Season of the Sun

Viking Era, Book 1

By: Catherine Coulter

Narrated by: Anne Flosnik

Dear Listener: Season of the Sun first appeared in 1991. Zarabeth, with hair as red as an Irish sunset, is chosen by Magnus Haraldsson, a Viking on a trading visit to York, to be his wife. She is both stunned and fascinated by this man’s bluntness, his arrogance, his absolute belief that she is meant to belong to him. He also makes her laugh and ultimately she gives him her trust, not only with her future but with that of her little sister, Lotti. But Zarabeth’s stepfather, Olav the Vain, has no intention of setting a bride price on Zarabeth.

Zarabeth does eventually return with Magnus to his farmstead in Norway, but as his slave, not as his wife. She wears the slave collar around her neck for all to see, but hides her own pain deep within her.

It is the season of the sun in Norway, the clear midnight life of summer, the season of growth and flowering, of treachery and malice. It was the season of growth for a man and a woman to learn of each other - and themselves.

©2000 Catherine Coulter (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Print was way better!

Ann Flosnik has a habit of giving the heros all the same kind of voices.
Read this book in print a long time ago, thought it would be good...Not that much!
The voice she gave the hero who is to be a big/enormous warrior turned out to make him sound like a nitwit/stupid guy.

Story good, narration not so much.

The story was pretty good but the narration performance was detracting to the point that I debated canceling my order.

Great Listen

I was completely engrossed in this story from the very beginning. The narrator performed well, changing voices enough to distinguish characters. The story was very interesting, I felt like I really understood the everyday life of the period. I will look for more from Catherine Coulter and Anne Flosnik.

Good story, distracting Narrator

For an historical romance, the story rings true, but the narrator has a very different voice and her distinction between characters is poor. And, I had to slow the blood down to be able to understand her. I seldom write reviews, but felt this had to be shared.

Viking dread

As A Father of 4 daughters... I can't get passed 2nd chapter, my rage over the Viking, fiction tempting my emotion for protection.
Unbelievable response, thought I knew myself.