Great if you want sex scenes

The sex scenes are fun and arrive essentially at the top of the book, but after the dozenth time we have to hear about Aubrey being “undone” by Blake’s gaze and immediately falling into sex, I got a little bored. I’m no prude, but we spent more time having sex than we did building a relationship and no matter how many bean related inside jokes come up, it doesn’t make up for how little these characters seem to know each other and how much is demanded of each other. Conflict comes at confusing times and despite the passion in the moment, it’s usually resolved easily. The narrator does an excellent job with what he’s given and has a very defined sense of Aubrey, it’s just difficult to root for Aubrey when there’s so little to like about him. He’s not charming, he’s not funny, he’s not nice, he’s barely sweet or loving, and most of the time his thoughts turn all woe-is-me. Plot lines fall away fast too, to the point where Blake being an actor is so trivial, you wonder why we even brought it up at all.
Let’s be very clear: it’s a horny book written by a horny person for other horny people, which if that’s what you want, by all means go for it, no judgement here. I just wish there had been a story worth telling around the sex.

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An awful main character

Pros: the reader is excellent, as always. One half of the couple, Blake, is too-good-to-be-true charming. But this is a romance novel, that's what I'm here for.

Cons: oh god, Aubrey is awful. Just an intolerable person, I can't believe I read the whole book. He becomes less awful as the book goes on, but the only way I can possibly believe in their initial mutual attraction is if he is INSANELY hot, because it sure wasn't Aubrey's prickly, wet blanket personality. I think he was meant to be relatable? I ended the book thinking "I really hope Blake leaves him, and soon".

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A thinly veiled personal fantasy

The motivations of the central characters are irrational in the context of the story's time frame. The idea that people would be so important to one another based on so little is borderline pathological. The narrator does a great job though with what he's given.

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MC is unbearable.

there wasn't any positive aspects of the MC, negative all the time. the relationship didn't develop organically. The romantic encounters were cringe at best

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Light/nice, could have been more

The story was just good enough to make me want more. More depth to the story, more depth for the characters, especially Blake who had like 5 lines throughout the whole book.
Though it could have been so much more, Overall it’s a cute light and breezy instalove summer beach read.

Unexpected to say the least.

A nice, easy and fun story. Highly enjoyable ❤️
My heart broke when the main characters separated so I was glad when it all was sorted.
Would have liked to learn more about Blake’s issue with the industry and his sexuality and whether it was an issue.

Sweet and fun story

Just a nice, sweet, fun story. Listened to it on a road trip and it was perfect. Really enjoyed the reader, Gary Furlong, too!

Gay Notting Hill

I enjoyed this but the whole time I felt I had heard the story before. It wasn’t until months later when I was scrolling through Netflix and saw Notting Hill that I realized it’s literally just a gay knock off version. Now I feel dooped but overall I was definitely a pleasant listen.

As Good As Red, White and Royal Blue

As I listened to this, I felt the same desire to keep going I still feel for Red White and Royal Blue. I can highly recommend this book to anyone.

Loved it

This book is so much fun, loved it totally recomendable …. Would listen to it again