--with a recommendation to give it a try if you enjoy slow building romances.
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- Kelli Leigh
- 09-26-18
I enjoyed this book, but....
First, I have to say this was a good book, and I enjoyed listening quite a bit. Did it completely blow me away? No, but I really did like it. Other commenters have said it was really slow moving, but I didn't find it so. At least not any more than other audiobooks. When a book is read aloud, it does take longer as books are written to be read, not necessarily spoken. So it can feel sluggish. Once I got into it, I found myself eager to get a chance to listen some more. The romance was predictable but sweet, as most historical romances/mysteries tend to be. I laughed out loud quite a few times. Overall, a good story!
But... one thing that I didn't love was the narration of the American characters. I'm not sure what she was going for but it was almost painful at times to listen to. All of those characters sounded identical and I never really was able to figure out who was talking. Also, those characters never realy "solidified" for me, I couldn't picture them at all.
Her British narration was perfect, I wouldn't change a thing.
I will definitely read the other books inthe series, but probably not listen to the audiobook if it's the same narrator.
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- A Roberts
- 06-05-17
Excellent performance, weak story
Contrived mystery, predictable plot and weak story line combine to make a disappointing, though mildly amusing, read.
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- Kimberly
- 08-02-17
reader does terrible accents but still good read
good read terrible accents threaten to reck enjoyment but I still managed to enjoy. the English accent is spot on but when she tries to do several different American ones, it's awful
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- Jennifer
- 01-14-18
Couldn’t stop listening.
Great suspense unusual story. Didn’t want to stop listening. Twists and turns and main characters kept me questioning their characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-15-20
Interesting enough
Although the story was interesting enough to keep me listening, i found that not a lot happens really. Just a bit slow and uneventful for me. I enjoyed the narrator.
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- Wtiger4000
- 05-29-19
great story and great performance
I loved this book it was different to what read before. Nice to have break from fantasy book which is about war or end of world. The performance was great and loved all the characters voice she does.
The book is in first person and normally, I have never been able to get into this format either reading or listening. However the combination of how it was written and performance I was hooked moment I heard the sample and the book did not disappoint . I could not stop reading/listening it.
The way it is written allows you to feel in moment and have sense of the scenery as well as all the characters different personalities even though from one view point and in first person. The main character is not annoying but interesting and strong. Overall great book. :)
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-27-21
Could’ve been better
The narrator isn’t fantastic. Much prefer the narrator used for the rest of the series.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-05-21
Unexpected great book
I'm hooked. Just the right mix of mystery, charm and a dash of romance. Great!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-14-20
A great story of intrigue and suspense.
this had me gripped right from the beginning and all the way though. A great story with all it's twists and turns.
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- christiana O
- 03-15-19
Dreary
Slow and fanciful- I wouldn’t bother with this book. It was irritatingly slow and the storyline implausible
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- Giles
- 09-22-18
excellent
enthralling and well read.
the story is a well paced and captivating.
very enjoyable !