Body Language by Suzanne Brockmann

Body LanguageNarrated by Ellen Archer

Clint McCade has spent the last few years roaming the world working as a photojournalist and photographer. And while traveling has always been his dream, something’s changed. All of a sudden he realizes he’s not happy and hasn’t been for a while. The last time he can even remember smiling was when he last spent time with his friend Cassandra “Sandy” Kirk. Standing in the middle of the rainforest, McKade realizes its Sandy he wants to see everyday not exotic locations.

He hops on his Harley and heads to Sandy’s, determined to tell her how he feels. She’ll be home; she’s always there when he needs her. Sandy welcomes her best friend as always, more excited than usual however. As McCade works up the courage to tell Sandy how he feels, she blurts out that she’s found the man of her dreams. McCade now has a dilemma – tell her about his feelings or be the friend she needs and help her get her man.

Body Language was an appropriate title for this book. McCade spent a lot of time educating Sandy about the signals her body was sending to men and Sandy spent quite a bit of time reading the signals sent by men. Instead of having the couple actually talk out their feelings, an excessive amount of time was spent on body language as a method of communication. I was tired of the hesitation between McCade and Sandy by the halfway point; I got tired of their angst fueled thoughts. I really just wanted one of them to suck it up and say “I love you”.

Ellen Archer’s performance made for a pleasant listening experience. She had an even pace that allowed me to sit back and enjoy the story as well as a nice sense of timing for the witty banter between McCade and Sandy. Archer’s characterizations of the two protagonists were good but her portrayals of some secondary male characters were off, sometimes sounding the same. The exception was Tony the hairdresser who sounded quite foppish.

I do want to mention that as I was listening to Body Language, I felt this nagging sense of familiarity. At first, I thought it was because I’d seen Archer on the big screen. Once I realized that she wasn’t the actress Anne Archer, I went to Audible to check out her backlist. It turns out Ellen Archer also narrated the Lady Julia series by Deanna Raybourn!

Diana


Narration:  B+

Book Content:  B-

Steam Factor:  Glad I had my earbuds in

Violence:  None

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Publisher:  Blackstone Audio/Sound Library

 

Body Language was provided to AudioGals by Blackstone Audio for review.

4 thoughts on “Body Language by Suzanne Brockmann

  1. Actually, Ellen Archer did not narrate books 2 and 3 of the Lady Julia series. For whatever reason, Audible has the wrong narrators listed with those books. I’ve only listened to the first 3 books in the series and there is a different narrator for each book. Ellen Archer was the best of the bunch and I hope she narrates the rest.

    1. Julie – thanks for pointing this out! So, Ellen Archer did narrated Book 1 of the Lady Julia series?

      1. Yes, I think Ellen Archer did 4 and 5, too. I know Margo Westwood did Silent on the Moor and I found it to be an overly dramatic reading. I can’t remember who did book 2.

  2. Hi Ladies!
    It’s true that books 2 and 3 of the Julia Grey series were recorded by different narrators while I took some time to be with my then new baby (now 7 yeas old!). Audible asked me to record the books over for them, which I happily did. There seems to be some lingering confusion on the website about which version one is buying — if you don’t get my version (and want it) Audible will correct the sale.
    Thank you so much for your kind words!
    Best, Ellen

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