Anger Bang

Downside to Dating, Book 1

By: Avery Flynn

Narrated by: Kirsten Leigh, Lance Greenfield

Shy paleontologist Thea Pope just wants to get through her sister’s '80s-themed monstrosity of a TV reality-show wedding so she can get to her summer field work. The only problem? Her sister has turned into the ultimate bridezilla—as in pink parasols, organza hats, forcing people to shave and dye their hair levels of over-the-top, it’s-my-day antics—all while on location in a place literally called hell that reeks of sulfur and lost hopes.

The only thing that can make it worse is when her sister declares that she never even wanted Thea in the wedding at all but that the producers insisted. Ouch doesn’t begin to express how much it hurts that her own sister didn’t even want her to be at her wedding.

There’s only one thing Thea can do after her sister finally pushes her too far—she picks the one man at the wedding her sister cannot stand—the groom’s brother, Kade St. James—and has sex with him.

Is it petty revenge that she’ll be rubbing in her sister’s face from now until eternity? Absolutely. Still, it seems like a great idea at the time, and really what could go wrong?

Pretty much everything it turns out.

©2022 Avery Flynn (P)2022 Recorded Books

Funny, quirky, fantastic narration

I fell in love with Avery Flynn’s writing a year ago! I was so excited for this release. I didn’t even read the description, I just dove in. It was better than I even thought it would be! Funny, sweet, quirky! Absolute perfection!

So much fun

I really enjoyed this book. I laughed and smiled while listening. narration was great. another winner for Avery Flynn

Cute and Quirky

3.5/5 ⭐
3.0/5 🌶️
4.0/5 🎧

This was ridiculous and cute and spicy and a super fun, fairly quick read. It was was spicier than I expected, in fact a tonnn of the first half of this book is spent getting busy. I really enjoyed Thea and Kade, but had a hard time dealing with her family... Thea's mom and sister were quite wretched and their excuses for being so we're lame at best. Thankfully all was forgotten in my head as I listened to the absolutely adorable epilogue.

The audio was really good. I liked both Lance Greenfield and Kirsten Leigh and thought they did a wonderful job narrating these characters.

ok listen

easy read, got a few laughs. The female narrator was great, but the male narrator was a bit over the top (every other sentence sounded overly dramatic).
nice listen overall, even though I had to skip some of the sex scenes - overdone and trite sometimes.

Meh

The story was basic. Two people met and fall in love in less than a week. Sure...
The narration was cringe worthy. The male narrator's female voice sounded like someone making fun of female voices. Very distracting.
Overall, the story was trite, but cute.