Bride

I never rate books. Especially those on the spicy side, as they are so very very cringey for me. I barely even read spice! But this one wasn't tacky or overly done; it was funny and contemporary, mixing humor into it. The leads - for me - were realistic. The male lead was commanding, authoritarive, but believably so while still having other traits that humanized him and made him multifaceted. Same with the female lead, giving her uncertainty, naivette, but adding a whole lot of humor and brains to show that she was not just a simpering pretty face. And all without being super feminist! Nothing against feminists, but I just want to read books for the immersion. A lot of recent romance books I've attempted to read/listen to seem to pack real world issues so much into thier writing that I practically choke on politics and leanings the fist chapter in. I've been dying to find a book like this that made me laugh, cry, and want more, letting me forget the real world for a while. 💖

Let me tell you, I am a tough freakin critic. I give most spicey novels 1 or 2 stars because the story lines are so cringe. But this...It's so good. I stayed up till 6 am on a work night to listen to as much of this book as I could. I yelled at the characters in my car. I felt guilty listening to it on my lunch break. GIGGLED while thinking about it at work! Girl, I was giggling like I had a new crush I couldn't stop thinking about! I consumed the book in 2 days and now that I'm done i want to read it again. Bookmarking this time.

Book was well written but I do have to admit that I feel like I was bamboozled when you had both the male and female voice actors at the prologue and then the only time you hear the male voice was at the beginning. I understand it's difficult to switch voice actors to follow the story but I expected the male protagonists's voice in the last chapter to give us his pov from start to finish but sadly even then I didn't get to hear more of the male voice actor's voice. The story was good, just wish I got to hear the male and females voices equally