You need imagination as author does not provide it

There's rarely any description of the area, the people or the even the characters other than the bland basics. If you ask me where this was set and what kind of town did they live in. I would shrug.

Love stories tend to fall into this style of writing but unfortunately this audiobook did not get me excited. This style is more of an audio description. He did this. He did that. He said this. He stopped. As if a teenager wrote it.

They have two parallel stories yet their narration choice was to have an husky older man read one protagonist point of view and then a younger man speak for the other protagonist. I don't see the point as both characters seem to have thoughts regardless of the named chapter. Also having the "historic" story read by same voice actors just confused things as there's no differentiation. This proves to me the level of performance and story. I would assume a part is about the main protagonist but find out it's the historic pair. Or vice versa.

Sadly, unless you're looking for a mediocre love story, I would pass on this.

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love story of mating souls

absolutely loved this 😍😍
a tale of two guys who fall in love as they find out the story behind the burnt out barn from 1948
story highlights how far we have come from, how wrong people thought back then
narration was good, the two narrators complement each other

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beautiful moving powerful

of sunlight and stardust was such a beautiful and incredible story

Tanner and Cole stole my heart from the moment I met them

Tanner and Cole journey was a story that you could feel everything in your heart and soul and I mean happiness tears pain heartbreaking moments and heartwarming moments

By the time I finished of sunlight and stardust my heart was so full

kale Williams and tristan james did such a beautiful job of bringing tanner and cole and there journey to life and they made me feel every emotion aswell it was perfect

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Wow

A must read!! Beautiful story bought tears to my eyes . just beautiful!!! So glad I read it.

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Must read

This was a random selection but one of my better one's a compelling read that was well worth ot

Absolutely Beautiful

I wasn't expecting such a powerfully beautiful, and at the same time heart rending audio book. Right from the get go the intertwining story lines had me hooked and the past and present running side by side at first intrigued me and then had me hooked completely. I loved the parallel stories of Cole and Tanner with Charlie and Tommy, both realistic and thought provoking. the characters are strong and all too believable. I think the narrators did a splendid job, I loved their performances. I think this book would make an excellent film!!! yes I cried buckets so be warned to have plenty of tissues to hand. A big thank you to both authors, more please I must admit I feel quite empty now I have finished listening to this book.

Grew on me

At first relentlessly gruff and humourless- but gave way to a tenderness that really won me over and I became quite addicted.

Sunlight

Wonderful what a story never have I read anything like this the narrator s were great

Should have a trigger warning -Horrible ending

This book is a mishmash, the main relationship is lovely but the side story is harrowing and depressing.
I really wish there was a trigger warning with this book because the historical background of the side storyline made the horror of the ending for those characters really hard to take. I listen to audiobooks at night to sleep and I couldn't sleep after listening to this because it was so upsetting.

Simply beautiful!

The dual perspective throughout this book makes it really special. Having the two narrators gives each character a real sense of identity. The paralles between the main story and the story of Tom and Charlie leaves you wanting more and more. This is a book I will revisit.