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A Perfect Cornish Christmas
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Series: Porthmellow Harbour, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Critic reviews
"Sparkling and festive, as satisfying as figgy pudding and clotted cream - loved it!" (Milly Johnson)
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- Mrs. CA BERRY
- 29-11-20
narrator not good
So sorry to be negative. I have loaded this onto Kindle now so that I can read it and the story is excellent. But the narration is absolutely awful. It might be better if it were read by someone with a Cornish accent. Because the attempts at Cornish accent are embarrassing ( No Im not Cornish). after about an hour I just couldn't stand any more. A real shame because I think it must put others off too.
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- Mr Michael Harding
- 04-09-20
Nice easy book to listen to
Loved the book, took a while to get into it but it was a nice story
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- Jenny
- 12-02-22
A slow start but keep going
I struggled to begin with, the storyline didn’t grab me at first but I rarely give in. So glad I didn’t. Little by little I got involved and felt I wanted to be part of it all. Lovely story about how easily a family can be broken apart but with time, love and willingness to listen things can begin to look up.
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- karen Lidstone
- 06-01-22
Disappointed
Found this slow and I struggled to get to the end, was rather disappointed as this author came up on recommended reads.
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- Janet Jones
- 23-10-21
A great.....
lovely storyline with some new characters and some old ones as well. The narrator was very good using different voices for the characters.
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- TAG
- 13-08-20
Not about Sam and Gabe
The plot twist is ludicrous, depending on how realistic you like your escapes from reality to be - for me it was way too far, I found it distracting!
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- Teresa Harwood
- 27-06-20
Wonderful escape
Another wonderful story from Phillipa Ashley, the third in this series. The beautiful setting of Porthmellow is the backdrop to romance and love. The story includes the well loved characters from the previous books, I love that Troy calls ladies ‘maid’. I really enjoyed a few hours of escape to Cornwall. Looking forward to the next instalment.
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- Heather
- 04-06-20
Cornish Christmas Story .
Loved the book, good narrator. would recommend. Christmas memories of friendship, love and families.
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- cherrybrandy73
- 02-02-20
Lovely book to escape to a Cornish town and village life...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I really love the way Laura Kirman narrates the stories she reads, and she has an easy to listen to voice, unlike some narrators. The book flows well and gives realistic glimpses into small town/ village life (living in a small fishing town in Devon, I can totally understand!) whilst creating an easy to listen to escape. Will be starting the next one ASAP! 😀
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- janice
- 25-01-20
fun romantic story
easy entertaining storyline. engaging believabl echaracters who you could get invested in enjoyable undemanding romantic story
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- Kim Suzanne
- 26-12-19
Not for me!
I just couldn't get into this one. The story line was a bit weak and the romance was corny (just my opinion). I stopped listening after hearing several chapters.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 19-11-19
Enjoyed the story but not the narrator
Loved the story. I wish the narrator used slightly different voices for the characters so it would've been easier to understand who was speaking.