romance
JR Ward is the author of one of my guilty pleasures series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood, which is about metropolitan warrior vampires. Seriously. Don’t judge. Anyway, I decided to give a different series of hers a try. The Bourbon Kings was definitely written by the same author--same idea without the fantasy aspect. But, I didn’t really love it. I mean, it was alright and had its moments but the big problem is that it’s pretty much a soap opera of the spoiled, uber-rich. If you like that stuff, you’d probably enjoy it more than I did. But, I just can’t feel sorry for any of these grown children who were raised with the silver spoon and, mostly, did nothing for themselves or with all their advantages besides spend money and avoid healthy relationships.
In typical Ward form, she gave us several characters, each with their own storyline, but only semi-resolved one of those storylines. This is a pittance, even by her standards. She always leaves threads hanging so that you will read the next book in the series. But, I’m not inclined to play that game on this series. I don’t like the characters or the setting enough. I also do not like the choices any of the characters made. It’s like they all are destined to continue ruining their own lives. It’s not fun to read that sort of torture.
I listened to the audiobook and the narrator, Alexander Cendese, is an American Canadian actor living in NY and Toronto. His attempt at a Kentucky accent was not great although his voice acting and characterization was good. Since I had to suffer through the accent through the whole thing, I have to knock the grade down to a B+.
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