It Had to Be You

A Novel

By: Georgia Clark

Narrated by: Danny Campbell, Feodor Chin, Frankie Corzo, Robin Eller, Gibson Frazier, Pete Simonelli, Megan Tusing, Steve West, Gabra Zackman

“A wedding planner dies and leaves the business to his wife—and his mistress. What could possibly go wrong? A charming rom-com to kick off your summer.”—People

An Elin Hilderbrand Entertainment Weekly Summer Reading Pick

“The book-equivalent of a perfect first date... Highly highly recommend.” —Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A heady kaleidoscope of romance, heartbreak, and healing that’s both rich in insight and enchantingly funny.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author

The author of the “emotional, hilarious, and thought-provoking” (People) novel The Bucket List returns with a witty and heartfelt romantic comedy featuring a wedding planner, her unexpected business partner, and their coworkers in a series of linked love stories—perfect for fans of Christina Lauren and Casey McQuiston.

For the past twenty years, Liv and Eliot Goldenhorn have run In Love in New York, Brooklyn’s beloved wedding-planning business. When Eliot dies unexpectedly, he even more unexpectedly leaves half of the business to his younger, blonder girlfriend, Savannah. Liv and Savannah are not a match made in heaven, to say the least. But what starts as a personal and professional nightmare transforms into something even savvy, cynical Liv Goldenhorn couldn’t begin to imagine.

It Had to Be You cleverly unites Liv, Savannah, and couples as diverse and unique as New York City itself, in a joyous Love-Actually-style braided narrative. The result is a smart, modern love story that truly speaks to our times. Second chances, secret romance, and steamy soul mates are front and center in this sexy, tender, and utterly charming rom-com that is “so much fun” (Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author).

Hard to follow

There were moments of this novel that I appreciate but it took me a year to finish because it just didn’t grip me and the multiple story lines were hard to follow. Felt like a series of intertwined novellas instead of a cohesive story.

Great Story…

I really enjoyed this story. I laughed out loud in places, and even shed a few happy tears at the end.
However, the narrator who voiced Darlene was pretty terrible. I groaned every time she started a chapter.
Had there been a different voice for Darlene, I would have reviewed higher.

Distractingly bad narration

I wanted to like this book, as I’ve enjoyed other titles from this author and it came highly recommended. I honestly could have probably gotten into the story itself but I could not get past the narration in order to enjoy it. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and truly, this was like nails on a chalkboard at least half of the time. I understand the intention behind having different people read the different points of view, but I found the change distracting in this case. A few of the narrators were fine, but some were truly awful. I actually had to speed up those chapters just to get through it and still keep track of the plot but I ended up fully skipping certain sections because the narrator was THAT BAD. If I could have returned this title I would have, but for some reason Audible wouldn’t let me. Wishing I would have purchased the written version so maybe I could have enjoyed the story.

Good story but disappointed with narrators

I was very disappointed with the narrator that played Darlene. She had a very thick speech impediment and was very difficult to understand. I skipped every chapter she read, missing most of the story of Darlene and Zack.
Otherwise a neat story and having different narrators for each character was fun.

Narration is AWFUL.

Book is fine, mindless and easy to follow. The narration is insane. The lisp of the character Daphne is so irritating I just skipped it. 1-2 narrators is more than enough for any book.