Ricky
I've been trying to work through a list I've made of authors of gay romance novels who are supposed to be good. I might try another book by this author, but I found this book pretty tedious. In general, I can't say that the writing style really resonated with me and I struggled to connect with the characters. Honestly this book reads like what people who have never read romance novels think romance novels are like. Maybe it's just that thing again where it reads too much like it's written by and for women. I'm starting to notice that the presence of children in these books is a massive red flag, although I read a German one recently about a single dad that was actually pretty good (Artur & Noël by Lila B Wilms).
I also didn't really care for the audiobook narration, which just surprised me because I've liked this narrator (Joel Leslie) in the past. There's this overwrought/petulant tone to his voice through much of the book which I found annoying and generally off-putting. I think he seems to do this in a lot of books whenever he does uptight British characters. I really wish audiobook producers did more producing/directing.
I've been trying to work through a list I've made of authors of gay romance novels who are supposed to be good. I might try another book by this author, but I found this book pretty tedious. In general, I can't say that the writing style really resonated with me and I struggled to connect with the characters. Honestly this book reads like what people who have never read romance novels think romance novels are like. Maybe it's just that thing again where it reads too much like it's written by and for women. I'm starting to notice that the presence of children in these books is a massive red flag, although I read a German one recently about a single dad that was actually pretty good (Artur & Noël by Lila B Wilms).
I also didn't really care for the audiobook narration, which just surprised me because I've liked this narrator (Joel Leslie) in the past. There's this overwrought/petulant tone to his voice through much of the book which I found annoying and generally off-putting. I think he seems to do this in a lot of books whenever he does uptight British characters. I really wish audiobook producers did more producing/directing.