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I mostly listen to audiobooks because the narrator's breathe life into the characters that my puny imagination could never. Im trying to be as nice as possible because Im sure its not easy to narrate and give each character their own voice and pick up nuances that make it that much more immersive. That being said, Lori Prince needs to pay for my future therapy to deal with the rage she invokes and my medical bills for my inevitable hearing loss when she screams into the fucking microphone like a hyena. I genuinely have liked her in certain books, but more often than not I am wincing when she does that shrill, nails on a chalkboard screaming random dialogue for. no. reason. Oh my God, when she plays a child it can be used as torture. Also when she does the spicy scenes and her voice drops into this low, demonic tone that sounds like she is about to vomit. Like when your mouth waters before you throw up and you try to talk...that. I have a migraine. Again, she is great in some, but others she sounds like a banshee. Rant over.

So, I just got finished with Sunburn. I had put off reading this because from everything Ive read about it, it was brilliant and life changing. I wanted to make sure I was in the right headspace because I get book hangovers terribly. Well, Im annoyed. I would have been fine if Ive never read it. Firstly, I genuinely hated Lucy. She was a selfish asshole the entire time and I found I was rooting against her. She just used everyone she was with. Granted she knew this about herself, but still, a giant twat waffle. It dragged for me and I struggled at times. But, the absolute worst issue was the ending. I wont give anything away but the minute and forty-eight seconds that was dedicated to the last chapter really sealed it as me fucking hating it. I like a full circle. I dont want to have to infer what happened, I like it to be explained. Arg, I was so excited for it too. Maybe I just have shit taste, but I usually love the books praised here but this was a miss.

EDIT: I couldnt help but notice the downvotes for the people that agreed with me. Its a book and everyone is entitled to their own opinions, to those downvoting because it doesnt match your opinion....grow up.

So, I read The Lay of You by Corrie Mackay and I enjoyed it, right up my alley. But I just finished the follow up, The Depth of You and Im sitting here cheesing like a goddamn idiot. I love these two characters so much!! Normally I like the build up and slow burn, which the first book was. The second is the actual being together part and I thought it would be cheesy, but I loved the plot. Not to mention the sex scenes were...lets just say my wife enjoyed this book as well, even if she didnt read it. So, really just needed to share opinion. One of my favs so far.