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  • Charming as a Verb

  • By: Ben Philippe
  • Narrated by: James Fouhey
  • Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (69 ratings)

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Charming as a Verb

By: Ben Philippe
Narrated by: James Fouhey
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Publisher's summary

From the award-winning author of The Field Guide to the North American Teenager comes a whip-smart and layered romantic comedy. Perfect for fans of Nicola Yoon and Jenny Han.

Henri “Halti” Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the dutiful first-generation Haitian son, and the trusted dog walker for his wealthy New York City neighbors.

But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri’s charms: his “intense” classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When she uncovers Henri’s less-than-honest dog-walking scheme, she blackmails him into helping her change her image at school. Henri agrees, seeing a potential upside for himself.

Soon what started as a mutual hustle turns into something more surprising than either of them ever bargained for....

This is a sharply funny and insightful novel about the countless hustles we have to keep from doing the hardest thing: being ourselves.

©2020 Ben Philippe (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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Cure. Cute. Story!

The readers didn’t sound like a black person, and that was disappointing. Otherwise, a fun listen.

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Great!

Finished this book in one day. I loved it. At times I felt the narrator mixed up the voices when it came to talking as the male lead and the female lead, other than that an enjoyable listening experience.

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very satisfying

This was an engaging read with an exceptional voice that reminds me of John Green's style.

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This was so good!!!

I really enjoyed the read! The narration took some time to get used to, but once I did it was good as well. Overall a really good story with nuance that doesn’t best you over the head. Love hearing from the male point of view as well, BRAVO!

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Just ok not bad not good not very engaging just ok, the narration is killer, I feel like he was narrating to 6 year olds. Two black leads but it didn’t feel black

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