Outstanding

I adored this story and found the narrators to be absolutely fabulous - they just made the story come alive. I’m not a fan of audiobooks but after having enjoyed this audiobook so soooooo much! I am converted and hooked!

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One of the best productions I've ever heard

Thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. My first time listening to Will and his performance was absolutely wonderful. Both narrators were fantastic. This production really brought to life Amy daws characters. Draws you in and you get pulled into it. I couldn't stop for long before tuning in again. Brought such a happy smile to my face listening to these two.

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Lovely story until the epilogue

First of all the story is lovey and starts off really well! I really did enjoy this read and it was lovely that the protagonist is a plus size woman. However the end was a bit of a let down (spoiler alert coming)

Why oh why does our main character loose weight in the end? Couldn’t she just be plus size and happy? This book would have been perfect if it was she lived fattily ever after instead of she lived slimmer ever after

Epic narration! Good story

All dual narration should be like this! This was SO good!
The story was a great friends to lovers depiction and I'll definitely recommend it if you like that trope and romcoms in general.

Lovely story

This is a really nice audiobook, although it takes a while to get used to the performers accents. The pace is good (although rushes a little in the final chapters) but I don’t regret listening to this!

Not for Scots

It took me exactly 2 months to listen to this 10 hour and 42 minute audiobook. That’s a loooooong time. If that tells you all you need to know, then you can stop reading now! However, even with that long time frame, every time I did pick up the book and listen again, I was right back into the story, so it was definitely memorable.

First to the narrators. Will Watt was terrific as Mac. His Scottish accent was authentically delicious and very easy to listen to. He was clear and performed with nuances that I’m sure the author would be delighted with. His English accent was just as decent although his South African turn was slightly dubious - but then I’m no expert and at least I identified it as what it was supposed to be!

Equally, Charlotte Cole as Freya played the character to a T. Her accent was something only a native could pull off and while it started to grate on me after a while (sorry!), it was on point and excellently performed. Her Scottish accent when speaking as Tilly (Mac’s sister) was, well, pretty bad, but it was very short so we can just gloss over that!

The narration is performed in duet - which means that the narrators interact in the story and read the lines said by their characters. I’m not partial to this style over dual narration - or vice versa - and I thought it worked well, sounded smooth and was easy to follow.

I’ve enjoyed Amy Daws’ writing before. She’s funny, silly, yet creates characters that you can both empathise with and relate to. To start with, I felt the same way about Freya. She was quirky, sure, but she was completely herself and that in some way was very admirable. As time went on she got a little bit irritating, in my opinion, and even got a little embarrassing, which I hate in a book. I never want cringe.

Mac again was a nice guy - funny, likeable and at times adorably clueless. I loved his complete acceptance of Freya and he couldn’t understand her hang-ups which was sweet. He definitely came down in my estimation as we got to the big fallout, however. He said some nasty, hurtful things that were borderline unforgivable and it made the flip and realisation of feelings slightly dubious to me.

Overall, Freya and Mac were a cute couple and it was a fun slow-burn from friends to lovers. There was just enough heat between the couple and enough banter to keep you chuckling.

And now for the ranty portion of my review. I would strongly advise any British people, but especially Scottish people, to avoid this book. It’s so horrifically obvious that the writer of our couple - who are both British (Freya is English and Mac is Scottish) is herself not from Britain. So, so, so many incorrect uses of our words, phrases and sayings; It jarred terribly. It got to the point that I realised I was listening to the book with a permanently scrunched face, just cringing by what had been said and anticipating the next clanger yet to come. Good God, it was bad. Like another reviewer pointed out - how hard would it be to get a real-life British person to read your book before publishing? But as it was, it was just more of that dreaded cringe that I hate.

I’m still going to read Amy Daws novels in the future, but I’m going to avoid any book with characters from Scotland, probably Britain as a whole. It’s such a shame as this would have been a cute story had it only been set in America with American characters. So not completely terrible, but it was definitely the narration and production that pulled this story up to 3 stars.

Blindsided

I loved this audio version of this book. So funny and great narrators for the two main characters ...first I've listened to by Amy Dawn and will listen or read a lot more.
I received this free for an honest review and it didn't disappoint.

OMG even better in Audible

When I read this book I absolutely loved it. It was one of my favourites in this series but listening to it in audible made it so much more. The Narrators really brought these brilliant characters to life.

Charlotte And will did such an amazing job with this one, the accents, the emotions so beautifully real. I could listen to this again and again, and to be honest I probably will.

Well done Amy Daws for an amazing book and picking an amazing narrator team.

Pure perfection! Ohhh my!!

Oh, lordy. This sweet, sassy, sexy, emotional, all-encompassing friends to lovers romance is everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. It ticks off so many of my boxes ... it's borderline ridiculous. A swoon-worthy Scotsman - although he is truly a bit daft at times that I wanted to smack some sense into him - deliciously voiced by the talented Will M. Watt (if I had to name my favorite male narrator - it would be him, hands down) and one cheeky, feisty, smart-mouthed heroine, whose skills with the opposite sex are ...uhm, expandable and much too innocent for her age, all perfectly brought to life by the amazing Charlotte Cole. The banter and bickering between those two is out of this world. A match made in heaven. I smiled, I laughed out loud, I cried, I swooned, I screamed and then I laughed some more. It's utter brilliance and definitely one of my favorite friends to lovers romances out there. I need more of Amy Daws' characters' kind of banter, more hunky Scots- and Englishmen and more Charlotte Cole and Will M. Watt goodness. Again, match made in heaven. MORE please!!

I enjoyed it

Blindsided was such an awesome story. This friends to lovers novel with its likable, relatable characters, hilarious banter, emotional moments and steamy scenes had me hooked from beginning to end, I enjoyed this story as Freya and Mac had me laughing and highly amused. I loved seeing the progression of their relationship and their story gave me all the feels. This was an enjoyable tale and I would highly recommend it to all lovers of friends to lovers romance.

This duet narration was absolute perfection. I loved Will and Charlotte's voices. They did an excellent job with the characters, with the accents, with the emotions. They had great pace and timing and really brought the story to life. It was an absolute pleasure listening to them narrate this novel.