Available now: Cavendon Hall: A Novel

***3.5/5 stars

With Downton-Abbey appeal and a meandering story, Cavendon Hall was a perfect audio book for my short commutes.

Recommended readers:

• If you like Downton Abbey and other Edwardian English dramas
• If you enjoy a turn of the century, changing of times family drama

Here’s my Rankings:

• 4/5 for characters
• 3/5 for plot
• 2/5 for voice-audio
• 3.5/5 overall
• 2/5 steaminess (a disturbing scene in the early part of the book bumped this up from a very tame 1)

REVIEW FROM BOOKS FOR HER:

As an audio book, Cavendon Hall was a joy. Even with 15-minute stints in the car over a few month period, I enjoyed the rolling story in Barbara Taylor Bradford’s pre-World War I novel (my 8-year-old even got into it). Sometimes the voice inflections of the female reader’s voice when she spoke as a man were annoying, but overall her accent and delivery were good. I’m not a fan of the abrupt ending – but looks like there’s a reason for it, a Sequel: The Cavendon Women.

Here’s an excerpt to give you a taste for the voice-audio style:

Available on Amazon: 
http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=booforher-20&o=1&p=12&l=ur1&category=kindlereadingapps&banner=1P3YWVYE8G217EXN4182&f=ifr&linkID=6FGQYSOZLVDCK5J4
http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?t=booforher-20&o=1&p=12&l=ur1&category=kindlereadingapps&banner=1P3YWVYE8G217EXN4182&f=ifr&linkID=6FGQYSOZLVDCK5J4