A Whisper to the Moon

By: Dennis Macaraeg

Narrated by: Zachary Johnson

A story of love, new beginnings, and the power of taking another chance.

When Catherine walked into Robert’s life, he only had two choices: run away to prevent another heartbreak, or risk it all again to be with his newfound soulmate.

Robert, a college senior, is introduced to Catherine, an international student. Afraid that he’ll be crestfallen after graduation when she returns home, he decides to back off. But fate decides for him, with a series of chance encounters with her on campus. The stars align in his favor. Robert falls in love and declares his feelings for her. Soon after, Catherine's love for Robert blossoms. They quickly become an item, blissfully experiencing their last semester of school together.

Then, out of the blue, their ex-lovers show up, both wanting to reconcile.

With her student visa expiring and with no concrete plans for their future together after graduation, Robert must find a way to convince Catherine that her place is by his side.

©2019 Dennis Macaraeg (P)2019 Dennis Macaraeg

sweet story

This story has all of the emotions that you are looking for. At one point I wasn't sure if we would get our HEA.

The narrator and sound that was done was different than a normal audio book. The different sounds when the person is on the phone or other situations. It was a nice touch.

A Whisper of Love

"I heard that if you whisper to the moon a message that you want to tell someone that you're too shy to tell in person, the moon will relay it back in the other person's ear while they sleep."

This is my first introduction to Macaraeg's work and his first full romance novel outside of his thriller genre. I was not disappointed. The story starts off bringing us into Robert's world of photography and his final college semester. He's healing from the breakup of a four year relationship that abruptly ended and starts to find himself falling for a new love interest, Catherine. The societal views of how I was raised rarely focused on the softer side of a man's thoughts on love. I think that is why I enjoy reading romance novels written by men because it's intriguing to see their take on falling in love, soulmates and handling roller coaster situations. I feel the author and his decisions coming through his characters making it that much more personable. Both characters personified the every day individual. They could be me or you or anyone walking on the street and I appreciated them not being glorified into something singular or outside of this idea. I connected with them as if I were a part of their group and not a reader.

Robert is from the Philippines and Macaraeg blends this backstory into the landscape of San Diego. By the time I finished reading I wanted to visit and eat at every spot that was mentioned. The details of the city was perfect and not overdone in any way.

I have two drawbacks. The first is based solely on personal preference and did not take away from my rating. I felt the relationship between Robert and Catherine grew a little too quickly and some of his words to Catherine were a bit unrealistic for me to see a guy saying. The reason this doesn't affect my rating is because this is a feel-good romance novel and I expected this outcome. It's tastefully done and doesn't take away from the scenes or characters. My second is the narration. The inflection of words and manner in which this was read was not how I pictured this beautifully written novel to be narrated. There was an underlying angst in the narration that didn't fully fit. I definitely enjoyed physically reading this instead of listening. However, reconnecting with Robert and Catherine was definitely a plus.

Overall, this is a clean and charming read. The situations and outcomes are well thought out and realistically genuine. I'd recommend this for anyone who loves romance reads.

Fantastic book

Received this book in exchange for a review.

First of all, it’s fantastic. The narrator is good. His accent for the French Catherine is great.

The sorry has good pacing, and makes you really care about the characters and what is going to happen to them.

Buy this one ☝️