James did something interesting with the POV, it was told most often in first-person in Maxim’s head, and also third-person in Alessia’s, but not as often, making this very much Maxim’s book.

Despite some eye-rolling moments (“oh, baby”), I was hooked on the Cinderella story.Į.L. Let me tell you though, I still got sucked in immediately and not once did I ever want to stop listening. They are possibly the largest knickers I’ve seen on a woman.” They cover her backside and come up to her waist. “I know I should look away, but I’m distracted by her underwear. He was wealthy (and an Earl) and she was a lowly, virginal housekeeper that he couldn’t stop getting hard for.

Not knowing anything about The Mister, but thinking for some reason that it was very different than Fifty, I was surprised that it was similar in many ways. Luckily the narrator had a good accent and it helped me enjoy it more on audible than I think I may have if I read it. Honestly, I don’t usually love books set in other countries as much, though there are absolutely exceptions, but the expressions, spellings, and locations sometimes take me out of the story, and I don’t relate as well. But EL James has a lot of haters so I took that with a grain of salt. The only thing I knew going in was that it took place in England and that there were a ton of people trashing it. I never read the blurb, even when I shared it. James changed my life in many ways, so it was with a bit of trepidation that I decided to listen to The Mister. Sure, there were some issues, but overall, how the books made me FEEL overruled everything. Currently a standalone, but a little open-ended for a follow-up. James Narrated by Dominic Thorburn, Jessica O’Hara-Baker Contemporary Romance.

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