The Sherbrooke Bride

Bride Series, Book 1

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

The first book in Catherine Coulter's beloved Bride series. Douglas Sherbrooke, Earl of Northcliffe, marries the wrong woman-only to find himself haunted by a bride of an entirely different kind.

P.S. Listen to more in the Bride Series.©1992 Catherine Coulter (P)2005 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Anne Flosnik seems to have a wonderful time with this romance, reading in staid, unemotional tones that fit Douglas's attitude about marriage. As hot-blooded Alex discovers lust that quickly turns to love, Flosnik's reading engages the listener right though to the luscious conclusion." ( AudioFile)

Not my favourite

The story is engaging and reasonably well written but I struggled to finish it...Constant bickering and back and forth between H and h was tiring and not enjoyable.
Personally, I don’t like the theme of besotted ugly duckling and the reluctant Hero, who humiliates her thought the story but condescends to love her at the end.

awesome

one of my all time favorite authors. I love all her historical romance. must read series. amazing characters, good plot and story

Better than her latest work!

I have read that Catherine's old work is much better than her new work. I agree . This book is better that her new ones. The story was good but the dialog was wired and silly at many occasions !!!! The narration was good . Actually the best performance I heard for Anne Flosnik so far. I liked it :)

Enjoyable!

Douglas the hero was a knucklehead. Later in the story he redeemed himself a bit. Liked that Alexandria, the heroine finally grew a backbone and started defending herself against his behavior. Throughly enjoyed the fight scene between Douglas, his cousin, Tony and their wives. Worth a read.

Misogynists & superficial-ism tucked in story

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, many things. First I don't care the time period, I don't believe in anytime and any class it would be accepted on repeated occurrences for a group of six or more people to berate one sister in reference to another sister's beauty over and over. I found it offensive to the story. Once the character accepts and grows to admire and want to keep the woman as his wife, I find it hard to believe for a very long time period for him to repeatedly be so cruel towards her appearance when he obviously is fond of her. Also, he repeatedly talks of her sisters beauty even after he is committed to his wife.The most effective, admirable and interesting character was Sinjin, the little sister of the offensive brute.

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

The ending was good. I was surprised I stuck with it after there were so many disturbing aspects to the story. I suppose the constant disturbing parts were for psychological effect or something.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

It was adequate. I do think that other narrators could do it better. To qualify that statement, I am picky about narrators and feel some are good at some types of stories, accents and gender differences. I have favorites I buy books because they are masters of narration.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No. I have read and listened to various very offensive topics and material however, the degradation by family, friends and strangers of the main character was not necessary to the story. The message she is not as pretty as her sister and other pretty girls was beat into the ground.

Any additional comments?

I did finish the book. The ending was charming but......... I bought the second book before I listened to this one. So I will try it. On a separate note the main characters are developed. Some of the more complex points of the story are quickly skipped over. I did really like her book, Split Second and a couple others. Maybe mass producing effects the short comings of some of her books....
This is the longest review I have done, possibly because I hope the author will read it.

Highly Entertaining Romance

Would you consider the audio edition of The Sherbrooke Bride to be better than the print version?

Not sure - didn't read the printed version

What other book might you compare The Sherbrooke Bride to and why?

I think they all are the same somewhat - but this was an entertaining story.

What about Anne Flosnik’s performance did you like?

It took some time to get used to her male voice - I wasn't to happy about those but otherwise I love the performance.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Witty, fun, sexy, and great characters

Loved it!
Great Narrator.
Very Funny.
Alex and Douglas are a couple to remember.

Over all good but

It is an over all good book but the repetition of do you understand, tell me you understand .. yes I understand is quite irritating ..

It took some time

but I ended up enjoying this book very much. Douglas was a real pill for much of the story but he came around in the end. I loved Alexandra’s stubborn refusal to be anything but her true self.
It is good to be reminded that it wasn’t so long ago that women were possessions of first their fathers and then their husbands.

The beginning

Douglas's story is something of a surprise he isdo staid and aloof that it boghlkes the mind. Great ending