3.5 stars

Short but sweet. This story was an easy listen, but understandably lacked some depth as it is novella length.

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Really enjoyed this

Easy listening and a nice short story. Enjoyable storyline and good characters read by two very good narrators

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A delight, as expected

A cheerful and uncomplicated tale of a thief as engaging as his younger brother.

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Pretty Spicy

I absolutely loved this short audiobook it was funny, fun, very well voiced and pretty spicy in some moments which you can never go too wrong with.

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brilliant

amazing performance and another lovely story from kj Charles. excellent exciting plot and characters it's impossible not to fall in love with.

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loved this short story

loved this short story from the plus catalogue. would be interested to see what happened next for Toby & Miles

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A great little story

This was a perfect length of story for a small road trip I made, and it was a great tale. I thoroughly enjoyed it and wish I could find a Miles of my own.

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Not my author

I always feel guilty after reading a KJ Charles novel. Or listening. Today, again. It is well written with good characters but just not my cuppa. I miss longing, tension, hope, choosing a path in life.
Often I buy KJC because I long for quality, which is not easy to find in MM romance.

One of the narrators was better than his colleague. I wished it was specified who narrates which character.

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It's free because you wouldn't pay for it!

A lot of reviewers seem to dislike the narration. It seemed fine to me, although I don't know why they thought they needed two readers. My main objection was to the writing style, which is poor. In common with a lot of fiction these days, it's dialogue-heavy, full of interminable conversations to illustrate situations that could have been described in a couple of paragraphs of prose, or more effectively "shown, not told" with scenarios that predate the main story. In short, it's over-long, a novela that would be better as a short story.

It starts well, Toby appearing to be lovable rogue with plenty of witty repartee, and seems set to develop as a lightweight, entertaining fluff of Boy's Own adventure. With added filth.

But then it seems to lose its way, getting bogged down in chapters of dialogue detailing their sad lives of neglectful upbringings, all of which is corny, unengaging and out of kilter with the sexy fun of the opening chapter. I almost gave up on it, but it does eventually pick up again. But it never recaptures the spirit of the entertaining start. As a result, what could and should have been an amusing puff piece in the style of "The Wicked Lady" is just disappointing.

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Good story

Good story, excellent author. I think maybe there would have been a different narrator that may have been a better choice. This one seems a bit young and I think I would have preferred a deeper voice. That said, enjoyable overall and would absolutely recommend!

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