Amazing

This was an amazing story with wonderful narration.
Without a doubt one of the best audiobooks I've listened to.
Highly recommended and deserving of 5 stars..

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Emotional and so PERFECT

OH my goodness!!
If there ever was an audio which is perfection... IT IS. Phew, I have no words for this audio. NO WORDS.

I already loved the ebook, I have it in paperback too, but WOW, I never thought the audio would be this awesome. The voices were so perfectly fitting and the way Skylar was moaning!!!! I never blush on audiobooks, but now I did. I had to go back and listen to it again because I wasn't believing what I was hearing. It was mind blowingly amazing. Nick J Russo did the best job with this audio!

WOW.

And after I calmed myself down there were other scenes I had to listen to again becaue they were so, so emotional, and oh god, have I said it already how amaing this audio is?! The story itself is emotional as f, but listening to it with Nick's voice, PERFECTION.

If you don't know what to listen to, or you're new to audiobooks and/or Nicky's books, believe me, YOU NEED THIS in your life. No audiobook was ever this perfect.

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Loved it!

Story: emotional, riveting and so well written! I don’t know if Nicky James is able to write a bad book. I highly doubt it!
This story was an absolute gem and pure pleasure to listen to.
Narration: great performance!

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Absolutely Brilliant 💖💖

Wow what can I say simply amazing loved book by Nicky James but listening to audio is something else it's on another journey the pain heartache, despair all the emotions of what Jason is going through you feel it you cry with him wanting to hold and comfort him help him and when he meets Skyler who's all sunshine, smiles and his love of life he's so captivating he made me laugh at all his constant chatter to Jason never shutting up his love of music and dancing so cute & beautiful and Nick J Russo as done an absolutely amazing job of bringing them to life the voices he uses sent tingles down my spine he brings all the emotions through for Jason & Skyler it's so captivating and beautiful I couldn't stop listening to it Recommend so much if you love book try this you won't be disappointed deserves more than 5 stars 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

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Nicky and Nick!

I had high expectations! They were more than fulfilled. The best word to describe it - Emotional.

But we need to focus on the performance! Sky’s insecurity in his bubbly chattering personality. The anger and hurt when Jason breaks! 13 hours of emotions! I know Nick is good, but this was above and beyond!

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Ok

I basically felt I had to listen to this book because I had bought it but at times it was really hard going. To my mind the storyline had a lot of holes in it and Sky was unbelievably irritating. However, there were times when I enjoyed it and the narrator was good.

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wow what a emotional beautiful performance

listening to nick j russo bring Jason and skyler's journey to life was beautiful emotional and fantastic

I could feel every emotion from Jason and skyler through nick j russo's performance I loved it I cried alot but by the time I finished my heart was incredibly full and complete

nicky James's beautifully written words and nick's narration was the perfect combination thank you both

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This story is above stars

I listen to a lot of audio books and I don’t feel qualified to review this because it is just so good. If I thought the book was more than five star the audio is too high to rate. Nick J. Russo. I can’t say much that hasn’t been said about him. He does so much more than a narration. He brings the characters and emotions to life. When he vocalized the meeting between Morgan and Jason I had to stop and breathe. He has made a believer out of me and I will follow him now.

Seldom do I run across a story that grabs me from the beginning and holds on till the end. This story is so full of heartbreak. Sorrow for relationships between family. Sorrow for romantic relationships. Sorrow for characters so broken I just wanted to be able to do something. The blurb tells a small overview of what this story is about but it just can’t describe the emotion involved. How does a person survive being blind for twenty years. How does a person face a reality when the reality is so horrific. How can a person grow up knowing they are never good enough and yet have a positive outlook. Somehow this author has the rare talent of delivering characters and stories that make me unhappy to end her books and leave behind the characters. They just come to life and make me want to hold on like an old friend. I love the sassiness of Skylar. I felt for Jason. How can anyone face such an experience. I love the secondary characters who are so there for their friends. I found this story exceptional since there are few I take the time to reread but this is one of the few that I will put on my list.
Should be more than five stars

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Captivating

This was a pageturner because Jason allows all kinds of weirdos in his life, including Skylar, and I was constantly waiting for the other shoe to drop. Writing and characters were good, but in the end the story turned into clichés.
Narration was good, but sometimes he lost my focus and couldn't I determine which point of view I was hearing.

ETA: one annoyance was the millenial Skylar wanting to research newspapers and not going on line but filing through actual newspapers. Even the author has never done this before, because she believes you can research 18 months of papers in 2 hours tops.

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Ridiculous. These men are idiots

Forgive me for not being able to suspend disbelief for the whole 13 hours of this audiobook. I get that some authors like writing flawed characters, but my god, Nicky James wrote a pair of idiots here. I have no idea how Jason navigated everyday life being so oblivious. His character is one-dimensional - a betrayed man who was clueless to the fact that his husband was killing any man who glanced his way. I could understand Morgan's psychopathic behavior staying under the radar for a few years, but TWENTY, no, that was too much for me. Jason was apparently a historian, and yet he had NEVER traveled, That was another thing I rolled my eyes at. This man is in his forties and he still isn't able to read body language...or tell when a person is being a creep. My sympathy for him vanished after a couple of hours. Jason WALLOWED in his guilt. There comes a point in all traumatic experiences that we have to admit the part we played, and what we are not responsible for. Jason was self-consumed and not self aware AT ALL.
Skylar was a cute character who was in some ways more mature than his older lover. But my god, he was a dumb ass too. Who in their right mind would think it was a good idea to visit the serial killer husband of your boyfriend. I swear, I nearly DNF at that point and left the audio for a few days. The author seems to like to angst-bait, which is a cheap, forgettable thrill in my experience. Shame. The narration was great.

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