Tall, Dark, and Wicked

The Wicked Trilogy, Book 2

By: Madeline Hunter

Narrated by: Lulu Russell

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

A wickedly wonderful new romance from the New York Times best-selling author of His Wicked Reputation.

Most women will give him anything he wants. She is not most women....

As a well-known barrister and the son of a duke, Ives confines his passionate impulses to discreet affairs with worldly mistresses. A twist of fate, however, has him looking for a new lover right when a fascinating woman shows up in his chambers, asking him to help save her father from the gallows. Unfortunately, he has already been asked to serve as the prosecutor in the case, but that only ensures close encounters with the rarity named Padua Belvoir. And every encounter increases his desire to tutor her in pleasure's wicked ways.

Having always been too tall, too willful, and too smart to appeal to men, Padua Belvoir is shocked when Ives shows interest in her. Knowing his penchant for helping the wrongly accused, she had initially thought he might be her father's best hope for salvation. Instead, he is her worst adversary - not least because every time he looks at her, she is tempted to give him anything he wants.

©2015 Madeline Hunter (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Dreadful narrator

I had to struggle to get through this book - not because of the story, which was very good on the whole, but with this different narrator. Her voice isn't pleasant to begin with. But what is far worse is her terrible character differentiation and her actual character interpretations. Eva is the heroine but the vocalization makes her come across as a vacuous, insipid, silly, and rather stupid woman. Ms. Russell's men are terrible, not just the pitch, but the timbre of each voice. First, you can't tell them apart, which makes understanding the characters almost impossible. Second, they aren't the least appealing. She desperately needs to listen to other female narrators, who do the job brilliantly, e.g. Rosalyn Landor and Kate Reading.

However, I question the use of a female narrator in books that are centered around the men. Voices like Alex Wyndham, Nicholas Boulton, and others, who do women, especially strong, passionate women, superbly, might provide much better narration for books such as these.

Since this may be her first book, I will try the third in the series (I DO like the stories) in the hopes that it is inexperience and that she will get better.

Didn't care for the narrator

This would have been better, I think, if I had read it instead of listening to the audiobook. I didn't care for the narrator. Her voices were not quite right to me. For example, Eva is a strong character and showed it in the previous book but, in this one, she sounds like a giggling school girl. I didn't particularly care for Ives' voice either. I hate that this taints the book for me. It's not the author's direct fault. Her work is good and I appreciate it

The story was interesting. I like that both main characters are out of the norm. I enjoy the way the brothers interact.

I look forward to the Duke's story.

Wrong Narrator

I really enjoyed the first book of this series as narrated by Mary Jane Wells. She set a great "tone" for the characters. Lulu Russell may be okay for other books, but the thread from the first book is lost on her. Ive's was a favorite in the first book; in this episode he sounds like a jackass.

Very disappointed.

Bad narrator

The first book was narrated by Mary Jane Wells, they needed to keep her. This narrator is not good, good story though.

terrible narration

I loved the first book's narrator and I really wanted to finish this series but I am not sure I can listen to another book with this narrator. I think this book would have been much better had the narrator sounded more natural. The pauses were unnaturally long and made it hard for me to enjoy. Unfortunately this book was included in the audible escape package and was cheaper for me to listen to it than for me to purchase and read it. YES IK!

Re-read DNF due to narrator

DNF due to narrator Lulu Russell.

Saw this title/trilogy included in Audible Romance so decided to re-read via audio. Altho very familiar w/ Mary Jane Wells (narrator for book #1), I don't recall ever listening to Lulu Russell & wished I'd skimmed reviews in advance.

Sadly, her style & vocal pitch just didn't work for me, From the start, I grimaced every time she hit a particular high note in her narrative cadence. Thought I'd adjust after a bit but...no.

Great story and performance. Loved it !

This is exactly what I expected from this author. Can hardly wait to read the next in this series.

Narrator ruined series!

Some narrators just try too hard and it’s evident in the abrasive pitch in their narration! Couldn’t even enjoy the characters because the narrator made it impossible!

STOP SWITCHING NARRATORS

lord the narrator is PAINFUL. the high pitch tone she hits makes me ears hurt. I want to DNF and just fo by the book. you should have stuck with Mary jane wells likew in the first story. her voices for both male and female characters make me want to rip My ears off and punt them to the moon.

Good Mystery Solid Romance

There were times the narrator was a bit shrill and sometimes the characters voices bled into each other, but the story was good and not at all predictable. Worth the credit.