Audio. The Shades of Pemberley

By: Jann Rowland

Narrated by: Harry Frost

Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 04-07-26

Publisher: Tantor Media

Categories: Literature & Fiction /to review

Do I love Pride and Prejudice variations? Obviously!

This one is different in that Mr Darcy is not the master of Pemberley. A distant relation is and he has nothing to do with those relatives then. Instead he is engaged to Lizzy but then BOOM. His relative dies and he is now the heir.

Now the problems start. Lady Catherine de Burgh is even more evil and annoying than usual and she shows up with demands. Collins is a horrible person. Wickham is a monster. Miss Bingley, well she has redeeming qualities.

Lizzy and Darcy has some drama to get through. But they have good friends and love will prevail.

I enjoyed it! I always do

I have listened to this narrator before and I do like the voices and mood that is set. A joy listening to

 Following a tragic accident, a Darcy who was never meant to inherit Pemberley finds himself thrust into a world of new responsibilities, scheming relatives, and dark, long-buried secrets. While trying to protect his love for Elizabeth Bennet, he must navigate the complex legacy of his new estate.

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Carole´s Movie Monday: Hamnet

Title: Hamnet

Length: 2h 5m

Released: 2025

Genre: Drama, Historical
Rating: PG-13
Where I Got It: Peacock

SUMMARY:

In late 16th-century England, Agnes, a healer sensitive to the world around her, builds a home with William, a local tutor and aspiring playwright. As their lives fracture, they are tested by distance, silence, and grief.

Trailer

REVIEW:

Eeeeeeeeeeek. Been dying to watch this film. I love some Shakespeare and I remember writing a huge paper on him and his life. Not much is known about his wife, which is sad. 

Here we follow Agnes (Anne) who is a healer and falls for William. He is younger and just a local tutor with dreams of being a playwright. Years go by and things find a nice pace....until their lives are fractured and everything is tested when their beloved son passes away. 

I cried. 

I cried A LOT. 

This film was beautiful. This film hit all the emotions. There was some humor but this was a tragedy. 

That last scene? I was in awe. Beautiful. The way that we got to see forgiveness and love without a single word. This took some powerful actors and this was a lovely cast.

You do not need to be a huge 'Hamlet' or Shakespeare fan to enjoy this film. It was a lovely people story. 

5 stars. 

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Series: Emily Wilde (#3)

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Published: January 14, 2025 by Hachette Australia

Academic fantasy/own

Emily and Wendell has been through a lot, and now he has found his way back to his fairie kingdom. His step mother is gone and he has to take his throne.

But things are not easy in his kingdom. Disgruntled nobles, a curse upon the land, an angry sibling and more. And Emily is a mere mortal .

Wendell is always cheerful and kind. Emily is more thoughtful, and stubborn. I do like them together.

Still, nothing compares to book 1. I was so blown away with that easy read. But now I am finished. It was a good run

Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm—as its queen.

Along with her former academic rival—now fiancé—the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell’s long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare filled with scholarly treasures.

Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal How can an unassuming scholar such as herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in, for Wendell’s murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell’s magic—and Emily’s knowledge of stories—to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.