Love You So Hard

The Love You So Stories, Book 1

De: Tara Lain

Narrado por: Ry Forest / Stephen Kurpis (Vitruvian Sound)

Craig Elson’s life has hit rock bottom. Even though he’s one of the best strategic planners around, a more confident guy takes credit for his work, and despite being a good-looking man, he suffers insults from the slimiest creep at the bar. Taking care of his beloved mom, who has Alzheimer’s, uses all his funds, leaving him in a plain, depressing car...and a plain, depressing life.

Until he sees gorgeous grad student Jesse Randall and his T-shirt that reads “I Would Bottom You So Hard”. The message seeps into Craig’s soul, and he asks Jesse to teach him to top.

Jesse’s had his eye on the quiet hottie who comes into the coffee shop, and he’s more than eager to perfect his tutoring. He sets out to get Craig a new job, a new apartment, and a new life so far outside plain and depressing that it’s unrecognizable.The problem is, Craig loves his lessons - and his teacher - too much to want to graduate. How can Craig reach the top without losing his sassy bottom?

©2018 Tara Lain (P)2018 Dreamspinner Press

Sultry narration

Craig is the ultimate plain Jane with low self esteem and a lot of responsibility. I think most of us have been in his shoes once or twice when a co-worker take all of the credit for our ideas. Well, Craig finally had enough and plans to make a change. And, up pops Jessie.

The story is told from Craig’s POV which leaves Jessie an enigma. He is young, smart and hot and so willing to be the bottom for Craig. Kudos to Jessie for hanging in there and walking when Craig crosses a line. I totally wanted Craig to have his pretty woman moment and yass! It happened.

There is a whole lot of insta-like and an over the top HFN but I don’t care. I was so entertained by the story I bought the audiobook so I could listen to it while I work.

The narrator totally nailed Jessie’s voice. Seriously. This is the closest to being turned on by a voice I’ve come in years. Oh gosh, the Jessie giggle is great and gave me shivers in a good way. Lol I’m happy I picked up the audiobook so i can enjoy Ry Forest’s performance.

Love You so Hard

3.5 Stars overall

This book is on the shorter side, super light and cute, with no angst. It’s also pretty funny and interesting. The storyline and character personalities are a little over the top ridiculous at times, but I think that makes this book worth the time to read and/or listen to, since it will get you out of your head and keep you amused for a few hours.

Craig is a dork - I mean he’s smart and awesome in his own way, but he’s just not confident in anything he does and tends to let people walk all over him. He just doesn’t know what to do in life to move past his depressing/negative attributes. He is totally clueless about everything that happens to him that I simply don’t know how he has survived up to this point in life.

That’s where Jessie comes in. Jessie is confident and outgoing and knows exactly what to do in order to get what he wants in life. Since he’s had a crush on Craig from the moment he sees him, he offers to “tutor” Craig to help him become more confident in going after everything he wants. Jessie is basically a force of nature that Craig never sees coming. And I really do like how they have an instant connection but neither of them seem to know quite what to do with it. They are just kind of adorably awkward about the entire situation they get themselves into.

Audio - I really did appreciate the narration of this book in audio too. The narrator, Ry Forrest, does a great job with the voices of both characters, making them unique and making it easy to follow the storyline. I think he did a great job getting us into this audiobook for such a short story and I would be happy to listen to more of his narrations in the future.

Sweet and Sexy Short!

Sweet, cute, hot and sexy short story with likable characters and a good amount of awkward. Worth the money and the time.

Worth the listen? Yes, because it’s Tara Lain

The narration isn’t great, but the story is pretty good. Some odd choices, like pitching female voices lower than a male mc voice. The narrator has potential. He does some things well, but this performance isn’t there yet.

A short, sweet story

I enjoyed the story and thought the narration by Ry Forest/Stephen Kurpis was great. The tutor and the shy man together made a very sweet story. It is well worth the listen and worth your time.