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Mine Till Midnight (Hathaway Series)

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Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged; Unabridged edition (July 31, 2009)ISBN-10: 1423389867 ISBN-13: 978-1423389866.

I have read the book several times and I was looking forward to having the audio version just to be disappointed.

I found out that the Promised UNABRIDGED AUDIO BOOK was in fact ABRRIDAGED it was quite a let down. It would not have take more than another disc to complete the book. I know it is not the seller's fault but it is very upsetting all the same.

Do let the production company know just what a fraud this is.

Thank you

As my review's title indicates, I had pretty much given up on the genre after my favorite romance author's death - Kathleen E. Woodiwiss - two year's ago. She had brought me back to the genre years ago with the publication of THE FLAME AND THE FLOWER. I'd read other historical romance author's books, but ended them feeling I'd wasted my money. Then came Miss Woodiwiss.

Admittedly I purchased the printed novel of ... MIDNIGHT based on the beautiful (sapphire?) blue gown adorning the woman on the cover! Blue is my favorite color, sapphire my birthstone. I turned the book over, read the synopsis on the back cover, and thought I'd give it a try. I LOVED THIS BOOK! And I have especially developed a "thing" for one Cam Rohan. Being a member of a "minority" race I totally empathized with the prejudice and ignorance he had to deal with. And like the heroine, Amelia, I admired the fact that he didn't feel sorry for himself. It was also a refreshingly different and first, reading experience to have a character, hero or heroine, who is a minority. Previously I'd read as other fans of the genre probably have, about a disadvanted man or woman who had to go up against the system in just trying to live their lives, but this book was a novel (pardon the pun) change. As I previously wrote, I love the book, would recommend it to any historical romance fan, as well as all of Ms. Kleypas' other historicals.

Now to the 8-compact disc audio book: Having read and re-read MIDNIGHT "umpteen times" since buying it when it was first published in October 2007, I experienced my first disappointment with this author's work. I don't want to believe that these - what I consider to be major changes - could have been made without Ms. Kleypas' permission. I don't know why they were made, but I do know that I was surprised and disappointed by them. It's sort of like reading a great book, then seeing the filmed version. I don't know about you, but I've always been disappointed on some level with the filmed adaptation of a good book. But that aside, I would still half-heartedly (I'd rate this audio version with 2 1/2 stars) recommend the audio version, but would urge any fan of this author to read the printed novel first!