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5++ stars for Hot and Cold (audiobook) by Tara September #audiobook #audiobookreview #bookreview #hockeyromance #campusromance #grumpysunshine #mustlisten



Title: Hot and Cold

Author: Tara September

Voice Actors: Laura Horowitz, Aaron Shedlock

Genre: Hockey Romance, Campus Romance, Grumpy Sunshine Romance, New Adult Romance

 

Book Blurb:

 

In the game of love, who will melt first?


LUKE:


No one seems to comprehend the pressures of playing for an NCAA college hockey team and being in the pre-med program. With the NHL draft and graduation looming, I can’t handle any distractions in my life. Discipline and focus are my two best friends.


The absolute last thing I need my senior year is to be roped into some campus social media project with a sexy junior who changes majors more times than she does clothes. Yet here I am, posing for a calendar I had no intention of participating in, attending parties, and making out, among other things, in public. And yeah, if I’m smiling the whole way, it must be because I’ve finally cracked. That’s the only explanation why I’ve let Jax sashay her way into my every thought. Puck me!


My world has been irrevocably turned upside down once already, and I won’t let it happen again—even if it means becoming the “Ice Man” that everyone calls me.


JAX:


It might have taken me three years to decide on a major, but I’ve got it all figured out now, and I’m going to win a coveted communications internship too. I just need the grumpy hockey captain to relax a bit and help me help his team. So what if I know diddly about the game and that he won’t even let me past the front door? I’ve got this! And if I’m shivering at his touch, it’s because he’s so cold, not because he makes me hot.


Nope, despite the rumors circulating on campus, we’re only spending every waking minute together because of my assignment, that’s all. Although, maybe we’re dating? I don’t know, but I plan to find out! Because it’s starting to feel real, especially his kisses. Yup, I’m totally pucked!

 

My Review:

 

Story Impressions – He’s called Ice Man, but Jax is about to melt his defences. Hot and Cold is a hilarious, heartwarming campus hockey romance. Tara September combines several popular tropes and creates a college romance impossible to resist. This is book three in Tara September’s Lessons in Love series. I have to give the author props for continuity. I’ve read the previous two books. All three books take place at the same time. It would be understandable for the author to slip and drop the ball on the continuity. Book one was published two years ago. The continuity is flawless and impressive. Well done! The narration is simply incredible. It’s dual narration and these two make this romance audiobook outstanding. I couldn’t stop listening. The best audiobook I’ve listened to all year. If you love campus romance, hockey romance, grumpy/sunshine romance, or just romance in general, you’ll fall in love with Hot and Cold.

 

Narrators’ overall voice –Aaron and Laura narrate this campus romance to perfection. Their voices are engaging yet don’t detract from the overall story.


Do the narrators fit the characters? Yes, the voice actors use their voices like instruments, differing them to fit the characters. They are the characters, just like I imaged their voices to sound like.


Narrators’ reading style –There’s an effortlessness to Aaron and Laura’s style which makes listening to a breeze.


Narrators’ impact on reading experience –Aaron and Laura make the characters come alive. Readers can enjoy listening to them and ponder this delightful hockey romance.


Narrators’ pacing –The pacing is even and doesn’t detract the reader’s attention.


Audiobook flow –The audiobook flows well. I found myself listening late into the night.


What makes this audiobook unique –What I found so unique about this audiobook was the way Aaron and Laura convey emotion and tension.


Would I recommend this audiobook –Yes, I would recommend it to any listener. You’ll be entertained for hours.

 

My Rating: 5++ stars

 

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Author Biography:

 

Bestselling, multi-award-winning romance author of steamy & sassy Contemporary and New Adult stories that will leave you "grinning like a Cheshire Cat." Residing in NYC and Southwest Florida, Tara holds a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and is the proud mom to twin boys and four writing distractions, I mean cats.

 

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Reviewed by: Nancy

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