I always have such a hard time writing a review for an audiobook. Because it’s an interpretation of something that’s also subjective - and because, like in this case, the audio can totally impact my appreciation of the book.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The Real Thing by Melissa Foster

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: Sugar Lake character series. Book 1. 

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: Audiobook on Kindle. 🆓️ on KU 

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Contemporary romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Brother’s best friend, Hollywood romance, opposites attract, he’s loved her all along.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Willa is a small town baker. Zane is an actor in Hollywood. But he returns home and needs an image refresh, so he asks the girl he’s always been in love with for some help.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I’m not the biggest fan of Melissa Foster’s writing to begin with, and a cringy audio didn’t make it any better unfortunately.

It’s hard to describe, because she’s not a bad writer by any means. Her stories are solid. Language and grammar and structure are all there. But here characters are sometimes stereotypical and her dialogue is a little cringe. Her latest work is sooooo much better, but this serves me right for reading a 6-year-old book.

Didn’t love the audio at all. It just didn’t hit right or enhance my reading in any way. Bummed, but not mad if that makes sense.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3/5 🌶🌶🌶