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Something Borrowed

By: Paul Magrs
Narrated by: Joanna Tope
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Brenda longs for a quiet life; a life where she’s free to run her B&B and enjoy cups of tea and the occasional night at the bingo with her friend Effie. Unfortunately for Brenda trouble tends to seek her out.

The whole palaver begins with poison pen letters that start flying around the quiet lanes of Whitby. Then there’s Jessie the Zombie Womanzee, an amorous and strangely un-aged professor of Icelandic history, and terrifying encounters with bamboo wickerwork gods from the dawn of time. Lord only knows where it will all end…

©2007 Paul Magrs (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Classics Fantasy Fiction

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Another Hammer style epic for Brenda and Effie, with a star spotlight on the shady and slinky Sheila Manchu, voiced with brilliance by Joanna Tope. Pure enjoyment.

Bride of Frankenstein vs zombie bamboo.

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They just get better and better. These books are absolutely brilliant for when you just want to lose yourself.

Brenda and Effie

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Love these books by Paul Magrs, genuinely laugh out loud funny, onto the next adventure now? Book 3 Conjugal Rites!!

Fantastically Mad!

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Very enjoyable, darkly laugh outloud at times, amusing. Loving this series and hope they'll be many more. Having lived in Whitby, find myself figuring out places mentioned and smiling at the descriptions. Would recommend.

Loved it !

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The further incredible adventures of Whitby’s favourite two guardians - Brenda and Effie. Monster adventures with a touch of proper northern humour and plenty of time for a fish supper.

These stories have got me through these lockdowns and kept me thoroughly entertained!!

Simply wonderful, duckie!

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I enjoyed this book. Joanna Trope did a good performance with clear characters and dialogue. Very believable.

The story moves along nicely. There are some really funny situations that aris and out of established fifties tropes and thrillers. One hilarious scene which arises from the logical conclusion of Branda's origin

Quite Amusing

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I love this author but he sometimes has a habit of letting the characters run away with themselves and go of on a tangent. Now, that can work really well IF it's funny, but when it's not, it's just daft and a bit irritating. The story doesn't really go anywhere and the author throws everything but the kitchen sink at it.

I liked the subtle references to his earlier Dr Who book Mad Dogs and Englishmen and the implication that Brenda and Effie could exist in the same universe and I appreciate the references to earlier adventures without the reader/listener needing to have previously read them.

The story is just too all over the place for me, it needed a redraft to tie things together better and cut out some of the padding.

That said, the narrator was excellent. She managed to hold my interest. I'd have given up way before the end with a lesser performance from the narrator - she really captures the character and manages to change her voice for all the various supporting characters.

It's a "2" because it's not dreadful. I'm debating whether it should be a "3". I've settled on "2" because it left me not caring about the characters (other than Brenda); not caring what happened next; and just waiting for it to end. I wouldn't advise paying money for this.

starts well but needs a good editor to tidy it up

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