Audiobook Review: Manic Pixie Dream Earl by Jenny Holiday

Title: Manic Pixie Dream Earl

Author: Jenny Holiday 
 
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Publisher's Insight:
 
An annual earls’ trip should provide an escape from a gentleman’s cares, but in this refreshingly modern Regency-era series, three handsome BFFs find that wherever they go, romantic complications follow . . .

When not writing, poet Edward Astley, Viscount Featherfinch, spends his time fending off the young ladies of the
ton—and some of its young men—and avoiding his cruel father. As heir to the earldom, Edward knows he must marry someday. Alas, he is already hopelessly in love with someone. Hopeless because not only is Miss Julianna Evans not a member of the aristocracy, she is employed. She is a magazine editor—the only one to publish his work. Also, in all their years of increasingly personal correspondence, they’ve never met.

Also, she thinks he’s a woman. Named Euphemia.

Julianna is baffled. How can her soul mate not want to meet? Could it be that Euphemia is not the simple country girl she claims to be? Perhaps she’s wealthy. After all, she’s never cashed any of the bank drafts Julianna has sent. Perhaps Euphemia simply doesn’t want rank to come between them. Well, no more. Having extracted the details of a trip Euphemia is planning, Julianna squanders her meager savings and surprises her at the scene.

He is very, very surprised. As is she.

Now the two will have to decide what is true, what is not, and whether the truest thing of all—love—just might be worth an earldom . . .

Review:

While I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction, I found the book Manic Pixie Dream Earl (still trying to figure out what the title has to do with anything) to be quite humorous in places, endearing in others, and full of enough spice to keep me reading.

I liked Edward's character with Julianna's character so much. But I found that their meeting would have been a little on the unbelievable side. Would they have known each other the second that they met without even opening their mouths? Hmmm.... I guess in this book they do, but I don't think I could have seen that happening in real life.

I loved the author's writing style, and the period language in their letter writing (I'm a pen pal, so anything with letter writing is awesome to me).

Harry Frost did an excellent job narrating the book, and I'd love to have him read to me again in the future. What do you mean he wasn't reading just to me? I beg to differ.

I'd love to thank NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to review this book.

************ I received this in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and have not been swayed by this fact. I NEVER charge for a review.