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The Perfect Passion Company

The Perfect Passion Company, Book 1

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The Perfect Passion Company

By: Alexander McCall Smith
Narrated by: Amy Alexander
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The Perfect Passion Dating Company at No. 24 Mouse Lane in Edinburgh's New Town is run by Katie Donald who has an innate instinct for bringing people together. She has developed a skill for finding out what it is that people really want. Along the way, Katie learns profound lessons about her own desires as she works at better understanding others. Although Katie has little in the way of direct experience, with the help of her amiable and handsome office neighbour William Kidd, she soon finds herself making matches for the lonely hearts tired of meeting online – and who want a more personal touch.

For fans of Alexander McCall Smith's many beloved series and romantic standalone novels, The Perfect Passion Company shows him at his most perceptive, playful, and generous. In the way that only McCall Smith can, this novel offers a glimpse inside the psychology of matchmaking, the search for love and companionship, and the mysterious spark of attraction that can, at times, catch hold of us all.

©2024 Alexander McCall Smith (P)2024 Birlinn Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Heartfelt
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The voice is expressive and animated, but overly so, making each character sound false and over the top. Simple sentences are delivered with too much dramatic panache, so that the dramatic sentences do not stand out. I personally prefer more reticence and a more balanced, authentic tone.

Annoying voice

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I was looking forward to this very much as I have always enjoyed the authors other books. I persevered to the end of the book but the reading of the book/various accents ( some quite awful) took much of the pleasure away. I would rather hear the author just read the story to me in one accent only. I will probably buy the subsequent novels in this series in the conventional form.

Get a different reader!!

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A gentle story, highly observational on human behaviours. It is reassuring and confirms that for the most part, we are all looking for love or companionship.

Love makes the world go around

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A good story set in historic Edinburgh. The subplots about individual clients of the company were the most satisfying elements of the story.

Enjoyable plot and subplots

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Wafer thin characters having supposedly romantic conversations that had less chemistry and wit than the average dental appointment

Dire dialogue and two dimensional characters

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Alexander McCall Smith is one of my favourite authors, and I have enjoyed reading and listening to a great many of his books. Unfortunately, I bought this book in audible format, without having previously read the book, and found the narration so irritating and over dramatic at times, that it detracted from my pleasure in the story.

Very disappointing

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