With a Kick Collection No.1 features entertaining stories about two different couples.
A Twist and Two Balls is about aspiring actor Eduardo (Eddy) and taxi driver Nuri. These two meet when Eduardo hires Nuri’s taxi. Nearing his destination Eduardo realizes he doesn’t have enough money to pay the fare. He leaves the taxi and Nuri chases after him.
Their story is witty, funny at times, and sometimes a little sad. I love how Joel Leslie does all of the different voices for the supporting characters. Nuri has a large family so there were a wide variety of voices he needed to perform.
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Nice and Snow is about Eddy and Nuri’s first Christmas together and things don’t go smoothly. When Nuri is driving Eddy home they pick up someone they assume is homeless but he turns out to be much more. This was a delightful short story.
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Slap and Tickle is about Bryan, an accountant who likes things nice an orderly, and Phiz, someone who is decidedly unorderly. It was fun listening to these two characters blend themselves together and realize that they both harbor similar secret desires.
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Smack Happy is a cute follow up story for Bryan and Phiz and I liked it a lot.
These stories are delightfully British and I thoroughly enjoyed listening to all of the different voices done by Joel Leslie. His audio book performances are among my favorites; he helped me learn to appreciate listening to books when I thought I wouldn’t like it.
Overall this is a good collection of stories and kept me very entertained for several hours.
A copy of this audio book was provided to me by the author but my review was voluntary.