Such a fun and original story. I laughed and cried.Thank you you Stefanie Holmes.
I loved this series!
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Okay, so I think I liked this one. It’s your standard fake boyfriend story, but with a hockey player and a journalist as the main characters. I liked both, but I found myself checking out at times because Joel Leslie is such an awful narrator. His bad masterpiece theater voices just really prevented me from..
I liked the story and in spite of not being a baseball fan, still enjoyed pretty much everything. I did found two things which lessened the overall book for me: The narrator’s breathy speaking voice was constantly annoying so I switched the audiobook to 1.2x speed. Also anachronisms such as “gay” and “queer” were bandied..
Amazing story!! Super comforting and a good story to listen to. The author notes are also absolutely hilarious and amazing and heartfelt.
This is my first time reading J.R. Gray and I’m pleasantly impressed. This story though a bit heavy, was very well written and developed. I love how J.R. tackled the taboo topic of mental illness without overselling it or dismissing how serious and dangerous it an be. I wanted to hug Quell so badly. He..
It was just silly too much lovey-dovey not enough action, boring. I scrolled ahead to find out who did it without all the unnecessary
I enjoyed spending more time in the Community of Species / Here Be Dragons universe, getting to know new characters and established characters on a deeper level. Joel Leslie continues what I consider his master work in maintaining distinct character voices through accent and speech pattern.
This series is great. Nice storytelling, characters who think as well as feel, and lots of humor. So glad to get #3!
