The Half of Us

Family Collection

By: Cardeno C.

Narrated by: Ezekiel Robison

Short-tempered, arrogant heart surgeon Jason Garcia grew up wanting a close-knit family, but believes he ruined those dreams when he broke up his marriage. The benefit of divorce is having as much random sex as he wants, and it's a benefit Jason is exploiting when he meets a sweet, shy man at a bar and convinces him to go home for a no-strings-attached night of fun.

Eight years living in Las Vegas hasn't dimmed Abe Green's optimism, earnestness, or desire to find the one. When a sexy man with lonely eyes propositions him, Abe decides to give himself a birthday present - one night of spontaneous fun with no thoughts of the future. But one night turns into two and then three, and Abe realizes his heart is involved.

For the first time, Abe feels safe enough with someone he respects and adores to let go of his inhibitions in the bedroom. If Jason can get past his own inhibitions and open his heart and his life to Abe, he might finally find the family he craves.

©2014 Cardeno C (P)2015 Cardeno C

Not your average romance!

At first I did not like Jason; I thougt he was a total jerk and I wanted him to get far away from sweet Abe! Then the story drew me in and before I knew it I was rooting for Jason as he finally got a clue. The Checkov's gun discussed early on was used effectively in the end, good job! This was a fun, fast read and very hot!

Awesome story!

I love your books. The character are always so real! I can't wait to read the listen to the next one.

Home run

Cardeno C never fails in telling a story and Ezekiel Robison put it over the top! Love this audible recording well done!

Jason 💖 Abe

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This is one of those stories that had an abundant amount of erotica, so much so I almost gave up on Jason and Abe's beautiful love story. And their story, the story of their life apart and then their life together was just lovely.

So, the erotica just didn't hold my attention but for those who prefer erotica to be the main point of a story, you won't be disappointed. But, to those who prefer more of that emotional plot driven story that deal with two people falling in love and figuring out how to make a life together, the little bit that you get of that is beautiful.

awesome!

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I purchased the ebook copy of this book, but was gifted the audio copy for review.

Jason is a In-Out-done sort of guy. He never has sex with the same man twice, and he is okay with that. Until he meets Abe. Abe is a forever kinda guy, that is, until he takes Jason home as a birthday treat to himself. It was only supposed to be one time, but when once becomes twice, and three times, neither of them are quite sure where this is going, or how it will end.

I absolutely ADORE Cardeno C's work. ADORE it, its the only word I can use to describe how I feel about this author's work. Ive listened to some, read many, and not one has been below four stars, not even the itty bitty 30odd page ones.

THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE! I say that, each and every time I read a new book, but I mean it, the characters are awesome, in their normal-ness. The plot is sweet, and has the very CC trait of no major break-up/make-up, no misunderstandings, no psycho ex coming to cause trouble. Its just plain AWESOME!

I'm waffling, I know. So, deep breath, and lets try again.

I loved both Abe and Jason. Jason is a bit of a hot headed dude, who likes things his way, and Abe is so very laid back, any more and he'd be horizontal. And he is, frequently, in this book! I loved that Abe sort of instills himself into Jason's life, and Jason doesn't really see it coming. I love LOVE Angela and the kids. Angela was such a wonderful ex-wife, she knew about Jason being gay, long before he did himself.BUT she didn't hold it against him, she really didn't. The kids were NOT perfect, okay, so maybe one was and the other was just a teenaged boy rebelling as only teenage boys can, but I loved them for their normal-ness. They weren't spoilt, they knew about their dad's sexual preferences, and didn't hate him for it. CC could easily have gone down that route, with nutty ex's and even nuttier kids, but nope....and the result is a stunning five star read that will make you fall in love with Jason, short temper and all, and with Abe, sweet gorgeous man forever.

The only thing that I did not like.... I love you was missing. neither of them said it, but they both had the thought. It would have just finished it off perfectly, I reckon.

This is the fourth book in the Family Series, and you don't need to have read the rest, I have, and Asher from Something In the Way He Needs pops up, and Abe is in Strong Enough. I just need to read book three, More Than Everything.

**AUDIO REVIEW**

Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted the audio file to review.

Ezekiel Robison narrates. This is the first I've listened to of his work, and I will give him another chance, because I did struggle at points along the way with his narration. The characters are clearly defined, and his reading voice is clear and even. What I struggled with was, at points, the sound dipped. NOW, I don't know if this was my file or the narration, hence why I will give him another chance, because there was nothing to indicate which parts dipped. For example, in another audio review, I said that when the characters were thinking, the sound dipped, almost to a whisper. There wasn't that here. It affected my listening, enough for me to mention it, but not enough for me to adjust me original rating of 5 stars.

Robison gave Jason and Abe just the right voices, they fit perfectly to the image I had when reading, even if it was over a year ago. He portrayed Abe instilling himself into Jason life beautifully, and Jason, well he was just Jason!

5 stars for the book
4 for the narration (but only because of the sound dipping thing!)

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