Southern Storms

By: Brittainy C. Cherry

Narrated by: Nikki Thomas, Paul Stefano

After leaving the city life behind to escape my loveless marriage, I moved to small-town Havenbarrow for a fresh start.

What I didn’t expect was to find myself drawn to the town’s black sheep. They called him troubled, cold, a man with a dark past.

What everyone seemed to miss about Jax was the splashes of light in his eyes, the random acts of kindness he performed when no one was watching, and the way he made me smile and laugh.

Jax helped unpack the baggage I’d been carrying around with me. He was patient with my pain and gentle with my scars. He was the stillness during my hurricane.

Yet when both of our pasts came back to haunt our present days, we realized quickly that sometimes love stories don't end the way we’d hoped.

Sometimes you were left with only the damage from the storm.

©2020 Brittainy Cherry (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Not Enough

For some reason, I expected this book to flood me with emotion and heart and instead it just kind of fell flat for me. It felt like the build up took so long and then the ending felt rushed and insincere.

The narrators didn’t do it for me either. The female narrators range was limited and all the characters sounded super, super young and the same.

Great story, just not the right narrator for Jax

I love Brittainy Cherry's work. I'm not much for romance novels, but sometimes when I'm in the mood to read one, she's the first author I go to. She writes beautiful stories and this one is no exception. The only problem I had with the audiobook was the narrator for Jax. He just seemed very monotone and rambled quickly through his parts.

Narrators Ruined it For Me

I love the plot of the story. I’m a fan of childhood friends growing up to find love with each other, but I really think that the narrator‘s ruined this for me. The title says, “Southern Storms”, and they were supposedly living in Kentucky, yet there wasn’t one is southern accent in any of the characters. I just thought that their performance was lackluster and it really made me want to stop listening. I should’ve just read this book instead because I am a big fan of Brittainy Cherry. A lot of times I like to look at edits of books to get the character in my mind, but most of the edits I found were pictured the female character as black. There was no where in the description of the book that says she’s black. I know that doesn’t matter, and it’s such a little thing, but it did bug me because I am into details.

This is such a lovely story and I think it could’ve been much better had there been to narrators doing a better job at it. It was just disappointing for me.

another Brittainy masterpiece

storyline was great, the narration could have been a little more Southern authentic but overall it was a great listen!

Read it

I really enjoyed this book. Brittainy knows how to write beautiful romances that carry characters through the tragedies and heartbreaks of life. This is a book about grief, guilt, and abiding love. It is a reminder that there can be HEAs after the most horrific storms. I didn’t love the male narrator, but the story was worth it