Booklog 91/2024: T Kingfisher: Bryony and Roses – Audiobook

[jacey]

Narrated by Justine Eyre

Bryony and her sisters have sunk in the world after their rich merchant father lost all his money and then died. Bryony has taken over the gardening at their little cottage and while, travelling to a friend for turnip seeds, she gets lost in a vicious snow storm and stumbles across a magical house, a strange beast-man, and a rose garden. Yes, it’s a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, but not quite in the way you expect. I love T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon), and this somewhat creepy take on the fairy tale is excellent.

The audiobook narration works reasonably well, but the English accent is very Queen Elizabeth circa 1955. There’s a bit of an overexaggerated RP twang. Ah, I checked, she’s Canadian doing an English accent. It’s just a bit too London posh.