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Lighting the Sky

Book Five of the Coming Back to Cornwall Series

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All is set to change for Alice and Sam as they expect their first child together. Just how they are going to fit themselves, their baby, and Sam’s daughter Sophie into their little two-bed cottage is a mystery, but Alice is determined not to get stressed out.

Her focus is on best friend Julie, who is trying unsuccessfully for a baby, and on Sophie, who is torn between staying in Cornwall with Sam, or moving to Devon with her mum. Then there are Alice’s parents, who don’t seem happy with their own move to Cornwall, and Jonathan, who also appears to be falling out of love with life there.

At least work is going well, with a glowing review of Amethi in Staycation magazine, and the possibility of picking up some tourism awards. But it should be no surprise when life throws a couple more challenges in the way.

Can Alice really survive her pregnancy stress-free, and can her friendship with Julie survive the strain of the differing situations they now find themselves in?

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I've loved this series, so was excited by this release. But the audio levels on the narration are just so annoying. It's quiet. But occasionally the narrator gets louder. And then the next chapter is quiet again. She is a soft spoken narrator with a lovely voice, but lacks the clarity for such low volume levels. To hear clearly, I find the volume needs to be over 50% on my phone, whereas another recent book was perfectly clear at about 25-30%. Her voice fades in and out, with annoying regularity, often at the end of sentences.

I think something's gone awry with the audio mixing/levels, it's like the higher frequencies have been muted - perhaps because the narrator has quite a harsh sound to the hard consonants and S's? Whatever it is, it is quite frustrating to listen as a result. I'm 50/50 on returning this book, despite enjoying the series, because it's such hard work to listen to.

Lovely continuation, let down by audio

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