Back to the Start

By: Monica McCallan

Narrated by: Lori Prince

Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

When Remy's grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years.

She's not expecting that the first girl to ever steal her heart, the pretty, popular Fallon Lewis, is still around, and in a town this small, their paths continue to cross, much to Remy's dismay. It's hard enough seeing her first love, but it's exponentially more difficult when she can barely stand to look at the woman.

Remy's trip back has the possibility to open up doors she believed were shut long ago, but she's never planned on staying, and she definitely never planned on letting Fallon back into her life.

If she thought being a teenager in a small town was hard, she's about to find out how much harder life is when there's no one but herself to blame for her problems.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Monica McCallan (P)2022 Tantor

Sweet romance

Fallon and Remi finding each other again is so sweet! The story shows us how misinterpretations and old wounds influence our experience and the stories we create. Another great story by Monica MacCallan and great narration by Lori Prince.

The blonde & brunette

Cute story, and overall I liked it, but what is with calling the The Blonde and The Brunette through the entire book? Frankly it was annoying as all hell.
And why is there always a double standard in lesbian romances? Why is one always expected to tell the other one first? And why does the other one get away with saying, “you should have known”?
I DID enjoy the book, I guess I e just been listening to too much lesbian drama lately. lol
Monica always tells a good story and Lori is excellent as always.

Brilliant

Per usual, this story is amazing! This author is one of the best I've come across. This is the 5th book of hers that I've read and it's just incredible. I love it!!

Blonde and Brunette!!!

The book was pretty good besides the author constantly referring to the main characters and the blonde or the brunette. It was really weird and I’ve never read anything like it. As much as she said it, I couldn’t always remember which was which. By the end of it I was just laughing but it was very strange. If the reviews worry you I wouldn’t recommend it, because it’s literally in 85% of the book.

This is my second time listening to this story!

Love the individual characters as well as how dynamic their relationship is over the period of time in the story. Lori Prince narration is great as always!

Dolly

This is such a heartwarming story laced with such intense emotion. Love the chemistry between the two characters.

Modern and Relatable

Chemistry, romance, steam we’re all excellent. What really hooked me was that the main character was the one who had to change her thinking, several times actually, until she got it right. In the beginning she feels justified for her views and is confidently “adulting”. But as the story progresses she is confronting with multiple opportunities to realize how much maturing in her relationships she has to do. Narration, of course, was amazing.

Characters

Loved the story! This being said, referring to the main characters as the blonde and the brunette drove me insane!

Good but…

I’ve really started to love Monica McCallans’ books, but this one was a struggle. The constant mentioning of hair color was honestly annoying. There are a myriad of ways to describe characters especially when the hair color means nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Great audiobook

This was a very cute story about second chances at first love. Lori Prince did an amazing job now narrating this book. She really brought those feelings to life when listening to the book. My only struggle through this book was the constant saying of the brunette, and the blonde, why would you not just say Remi and Fallon. Other than that it was a great book.