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Awful narrator

Revisado: 12-19-23

So-so series, good for a mindless listen. To be fair, I wasn't a huge fan of the first narrator, but at least she was age appropriate, regional accent appropriate for other characters, did reasonable non-cartoony sounding exclamations for character reactions, and knew how to pronounce the name of the FMC's car (cringy to hear Miata pronounced "Maya-ta").
I'll probably keep listening for background noise while working, but I paid ~$2 per book during the Cyber Monday massive sale; I DO NOT recommend spending more than that or using credits for this series

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ugh

Revisado: 05-19-23

Insta-love and total MarySue. I rolled my eyes so many times. Thankfully it was short

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Just OK

Revisado: 12-31-22

Not my favorite Tessa Bailey story, but I'm not generally a fan of insta-love romances so take that with a grain of salt. Narrators were just ok, but pretty sure I won't ever listen to this one again

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(2.5 stars) Longer than necessary

Revisado: 05-23-22

This book feels unnecessarily long. The repetition about how the FMC has turned the vineyard's backstory and how she turned it around takes up too much time, and doesn't need to be reiterated so often, some scenes drag on for far too long, and the main threat is already resolved and I still have 3 hours left to listen to. Haven't decided if I'll bother finishing it or not.

For the most part the narrators do a good job, but the female narrator pitches her voice way too low for her portions portraying the MMC. After a while it starts to grate.

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Narrator took me out of it

Revisado: 05-17-22

Note to self: steer clear of Erin Mallon.
The story was fine (NOT BDSM, as another review called it), I now realize I'm not a fan of the "surprise baby" genre, but that's a personal preference, but I recall not enjoying books by this narrator before, and this one reminded me why. Specifically: her 'male' voices-- they're all the same, they all sound like they're talking through clenched teeth with little change in inflection, and not really all that emotive.
Definitely don't need the rest of this series and will stick to other Daws tales

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DNF

Revisado: 04-09-22

Made it about 2/3 of the way through but felt like the story dragged on waaay too long. It's basically a tinse and repeat of book 1 (spoilers)
-she loves Christmas and baking
-he hates sweets and Christmas
-there's a stalker/saboteur in the contest with the female lead
-his parents don't approve

Etc etc.

If you listened to the first book, you've basically already listened to this one

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Meh...

Revisado: 01-13-22

Don't believe the synopsis. There is no "hated me on sight" to get over or work through, there is no back and forth, there is no real tension-- literally the only thing "keeping" these two from getting together is 'don't date someone you work with even though we both acknowledge the attraction and chemistry' and that's practically all they talk/think about. It's like listening to high schoolers.
Fell asleep listening to it and missed about 2 hours worth of the story and don't feel like I missed anything. Did not finish.

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Meh story, not great female narration

Revisado: 12-03-21

Story was....okay. Could've used more fleshing out so it didn't feel like *such* a switch when the characters crash together, but the female narrator bugs the cr*p out of me. I recognized her immediately from another short story and knew this would be a less-than-enjoyable listen. Her male voice has no inflection and no "casual" differentiation from when she's trying to portray him as 'seductive', and overall speaks too slowly making the story feel slow. I'd recommend trying to listen a little sped up.

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Skip it

Revisado: 10-31-21

I was ok with West's pacing (knowing other reviewers disliked it), but the voice given to the Raven is *horrendous*. Listening to Garrison Keillor's performance of it as a palette cleanser after that

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quick listen

Revisado: 05-16-21

Falls in line with the rest of the series, fun, quick listen, and the narrator does a great job. My only (personal) annoyance is that the writer *majorly* over uses the term "grouse" to describe the way someone says something in response-- seriously, several times a chapter gets annoying and distracting. thesaurus.com is free and should be referenced a little more often

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