Sylvester

Final update: upping my rating from 3 stars to 4 stars on reread. Definitely worth the extra star, if only for Sylvester’s little nephew totally cracking me up several times. He’s a scene-stealer! Update: Rereading in May 2019 with the GH group. I'm hoping that this will be one of those GH books that......more

Sylvester was just not...? I guess he just wasn't whatever it takes to make a romantic lead for me. He started off very unlikable and haughty, but that was fine because I love those stories where you can't stand the guy at first, so there's this anticipation while you wait for the author to flip the t......more

This was the third novel of Georgette Heyer’s that I found, again under the guise of an audio-book narrated by Richard Armitage. I have extolled all of Richard Armitage’s many virtues as a narrator in previous reviews, and I shall continue to do so until someone gets sick of it and tells me to shut......more

This book has a special place in my heart as it always reminds me of my mother's laughter. I remember coming up the stairs listening to her laugh while she was reading in bed. I lent her Sylvester to read, I had read many GH novels with my best friend, but we did not think to lend them to our mother......more

I've listened to this one probably about ten million times, it's one of my favourite go-to's during long studio hours and I just LOVE it ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT IT'S ABRIDGED. How dare they cut even a sentence of this wonderful story?! Richard Armitage does a stellar job as usual, his impersonation......more