1/31/2024 0 Comments Teddy hamilton narratorI didn’t enjoy his narration much at all. The rest of the book was from Caleb’s perspective and was narrated by Dake Bliss. His delivery was smooth and well-paced with good emotion. I liked his slight Southern accent and the timbre of his voice. What else? About 65% of the book was narrated by Teddy Hamilton, who does all of the Josh POV sections. Either way, I enjoyed a book where most of the struggle was behind the characters and they were finally being treated as they deserved rather than how it can too often be in the real world. Perhaps the acceptance of the people around them was a little fairy-tale-ish (but then again, Massachusetts was one of the first states (if not the actual first?) to introduce marriage equality so maybe it’s not). I hope she gets her own HEA one day (and if not, I’ll imaginate her one myself!) What she went through felt a little glossed over but then again, it was not her story. I’d love to read how they fell in love one day. Daniel and Maggie (Maggie had run away from the cult some years before and knew both Josh and Caleb there) were wonderful. I loved the found family that Josh and Caleb made and how they all worked to make that family succeed. I was glad to be wrong actually because the story Goodbye Paradise told was sweetly charming and every now and then, I like a story there there is little keeping the protagonists apart. I wondered, given that Caleb and Josh had never had any other romantic (or sexual) relationships, whether there would be a little of “the grass is greener” but there was never any doubt that Caleb and Josh were meant for each other. The book is mostly about how they make their way from Wyoming to Massachusetts and settle into life outside of a cult, how they make their own family. There is little conflict between Caleb and Josh apart from a small section near the end. Rather, the story is about how the two men reveal their existing love for one another and how they eventually come out into the open, showing that love to everyone by doing so. We don’t see the development of those feelings, there is no courtship as such. But the main difference is that they always love each other. For one thing, they’ve known each other all their lives. What worked for me (and what didn’t): The trajectory of the romance between Josh and Caleb in Goodbye Paradise is unusual for the genre. Can Caleb find him in time? And will they find a place of safety, where he can admit to Josh how he really feels? Josh finds himself homeless in a world that doesn’t want him. But he has secrets of his own, and a plan to get away - until it all backfires. And his survival depends on keeping his terrible desires secret.Ĭaleb has always protected Josh against the worst of the bullying at the Compound. Only when Josh closes his eyes at night can they be together the way he craves. His whole life, he’s wanted his best friend, Caleb. The boys of the Compound are kept far from the sinners’ world.īut Joshua doesn’t need temptation to sin. Just long hours of farm work and prayer on a dusty Wyoming ranch, and nights in a crowded bunkhouse. But for twenty years, Josh and Caleb called it home. What it’s about: (from Goodreads) Most people called it a cult. The audiobook is part of the #AudibleRomance package so I listened to it instead. You are not granted any synchronization, public performance, promotional use, commercial sale, resale, reproduction or distribution rights for the Content.įor permission requests, please visit Viviana, Enchantress of Books for more information.Why I read it: I bought the book when it was re-released last year but hadn’t found time to read it. You shall not redistribute, repackage, transmit, assign, sell, broadcast, rent, share, lend, modify, extract, reveal, adapt, edit, sub-license or otherwise transfer the Content. No part of this publication may be reproduced, modified, copied, distributed, repackaged, shared, displayed, revealed, extracted, emailed, transmitted, sold or otherwise transferred, conveyed or used, in a manner inconsistent with the Agreement, or rights of the copyright owner. Please visit Viviana, Enchantress of Books to learn more about the Audiobook Lovin' Series.Īll rights reserved. Production Copyright 2017 by Audiobook Lovin’Īudiobook Lovin’ is a division of Viviana, Enchantress of Books. This has been an Audiobook Lovin’ productionĬopyright 2017 by Viviana Izzo, Enchantress of Books. We hope you have enjoyed this production of Audiobook Lovin’ Series. Audiobook Lovin' is a month long event celebrating audiobooks, brought you by Viviana, Enchantress of Books.
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