Whelan.In today's busy world, kind words are important. I highly recommend you grab your earbuds and listen to Thank You for Listening. Whelan peeled back these characters’ layers and build up a romance with sizzling chemistry and friendship that felt genuine. The Story – From what drew these characters together to their baggage, the story had depth.These are her words and characters, so she gets them and that transferred directly to the listener. The Narration – Julia Whelan was/is one of my favorite female narrators from Stephen King’s horror to fantasy she brings her A game.It’s raw, honest, enlightening and completely captures the listener. Conflicts & Character Growth– From the care of the elderly to finding yourself, Whelan explores many topics through her characters.I was so eager for their meet and worried it wouldn’t happen.
The Romance – While the story falls more towards women’s fiction, the hook-up at the convention and the buildup to the romance through email & text conversations will all leave you swooning.Besties, friends, business associates, and family added depth as secondary characters. Brock McNight, the sultry voice behind so many romance novels, hides himself. Her relationship with her grandmother and feelings towards relationships tugged at my heartstrings. When her friend needs her to fill in at an audio convention, she does it. Call her jaded if you must, but she doesn’t believe in the happily ever after thing. Sewanee began her narrating career in the romance genre and was successful before moving on to other genres. The Characters– Whelan’s characters are complex, multi-dimensional and love them or hate them, you’ll connect.5 Reasons to Listen to Thank You For Listening I adored her and quickly slipped into the story. Reluctantly, but it’s a journey that will change her. In this romantic women’s fiction Sewanee Chester, an award-winning narrator who gave up a promising acting career after a tragic accident, returns to the romance genre where her audiobook career began. I adored Whelan’s debut My Oxford Year which tugged at my emotions, so naturally, I was eager to listen to Thank You For Listening. If she can learn to risk everything for desires she has long buried, she will discover a world of intimacy and acceptance she never believed would be hers. Soon, she is dreaming again, but secrets are revealed, and the realities of life come crashing down around her once more. But her admiration of the late author, and the opportunity to get her grandmother more help, makes her decision for her.Īs Sewanee begins work on the book, resurrecting her old romance pseudonym, she and Brock forge a real connection, hidden behind the comfort of anonymity. Sewanee doesn’t buy what romance novels are selling-not after her own dreams were tragically cut short-and she stopped narrating them years ago. On her return home, Sewanee discovers one of the world’s most beloved romance novelists wanted her to perform her last book-with Brock McNight, the industry’s hottest, most secretive voice.
When she arrives in Las Vegas last-minute for a book convention, Sewanee unexpectedly spends a whirlwind night with a charming stranger. She’s found success and satisfaction from the inside of a sound booth and it allows her to care for her beloved, ailing grandmother. From the author of My Oxford Year, Julia Whelan’s uplifting novel tells the story of a former actress turned successful audiobook narrator-who has lost sight of her dreams after a tragic accident-and her journey of self-discovery, love, and acceptance when she agrees to narrate one last romance novel.įor Sewanee Chester, being an audiobook narrator is a long way from her old dreams, but the days of being a star on film sets are long behind her.
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