I loved, loved this book and the love story of Ethan and Clay. I really wish I could give it more than 5 stars. The story will give you all the big feels – laughing, crying, swooning, cringing, teeth gritting, and cheering. After discovering his fiancé cheating on him with his best friend, Ethan, who is hard of hearing, goes on his Australian honeymoon alone. Clay is an Australian tour bus driver. They become friends during the two week tour and the chemistry slowly ramps up. Clay and Ethan are real, relatable people who have flaws, but are really trying to just do their best as messy humans. The story included sweet moments, steamy scenes, chuckles, supportive families, messy families, painful pasts, and heart squeezing love. I especially love the way the story includes Ethan’s feelings and issues with his hearing loss. I love when romance books include real life issues it makes for more three dimensional characters and more well rounded storylines.
Joel Leslie did a phenomenal job narrating the story and breathing life into the characters with enough change of inflection, tone and cadence to voice multiple characters quite convincingly. The Australian accents were great.