The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer

By: S.E. Harmon

Narrated by: Joel Leslie

Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

In the archaeology community, Christopher “Kit” Sawyer’s family is a legacy. And while he may be a historian, not a treasure hunter, he thinks he does a pretty good job of living up to the Sawyer name. He's a book-smart research fanatic and does his best work at his tidy desk. No fedora and whip for him, if you please—a nice cup of coffee and a comfy chair will do. But decoding an ancient relic soon gives him more adventure than he bargained for.

Unwittingly, he unleashes a force he doesn't know how to control. And now he has to reunite the relic with a powerful Aztec God. The trouble with that? Kit doesn’t where to find the Tlaloc’s temple. No one does, in fact. Finding it could be a discovery for the ages. It could also lead to his untimely death. So...yay? But it’s not like he has a choice. So off to the Mexican jungle he goes.

At least he isn’t going alone.

Ethan Stone, former stepbrother and overall pain in the rump, horns in on the expedition. An experienced archaeologist, he's only coming along at their grandfather's request—which annoys Kit to no end. But he knows Ethan is just the right person to get them through the jungle safely. It’s just too bad someone is trying to beat them to the temple. And he’s willing to do anything to get there first.

Ethan thinks Kit is in over his head. Kit is secretly afraid he just may be right. In manners of archaeology...and manners of the heart….

©2023 S.E. Harmon (P)2024 S.E. Harmon

Love this kind of premise!

I went into this totally blind and was super excited to find the former stepbrothers trope, where feelings hide behind misunderstood animosity, and a most adventurous expedition to find a lost city. Glad I went with the narration, because Joel Leslie brought even more life to the story! That said, I am someone who likes all her i’s dotted and t’s crossed, so I would have liked for the more fantastical elements to have been expounded upon rather than allowed to lie where they were. But I still had a jolly good time with these two 😊

So fun, adventure and romance!

I really loved Kit and Ethan’s story. This was fun as a book but maybe even better in audio, all the adventure in the story really is perfect for listening. I really adored the two main characters and the narrator is wonderfully engaging in bringing them to life. Kit and Ethan’s story is an epic adventure across exotic locations but it is also, at its heart, a beautifully written and lovely romance. I loved it a lot.

Good Story

This was not necessarily a great romance, but a great adventure! Suspenseful definitely, takes you on almost an anxiety ride waiting to find out how is following the main characters on their journey. I love S.E. Harmson’s stories and this one was no exception.

The Narration was great as well. Did not enjoy the voice he used to be Ethan, it sounded pompous, but great otherwise.

So very good!

This was so good! We have Christopher/Kit, who comes from a family of explorers. After his mom dies, his dad starts a relation with Ethan's mother. From the get-go, Kit has an issue with Ethan. He is attracted to him, but most of all he is jealous of him. Kit is a sick child & spent most of his time confined to bed writing children's book about an archeological adventurer. Kit is a decoder who loves to solve the riddles of the past. After he examines an ancient Aztec relic, strange things start to happen to him. For one, the crown keeps following him. He would leave it & it would just show up. And he also started having weird dreams. He decides that he is going to find the temple that he believes the clues point him to. Kit's grandfather tasks Ethan on taking him on this expedition into the deep wilderness of Mexico. There is danger all around them in addition, not only from the jungle itself, but from someone from Ethan's past. You could feel the sexual tension between our MC's rolling of the pages. I loved the secondary characters as well. This will be a book I will re-read many times.

I am so very glad this came out in audio. Joel Leslie did an amazing job bringing these characters to life.

Amazing character and story development!

I loved this action adventure romance! It was equal parts Indiana Jones and enemies to lovers Rom-Com. Kit and Ethan were such fun characters and I loved seeing these two finally figure out they haven’t really hated each other since childhood. The narration was 10/10 but I wouldn’t expect anything less from Joel Leslie. He is always a must listen for me no matter what the story is. I hope we will get future books with these characters because I’m not ready to say goodbye yet!

Artifacts, Lost Cities and Falling in Love!

I absolutely adore our nerdy hero, Kit! Joel Leslie narrating gave all the personality here! Kit has become a historian while battling against his epilepsy. He was such a resilient guy! His animosity towards his perfect and charming stepbrother amps up the romance. Ethan invites himself on Kit's adventure, and we just know that there is more to it than just wanting to get under Kit's skin. Ethan is very protective and genuinely worried for Kit. Loved these two and all the artifacts and lost cities! Definitely an adventure of falling in love!

ᎥᑎᗪY, ᗯᕼO??

An absolutely adorable and riveting adventure story!! Some details don’t match up and/or pan out, but overall I thoroughly enjoyed it. Kit and Ethan are perfect and sooo believable.

BEAUTIFUL narration by Joel Leslie

Loved it!

This story was so much fun! I loved Kit and Ethan. I got serious Indy vibes and poor Kit just wants to go home. Also Joel Leslie always does an amazing job at narration on stories like this. I enjoyed it immensely.

Exciting and Fun MM Romance Adventure

I’ve read this in both eBook and audiobook format and have combined reviews after listening to the audio.
This was a wild adventurous ride with a hint of the paranormal. I was so much fun to read. Everything seems to go wrong and it makes for entertaining reading. This has the bumbling adventurer trope, enemies to lovers, former step-brothers, forced proximity, danger plus a bit of the paranormal.

I thought this was a very good book after reading it for the first time. The audiobook is something special though. There is a lot of excitement and humor plus a lot of feelings in this book. Parts of this book had me in tears because I was able to relate to certain feeling expressed by the characters, but then a few pages later those tears turned to laughter.

Joel Leslie narrated this book and all I can really say is “wow!” He was able to bring so much of everything to the book. The humor and feeling felt more intense, the action was more exciting. All of the characters were made more real. I think this will become one of my new comfort listens because it is just that great.
I hope SE Harmon will decide to extend this into a series since it could be so much fun to read and the epilogue leaves room for Kit to have an unfortunate second adventure.

I was given a copy of this book and this is my honest opinion.

Great story!

So exciting, full of action, twists and turns, a touch of paranormal and ancient Aztec history. I loved every single thing about it, not last the romance between Kit and Ethan, former stepbrothers, who have been in love with each other for most of their lives but have always has a relationship based on snark and bickering, for, well… reasons (no spoilers, read the book!). the forced proximity and danger of an expedition in the jungle to find a lost city and reunite an Aztec god with his crown forces them to admit their feelings… and in the process, has them risking their lives more than once!
I love the way Harmon tells an always enticing story and the way Joel Leslie brings it to life!