I loved this story when I read it with my eyes and I loved it even more when I listened to the fantastic Piers Ryman perform the audiobook. He always does such a great job with the individual character voices. There really isn’t anything else I could say that I didn’t put in my original review which is shown below.
Aussie Sun is so good! Jeffrey and Hunter have things in common but not so much in a good way. Hunter was burned by a man he didn’t know was married and Jeffrey hid his sexuality from his now ex-wife and had an affair with a man. Jeffrey has come to Australia to reconnect with his daughter and had no intention of falling for anyone, let alone his daughter’s swim coach.
There are many things I enjoyed about this story. One of them is that the unfortunate pandemic that affected the world over the last few years wasn’t ignored but it also wasn’t beat to death. The pandemic was one of the reasons that Jeffrey hadn’t seen his daughter recently. Now that he’s resigned from politics he wants to try and make up for all of the years he missed.
I love reading books set in countries other than the US. I like how the different variations on the English language gets me learning new words. 😊 I’m happy that I use an e-reader so that I can look up words as I read. I don’t want to put anyone off by thinking you won’t understand the words in context because you will. I just like to look them up so that I know more about the words. 😊
Jeffrey and Hunter have to overcome a few obstacles – namely Hunter’s ex and Jeffrey’s daughter’s reaction to their relationship – but conflict nearly always makes for a good story. For me, this book had just the right amount and was relatively low angst.
😊 Reader advisory – there are a lot of animals in this story including a snake and a somewhat funny scene with a spider. 😊
The Flying Into Love books are connected only by theme so they can be read in any order. I’m looking forward to reading the next book: Jersey Royal, coming later this year!
A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request; my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.