Liam’s best friend is something else with his humor and manners he had me laughing out loud. When having to face them I really felt sorry for both Gemma and Liam. I just adored Liam’s parents I feel sure you will find them as cute and funny as I did. He is as shocked as Gemma is but that doesn’t stop him from moving full speed ahead.

When he gets to her home things comes out of his mouth he didn’t expect to. How does one find happiness when the man you are with wishes he wasn’t with you? Liam doesn’t want to be married and doesn’t really care to much for Gemma but when his father tells her story he feels he must help. She has found herself in a place years ago she wishes for, now she isn’t so sure. Gemma was cute and funny at times when she tried to teach poor Liam a thing or two. I would like to listen to another audio from this narrator just to see if it was this audio or if all have the same issues. I had no trouble feeling the emotions of the characters even if I didn’t like their voices. There were no places where the volume was higher or lower than any other place in the book. There were some I really loved I thought she really got into the character not only in tone but in emotion. Some of her character voices do not come across as natural as others some sound a little more robotic. I thought some of the male voices were a little too much alike and got a little confused at times. I didn’t care for the voice of Gemma she was to winey and did not show the strength I felt the author meant for her to have. Since these characters were British I would have expected them to all have some kind of accent. But when doing characters I do not hear the accent on most of them.

I enjoyed her natural voice I truly loved her accent. Pendergast narration I found very enjoyable but others that I did not. Leaving the reader wondering will this be the last time we see this character? He just doesn’t come across as a man who will forgive or forget easy. I enjoyed watching his down fall as Liam takes charge sweeping Gemma away as fast as he could. You will find a few twists and turns you won’t see coming as Alfie gets in the way. Alfie is truly something else with his need for money and power. I had to chuckle a few times at the mess they made of their lives trying to straighten out a misunderstanding but just making it worse.

The author brings out how arranged marriages were back in time but gives a little spin on it that has a little surprise to it. There were times I would have liked to have shaken a few men for not thinking before doing. I did enjoy the characters and felt the author got the male roles down just right for that time period. I did think at times the story dragged on. I enjoyed this story very much I thought it had a great plot with good writing.

A Flawed Jewel by Dawn Brower