First Impressions

By: Nora Roberts

Narrated by: Teri Clark Linden

Overwhelmed by the neighborly attentions of the cheerful and vivacious “girl next door,” a man burned by love finds his passions reigniting in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’s First Impressions.

Entrepreneur Vance Banning took a residence in rural Maryland to escape business pressures—and relationships with women pursuing his bank account. To the community, he’s a moody, out-of-work carpenter with a chip on his shoulder. To next door neighbor Shane Abbott, he’s just a man who needs a little kindness in his life. Vance’s suspicions of the stunning beauty’s intense interest in him start to fade when he realizes Shane’s compassion is honest and joyful—giving his heart permission to experience true love.

©1984 Nora Roberts (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

first impressions

this story was just ok for a Nora Roberts story. it was slow to start but got better as it went along. the narrator was just ok.

I can’t listen past the first few chapters. Terrible reading. It’s ruining the story.

The story had potential but the reading was too poor for me to stick. I’m a big Nora listener and never had this experience.

Predictable and fun

Typical rom-com characters and story. The narration is acceptable if a bit annoying that little girl voices are her only go to alternatives.

First impressions

The storyline is different from the “standard” Nora Roberts novel, but I got used to it. At first I wasn’t sure I liked the performance, but became more accustomed to it. What I did like about the story was that it was different. In the end I liked the story and the delivery very much.

It's not as bad at 1.15x speed...

I messed around with the speed for a while until I could find one that made the characters sound normal enough but the reader tolerable. I'm honestly pretty shocked at how bad the performance was. Huge NR fan, but wow.