Magic Flutes Audiobook (Unabridged)

" I LOVED IT!!! Eva Ibbotson brilliantly threads operas into this fantastic novel, showing how love always finds a way, with a little bit of music. =)I loved the characters, the setting, the music references, etc. "

" Ibbotson's historical romances definitely have a formula, and feature moderately annoying too-perfect ingenues, but I can't help but like them. "

" Preferred the title 'Magic Flutes' "

" This book was originally titled Magic Flutes, which is much better. I love Eva Ibbotson beyond all imagining! "

" Wow, a surprisingly similar plot to her other book that I just read. Still cute, but WOW, so much alike. Makes me curious, are all of her books about young, runaway girls with innate goodness that fall in love with rich, slightly older men who choose the young girl over their beautiful, pined over option from the past? I'll have to try a 3rd one and see! "

" I liked this book. I like Eva Ibbotson's writing. It is romantic and artist and it makes me want to keep reading. I loved Tessa and how strong she was. I felt a part of the story. I like how there is always some art form in these books, in this book, it was opera and even though I know nothing about opera, I still felt a part of what was going on. "

" I thought that it was enjoyable to read but it was rather predictable. I was a little impatient for the author to get to the place she was obviously going. I also thought that the last page of the book was laughable. "

" This book is NOT called Magic Flutes, its called The Reluctant Heiress "

" I did not like this book. I thought it was slow paced and predictable. I also really didn't like the male love interest. I didn't understand why the girl would be so crazy about him. "

" I really loved this book. It was a fun easy read but somewhat predictable. "

" Historical fiction set in Vienna post WWI. Very quick and pleasant read with a romantic story. "

" Sappy romances, gotta love them! "

" I loved this book. The plot was not something I would normally enjoy, so I was shocked when I could not stop reading. "

" It was cute. The characters were fun and the story wasn't predicatable, however, it lacked something that really captured my love. "

" Fun read, but it got a little wordy in some sections. "

" It was good. A lot like The Countess Below Stairs. I had another one of hers too, but after reading this one I had no desire to read the other because they're all the same after a while. "

" Another wonderful romance from Eva Ibbotson. Not only do the two main characters fall in love, but you fall in love with them too, and with the opera that makes up it's setting. Delightful, as with all Ibbotson's books. "

" I found it a little slow going at first, but rather enjoyable once I got into it. "

" I liked this book for its simplistic love story. I loved the way Ibbotson describes things with enough detail to really let you see things without overbearing page after page of detail. I also really like her characters. Its the kind of book you let out a happy little sigh at the end of. "

" I read and didn't like a different Ibbotson book, but I was told to give this one a chance. It was okay. I liked some of the characters. I loved all the talk about the great musicians and of course my favorite opera (The Magic Flute). But... "

" This was a cute, light, clean, romantic book. What deterred from it were all the German/Austrian locations & names that were so frequently mentioned. I guess I just don't equate German with the language of love... call me weird! "

" Not bad, but not great. I can generally identify with main characters and feel a part of their story; however, I had a hard time connecting with this book's characters. "

" I didn't even read this book. She lost me on the first couple of pages. Maybe it's because I just read a really thrilling and fast-paced book that I wasn't able to handle the slow plot development. I don't know. But I just couldn't get into the book or it's characters. "

" I really like this book. I would have given it four stars, but I felt it took a really long time to get into the plot and the language was hard for me to follow at times. Halfway through the book I was able to get "into" it and enjoyed the rest of its pages. "

" For a book originally published (as the magic flute) in the 1980's, it was a REALLY awesome read. The setting and time period were really quite cool and interesting. Liked it a lot :-) "

" At first this book was kinda boring it was kind of like reading a history text book but once I got past the prolog it was amazing! It was a little hard to process all the 5 sentence names, and the names of opera's since most of them were German or Austrian. "

" Loved it, loved it, loved it! "

" Awesome book, but so far, what book by this author has not been great? :D "