The Amazon
★★★★½ (This is a review of the audiobook.) Often, when I am exposed to a new narrator, I have to get used to their voice*. Such was the case with Tanya Eby Sirois. It is hard to explain...there is a cadence in her reading that makes me very aware she is telling a story. At times I went back to the paperback. Nevertheless, after several chapters, I adapted and eventually enjoyed her narration.
Well, this one still holds up 19 years later! Loved Jillian Sherwood and her efforts to prove her father was not a crack pot – i.e. that the legendary Amazons really existed. This one has high adventure, witty humor, a huge red diamond named The Empress, the dubious patronage of a drug lord along for the experience, and half-siblings with different agendas. Add sizzling chemistry between the aggressive ex-patriot hero cum river-rat, Ben Lewis, and archeologist Jillian and you have a winner. **sigh** Yes, Ben is a chauvinist, but he is able to laugh at himself when Jillian straightens him out.
Yes, it is predicable in parts, but this road trip was fun. Just remember, no matter how beautiful the Amazon is, if you want to stay that way while visiting this exotic local, you are going to have to take a tip from Jillian Sherwood...“You’re an unnatural woman. Don’t you know you’re supposed to want to do things for your man?”
“I don’t remember ever claiming you as mine, so the issue doesn’t arise. But I can’t think of a reason why any woman would want a man who was too lazy to do his own laundry.”
His express became mournful. “No wonder you aren’t married.”
“And no wonder you aren’t.”
“I’ve never wanted to be.”
“Neither have I.”
Or you might just need them after some of the sizzling love scenes. LOL!*This narrator read Rainshadow Road as well, which I also listened to; however, I’m still getting used to her.
