When You Smile

De: Melissa Brayden

Narrado por: Lula Larkin

Duración: 10 h y 56 m

Resumen del Editor

Have you ever had a crush on your babysitter? Taryn Ross sure did. Sixteen-year-old Charlotte was sophisticated, thoughtful, gorgeous, and fun. Taryn counted the minutes until they’d hang out. But Charlotte and her family moved away. Now a transfer student at Hillspoint University, Taryn is ready to officially come out when she runs into a familiar face at a party. Charlie, now a grad student, insists on walking a drunk Taryn home. To the detriment of Taryn’s heart (and libido), Charlie has only grown kinder (and hotter) with time.

Charlie Adler has a five-year plan: finish her MFA without any hiccups, survive a difficult breakup with her ex, and become an acclaimed fiction writer. Easy, right? That is until Taryn shows up at Hillspoint and shakes up her world like a snow globe. This Taryn is different: soulful, brooding, and all grown up. Charlie’s never been attracted to a woman before, and isn’t dating your one-time charge against the rules? If only their toe-curling, mind-dulling, body-aching chemistry would calm the hell down.

©2024 Melissa Brayden (P)2024 Bold Strokes Book Inc

A fav narrator reading a fav author = Must Get!

Lula Larkin does it again - superb performance of a romance book! Let me preface this expressing my frustration that, as a member, I cannot "follow" a narrator like I can "follow" an author. So I every time I want to know if L. Larkin has performed a book, I have to do a search. And I conduct searches on an every-other-day basis for her performances. So as soon as this audiobook dropped, in my cart, then playing on my mobile device.
And the performance, as always, was superb. I easily fall into the work and so appreciate the nuances of the performance such that the emotions of the characters - both primary and secondary - come to life as the story unfolds.
The novel itself is a departure from this author's usual fare with the college setting and young/new adult-aged characters. But, as ever with M. Brayden books, I do get caught up in the "angsty" roller-coaster romance ride with the well-developed characters and well-paced plot. Enjoyed on the first read, will enjoy on the re-reads!

How well the characters are put together.

The voice for Taryn kept throwing me off. She was described as being beautiful but yet the voice didn’t match the description.

great story

the characters are very engaging and I felt very invested in the store right away.

Sweet story

Was hesitant at first, but this has turned out to be quite a sweet story. I would definitely recommend it to others.

Soooo good!

This is the queer love story we all need! Was hesitant about the babysitter thing but the author didn’t make it a big deal, so you kind of forgot about it. Absolutely loved it!

Did it again

Always a good listen and good story. These two, the author and narrator make a good combo.

Love

Their connection and growth together as they progressed through out the story and where able to make a life together after

This needs to be a rom-com ASAP!!

This may be Melissa’s best novel yet…wow!!! I loved these two so much ❤️🥰❤️‍🔥 I seriously need this to be a movie or play or something!

I loved the dinamic between the two leading ladies. And the babysitter arc later in life is so hot.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the fact that Terran didn't tell Charlie about the subtle threat from Danny's mom. I felt that it would have been more interesting to see the two navigate that situation together.

Sweet story!

I really enjoyed this story. Melissa Brayden does it again! And Lula Larkin never misses.