The Charlotte Chronicles

By: Jen Frederick

Narrated by: Jennifer Mack, Eric Michael Summerer

Charlotte and Nathan were supposed to be forever. They grew up together. Their families were intertwined. Charlotte was Nathan's first love. Nathan was Charlotte's first everything. Until they weren't. How do you hold on to the person you know in your heart you are supposed to be with when everything and everyone in the universe is telling you it's over? How many times does a heart break? When is enough enough? How long is forever?

©2014 Jen Frederick (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Fast forwarded a lot!

The entire first half of this book is difficult to listen to. I don't think a 15 and 17 year olds sexual encounters should be described this in depth. I fast forwarded through most of the situations. The story was great. The outcome was definitely not what I was expecting. Narrators were great. Couldn't give 5 stars because of the underage sexual content.

Love the story line!

An awesome written piece. Very descriptive and paints the picture of emotion. Bravo to the narrators who bring the pages to life. Thank you!

Kept Me Wanting More!

Loved it; was hard to push pause many times. The narrators "PERFECT," as the author!

A TRAGIC, PAIN-FILLED YET ROMANTIC LISTEN

This story starts of with 15 yr old Charlotte going into surgery for a brain tumour and amongst the frantic people in the waiting room are her two best friends brothers Nathan and Nick. But it's 17 Nathan that holds the key to Charlotte's heart and, despite all the other girls he's been with, Nathan realises his heart belongs to Charlotte too. The brothers play a major supporting role as she undergoes chemotherapy, the loss of her hair and all that Cancer makes a person, and their loved ones, endure. However, a bitch and nasty teenage pranks forces painful decisions and a heartbreaking split that will have years of love letters that go unanswered, heartache, turmoil, wasted years and bitter regrets. So a major part of this book was set during their teenage years.

But then, 9 years later, they finally get a second chance to clear things up, apologies, begging, tentative steps, forgiveness and then the power and rewards of unconditional love..... until one heartbreaking day managed to throw in a twist that temporarily knocked them off course from their road to a blissful HEA. And they're faced with the realization that, once again, Charlotte's got a battle on her hands but this time will Nathan be by her side and for how long?

This turned out to be quite a different story than what I was expecting.... yes, it had its deep parts, heartbreaking parts, very romantic parts and lots of hot 'n sexy parts too but it had its very depressing parts as the characters (and the listener) go from grabbing hold of emotional highs and then sinking in regrets, longings and despair. There were unrealistic parts, annoying parts, characters that passed through the story that you suddenly never heard from again and the story, overall, didn't give me that WOW factor. But, there was a sweet 'n sexy love story that defied so much drama and angst which had me swinging back and forth between giving it 3 and 4 stars.

Worth a credit? Dual POV's, great male narrator but didn't much like Jennifer Mack's male Hero's voice and the story, which lingered on the teenage years, was enjoyable yet depressing and also heartbreaking yet beautiful. Would I listen to it again?... NO, would I recommend it?... probably not and yet I thought it was a creditworthy listen (huh, go figure!!).

One of the best books I’ve ever read/listened to.

First off, this is my first book by Jen Frederick. I’m a fan of Jennifer Mack’s narration and a recently found some books with Eric Michael Summerer. Neither disappointed!
A great love story, with a plot I hadn’t heard before. Deeply moving, loving with imperfect characters. Highly recommend!