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    The Importance of Being Alice
    The Importance of Being Alice
    The Importance of Being Alice
    Audiobook9 hours

    The Importance of Being Alice

    Written by Katie MacAlister

    Narrated by Brian Hutchison and Saskia Maarleveld

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    First in a new series! From New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister comes a series about finding your own wonderland-through one roadblock at a time... Nothing about Alice Wood's life is normal right now. Her fiancE, Patrick, called off their wedding and relationship only days before their nonrefundable wedding trip. And though a luxurious European river cruise for one is just what she needs, it's not what she gets... Due to a horrible misunderstanding, Alice is now cramped in her "romantic" suite with one of Patrick's friends. Instead of cruising along the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers sipping champagne with the love of her life, she's navigating the waters with a strange-yet mysteriously handsome-British aristocrat. An author, Elliot is just looking for some alone time to write. But his stodgy, serious self is about to be sidetracked by a woman who seems to have jumped out of the pages of a fairy tale, one who is determined to shake up his life...and include him in her own happily ever after.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJan 6, 2015
    ISBN9781490656328
    The Importance of Being Alice
    Author

    Katie MacAlister

    Despite her love for novels, Katie MacAlister didn’t think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. MacAlister resolved to switch to fiction, where she could indulge in world building, tormenting characters, and falling madly in love with all her heroes. More than thirty books later, her novels have been translated into numerous languages, recorded as audiobooks, received several awards, and landed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. She also writes for the young adult audience as Katie Maxwell.

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    • 4/5
      Title: The Importance of Being AliceAuthor: Katie MacAlisterPublisher: Penguin Group Berkley NAL/Signet Romance, DAWReviewed By: Arlena DeanRating: 4Review:"The Importance of Being Alice" by Katie MacAlisterBook Description...First in a new series!"From New York Times bestselling author Katie MacAlister comes a series about finding your own wonderland through one roadblock at a time.... Nothing about Alice Wood’s life is normal right now. Her fiancé, Patrick, called off their wedding and relationship only days before their nonrefundable wedding trip. And though a luxurious European river cruise for one is just what she needs, it’s not what she gets....Due to a horrible misunderstanding, Alice is now cramped in her romantic” suite with one of Patrick’s friends. Instead of cruising along the Rhine, Main, and Danube rivers sipping champagne with the love of her life, she’s navigating the waters with a strange yet mysteriously handsome British aristocrat.A baron of dubious wealth and not-so-dubious debt Elliot Ainslie is just looking for some alone time to write the books that keep his large family afloat. But his stodgy, serious self is about to be sidetracked by a woman who seems to have jumped out of the pages of a fairy tale, one who is determined to shake up his life...and include him in her own happily ever after."What I liked about this novel...This was a interesting novel where we find a wedding has been called off however, Alice decides to still go on the nonrefundable wedding trip. What will she find there... or is it who will she find on this trip but a strange man who was a 'British aristocrat' named Elliott Ainslie and a friend of her ex. The story will have some real twist and even some humorous parts. What even gets more interesting his when this ex appears and trying to make amends. Will there be a wedding? Wow, this will be a novel to pick up by this author and one I would recommend to you so read to get the outcome of it all.
    • 3/5
      Nnrng......foowah......foowah......FOOWAH. "The Importance of Being Alice" is silly, funny, cute, silly, sexy, charming, silly. A beach book if there ever was one. The sex is frequent and R-rated. The rest of the book is a Hallmark romance. It's a nice break from reading history, crime fiction, etc. But I wouldn't want a steady diet of this. Hint - it's not a spy novel. The plot is extremely improbable and that is NOT its charm. Alice has been dumped moments before her pre-marriage river cruise to Budapest and since she's paid for the trip she's going to take it. Elliott is a friend of the wet-footed groom who accepts the cad's offer of a free cruise ticket so that he can finish writing his current book. He is a baron with a castle, a real castle (swoon), and a large family complete with Mum and siblings that only he supports, and in a few days he's head over heels in love with Alice, etc etc. Much of the dialog is very funny, cute, and clever but towards the end it does get a tad tiresome. I think a three is probably a generous rating. Oh, and what does "Nnrng" mean ? and "foowah"? Think 24 (?) year old American girl in the throes of ecstasy with a real live 6'4" Brit Baron....Actually I think I may have captured the moment with my review title better than did the author in the text. Judge for yourself.
    • 3/5
      Alice Wood and her boyfriend Patrick have booked a European river cruise and she believes he plans to marry her at one of the stops along the way. But shortly before their departure he dumps her (commitment issues). Since the trip is paid for Alice decides to make the trip alone and use it as a starting point for moving on. Patrick, however, misguidedly believes that Alice would rather stay home and wallow in self-pity so he generously gives his ticket to a pal - Elliott Ainslie, a near penniless British baron who writes spy novels to support his indecently large family and their crumbling castle. When both Alice and Elliott show up on the cruise boat, which itself looks like something resembling a river barge, the fun truly begins.A cast of characters that will make you believe it is the trip from hell, a whirlwind romance between Alice and Elliott that feels like it was spun out of a tornado, colorful (but not lewd) language, and plenty of 'situations' like a Danish coffeehouse (where hookahs are the norm) and a German sex club where role playing is the norm will keep you turning the page just to find out what comes next. What I found annoying though was the overt manner in which Alice allows herself to fall in love. And while most of us make strange sounds while in the throes of ecstasy it gets a bit overdone here. Sounds like "foowah" and "nnrg" and so on are perfectly fine a time or two but by the twentieth time we are treated to such dialog it is like fingernails on a blackboard.My greatest enjoyment with this book came from the character descriptions. I also enjoyed the short amount of time spent at Castle Ainslie and would have liked to know more about the castle and the barony. But these were used mainly as backdrops for our main characters. All that being said, this book served the purpose I'd hoped it would - a complete escape from the more serious books I normally read.