Cake

2.75I really don't know how this book came to my library, some Audible sale? Sleep deprived shopping spree? Confusion? Not sure. In any case ... my 15 y.o. self would've liked this, but even she would agree that this needed to be pared down by half. At least. It's 12:40hrs. and about 600+ pages. I got through maybe half in audio, listening to it piecemeal, and only because [a:Andi Arndt 6746963 Andi Arndt https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1381410479p2/6746963.jpg] is a rock star narrator. [a:Joe Arden 8285266 Joe Arden https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] does the male POV, and though I didn't hate I didn't love it. Andi could've narrated the whole thing. However my interest waned and I just wanted to finish, which required “reading” or in this case lots of skimming. The story isn't bad, but it isn't riveting either: Ordinary (read gorgeous but doesn't know it) college girl meets, mysterious, brooding, super hot rock star at a wedding. She treats him like a regular person, they spent an inordinate amount of time together, he's smitten, he flies her to Europe to tour with him, and they fall madly in love. The End. It's fine. The characters are likable, there aren't any major miscoumunication problems etc. but ... I really don't need what amounts to an almost word for word transcription of every conversation between Jake and Casey or Casey and everyone else. Less would've definitely been more. Or maybe it just me. YMMVThe one thing I flat out didn't like or buy was the details about the kidnapping story and Jake's subsequent treatment in the press seemed a bit farfetched and the story didn't seem to add anything to Jake's character/story. IMO the story would've been fine without it or treated in a different manner.