Paula A

Hilarious!

Reviewed: 06-23-24

I laughed so hard I cried listening to Lidia Dornet’s performance especially when talking about Dr Derek Shepard like he was a real person! And listening to it at 1.7 speed made it totally outrageous! It was awesome! I always like when the main characters especially the male are a little wholesome and not too much man-whore. Leo was a pretty nice guy and Gemma was okay but I think she was way overreacting to Leo’s surprise especially the second time. However, Leo should have at least asked or probed more about her life’s dream. Overall, it was a pleasant fix for my HEA obsession.

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Great Story but female narrator was screechy!

Reviewed: 06-02-24

Vanessa Edwin’s voice always sounds incredibly fake and barely tolerable for her normal voice but when she tries to do another female it is excruciating. Especially her best friend Mia’s voice. Sebastian is so sexy and can’t do anything wrong though so makes it so worth it. And the story was outstanding so that made it easier to get through. I really enjoy when the MMC doesn’t get much temptation for cheating and Owen handles the almost situation like a gentleman even though Devyn had pushed him away and gave him no reason to stay “faithful”. Maybe it’s a trigger for me as I really rush through those kind of scenes. I enjoy the fairy tale phenomena of a guy who loves a girl but can’t have her so he stays faithful just because he is still in love.

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Jules and Josh - Great Couple Match

Reviewed: 05-30-24

I really enjoyed how Jules and Josh fit together. And that it didn’t take forever for them to admit the serious connection they had. But . . . . though I liked how they were a little more outside the box and spicy in the bedroom, I was troubled about the humiliation displayed during the break-up. I finished this a few days ago and still haven't been able to let go of my emotional backlash from it. In my review of Alex and Ava’s story, I was disappointed in the writer dragging out the make-up time to over a year but I have to admit that Jules and Josh getting back together in only 12 days after the trauma/humiliation mentioned above was just as unbelievable. So because everything but that exception was well done I have rated very highly. I have to say these two narrators work very well together in this series.

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Female narrator is hard to listen to

Reviewed: 05-25-24

I wish Emma Wilder wasn’t so nasal. And this character was written to be extra whiny (mostly in her thoughts) making it worse. I love Stephen Dexter’s voice and it was very nice this was done in dual narration but it was 100% in female’s POV so I would’ve liked to hear more of him. It was definitely too long and drawn out. I don’t like when two people are having a conversation and the POV person takes 5 minutes (1 minute is too long) to talk about background before the other person gets to answer. It’s hard to remember what was said by the time we get the reply or answer. However the story was good in the fact that it wasn’t your standard fake marriage trope. I loved the fact that Aiden was not a man-whore and very wholesome guy. Noted though he was so extremely rude and sometimes mean until Vanessa cracked into his heart. Again the MFC that whined all the time in her thoughts as POV she should have given him a piece of her mind especially knowing that she was going to quit. Same with her HORRIBLE family!!! She shouldn’t have let them walk all over her as well. But I love how it ended with one of the epilogues going some years into the future. I love me a good HEA.

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HEA took way too long to get to

Reviewed: 05-23-24

And I agree female narrator almost ruined it for me. She didn’t convince me that she was really Ava. And her male voice sounded sexy trying to be Alex until I heard her do ALL the men the same way. Then it really annoyed me. I listened to Book 2 a few months ago with same narrators and for whatever reason I really enjoyed it, maybe the story was better. I understand that in real life things don’t happen over night and usually require time to get over a hurt situation but this was so unbelievable taking a year to get over what Alex did. And was also a little disappointed that Aiden Snow didn’t get to narrate very much at the
end . . . . . basically that whole year! Hesitating to listen to the rest of the series since there are the same narrators.

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Narrator was awesome!

Reviewed: 04-26-24

Angelica Lee portrayed Caleb in such a realistic light that I couldn’t stop listening until the “wee” hours of the morning. Caleb’s character was certainly written to be rude and sometimes mean but I was able enjoy the harshness with the Scottish accent well done. I also noticed the way Caleb said Ava’s last name Breehort sounded slightly like he was saying “Braveheart” which I thought was cute considering Braveheart was a Scottish warrior. As all the United Kingdom accents, many vowels are spoken much different than American dialects. I know some thought Caleb needed to grovel more at the end but I really saw how he was turning quite early on probably mostly due to the excellent narration showing deeper meanings. That tells me that the producer and others behind the scene did an outstanding job as well. They often don’t get the recognition they deserve. Great listen!

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Not Tempted to skip ahead!

Reviewed: 04-25-24

First book in a long time that I haven’t skipped ahead. Story kept me interested enough to keep me from skipping chapters. Loved the commitment Dex had to his daughters but was a little annoyed that he took so long to let Winnie into his heart and was a bit mean about it. But was surprised that when he did it was still very realistic. I figured that author Melanie Harlow would take the easy way out and have him instantly change his mind. Well done! I also appreciated she didn’t include any fake encounters with strange women falling all over him. I mean how real is it when strange women go up to a handsome man and start touching him uncontrollably. Which this story did NOT have, thank you very much!

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Mostly loved this unique romance

Reviewed: 03-20-24

Interesting dynamic between the two main characters and enjoyed that there was an instant connection but still took time to grow in strength. But didn’t appreciate some of the drawn out portions and wanted to see more romance. I wished they had connected more sexually (constraint is nice in the beginning but these guys took forever even after their initial experience). I really liked this overall but was a little disappointed that there wasn’t a more HEA epilogue and the little cliffhanger. The next book doesn’t look like it will pick it up where Trace and Jess go from there. Ashton was totally unlikeable never redeemed himself like I would’ve expected. So not interested in reading the next book in the series. However I loved both narrators especially Joe as expected. Would have loved hearing more of him though as it seemed there was more Cj than Joe.

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So funny and heartfelt!

Reviewed: 02-10-24

First time I’ve ever had a difficult time finding something I didn’t like about a book. Liked Book 1 but Book 2 surpassed it by far. I also avoid listens that are over 8 hrs because they usually drag on but this did not! Laughed so hard I cried mostly over the boys and Tristan characters. Just lovely story about serious trauma and yes Claire’s serious and very difficult time getting over it but enjoyed that it had several different paths to overcome. Really appreciated that the story wasn’t about being tempted or tricked into cheating situations and that the MMC was so in love that I knew he wouldn’t even have thought twice about it if it had been in the story.

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So Funny I Cried When Laughing

Reviewed: 02-02-24

I loved this performance, Teddy never disappoints but totally surprised with Maxine Mitchell. I usually won’t read it if she’s narrating but decided to give it a chance with Teddy always doing so good. I think her voice style finally found a perfect match in Eloise. I laughed so many times that I cried and one time it caught me so off guard that I snorted water that I was drinking! I loved the personalities of Rhett and Eloise especially that they were trying so hard to hide who they really were. Found it kind of refreshing that the Navy Seal played hard to get in order to break Eloise down. I also enjoyed that there wasn’t any real or mistaken cheating involved.

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