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  • Think of England

  • By: KJ Charles
  • Narrated by: Tom Carter
  • Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (106 ratings)
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By: KJ Charles
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Summary

Lie back and think of England....

England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless, and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage.

Curtis's search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign, and all-too-obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts.

As events unfold, Curtis realizes that Daniel has his own secret intentions. And there's something else they share - a mounting sexual tension that leaves Curtis reeling.

As the house party's elegant facade cracks to reveal treachery, blackmail, and murder, Curtis finds himself needing clever, dark-eyed Daniel as he has never needed a man before....

Warning: Contains explicit male/male encounters, ghastly historical attitudes, and some extremely stiff upper lips.

©2014 KJ Charles (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

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Story is amazing....the narration not so much.

It's a toss up between this, Jackdaw and the Charm of Magpies series as to which is my fave KJ read, although books 2 & 3 of the Society of Gentleman series run them a pretty close second or fifth 😉. While I'm waiting for the Charm of Magpies series to come out on audio [with a suitably impressive narrator like...say Nicholas Boulton for example nudge, nudge], thought I'd give this one a listen.

Well, I'm glad I did BUT I was also a tad underwhelmed by Audible's choice of narrator I have to admit. I thought the mis-pronunciations were maybe down to Tom Carter being nervous, but I see that he's made several audios under different names, so that shouldn't have been a problem really. He also needs to work on his female voices and stop leaving uncomfortable pauses between characters. Maybe this was his first 'gay' romance, who knows?? Whatever the reason, he would definitely need to up his game before I listen to something else from him. 3.5 stars for the narration.

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A favourite story, averagely presented

Possibly my favourite KJ story. A country house intrigue with straightforward somewhat naive gentleman Curtis and the colourful clever da Silva, with some appealing side characters.
The narration is comfortable listening rather than good. There's often a touch awkwardness about it and pronunciation, punctuation could be just a touch off. The character voices weren't the best - the young buff Wesley sounded unavoidably like the Thunderbird's Parker!

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Awful narration

I love K J Charles but couldn't finish this audiobook as the narrator is so awful. Stilted, odd pronunciation, different volumes.

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strange pronunciation?

Maurice pronounced Maureese instead of the more normal Morris. Mullioned pronounced moollioned. These irritated, but particularly Maureese as the name is frequently mentioned throughout the book. Otherwise excellent.

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An amusing adventure

Likeable characters, no real angst, fun, villains getting short shrift as they should, an antidote to depressing times.

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liable

An interesting take on a real house and family. The real house is Cragside and the family is called Armstrong.
The Armstrong's came to much of their wealth through the armaments industry. The family used this wealth to build a house, Cragside. Crag is similar to peek, is it not? They are both found outside of newcastle, though CJ Charls incorrectly calls the hills the pennines, they are the Cheviot's.
The house was unusual for its time for having lots of electricity with special bulbs. This was run one of the first hydroelectric damns in the world. The eastate is modeled with redwoods, planted when they mover here.
You can see the similarities between the family and house. If the family was to discover this I suspect strongly they would object against such a clear copying and twisting of their story. This is both stupid and dangerous as with a good barrister there is a possibility of liable.

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Good tense drama

I enjoyed the tense edge of the seat drama and the lead characters were likeable. This story was like a very mild mm Poirot. The book summary claims to contain explicit mm scenes which it doesn’t.

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Excellent story, averagely told

I love KJ Charles’s stories & have read this one before so was looking forward to listening to it. Unfortunately, I do not like the narration so had to force myself to get used to it.
The voices are not always distinct & several times I found myself questioning who was speaking, which drew me away from the story itself. It also felt a little bit ‘storybook’ the way I might read to a young child or how a teenager might read in front of a class.
I wonder if this is an early work for the narrator but I will not be seeking out his other recordings.
Overall I enjoyed it, but that is because I already knew & liked the story, in spite of the performance.

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Would recommend!

My first foray in to M/M romance after a recommendation from a friend and thoroughly enjoyed it! The story was compelling and I was soon rooting for the two main male characters.

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Superb as ever from KJ

A tumble-you-along story with characters so sympathetic and admirable. (And some pleasing dirty bits!)

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