A review by nero1279
Beauty from Surrender by Georgia Cates

3.75

🎧AUDIO VERSION🎧⭐️⭐️  /5 performance by Bunny Warren and Robert Black. 

No, no, no. You must use an Australian narrator for Aussie characters when a story is set in Australia. No one, and I mean no one, can imitate the true blue Aussie accent, anything less is simply tacky. Even a British accent would have been preferable. This fact alone almost caused me to stop listening. 

ARTICULATION  - the Aussie accent is atrocious 

BREATHING –  projection appropriate, mouth noise is lower than the first book. 

DELIVERY – solid and in the spirit of the text and author’s intent. Editing was poor at times with some exceedingly long break between chapters. 

EYE BRAIN MOUTH CONTROL – delivery was adequate at most times. 

CONSISTENT – articulation for the Australian aspects is poor, breath and pitch control was not as strong as it could be. 

ANALYSIS – understands the story arc and characters.

CHARACTERISATION – the Aussie accents are horrendous and for an Aussie listener, very off putting. 

SEPARATION - the distinction between American and Australian accents was very poor.

STORYLINE 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Ok, once I got over the atrocious attempts at the Aussie accent, the story shone through. I can certainly see how this will make a great movie series for Passionflix. I certainly hope that Aussie actors are employed. Let’s continue with colloquialism used throughout. Clarifying the use of the term “cuppa”. This is only used to refer to a cup of tea not coffee. One would use “smoko” as a term for either tea or coffee. I must say the use of specific's swear words were done exceedingly well for an American author. Sometimes the Yankee and Brit author’s use of Aussie swear words is often mixed up, but this author did do well with this aspect. Now, to clarify the Indiana Jones hat, that would be an Akubra hat. Check them out here https://akubra.com.au/ A perfect hat for out hot, sunny days and are uniquely Australian.