For Real

By: Alexis Hall

Narrated by: Paul Berton, John Hartley

Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins

Publisher's summary

Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. Six years on from his last relationship, he's pushing 40 and tired of going through the motions of submission. Then he meets Toby Finch. Nineteen years old. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can't remember being.

Toby doesn't know who he wants to be or what he wants to do. But he knows, with all the certainty of youth, that he wants Laurie. He wants him on his knees. He wants to make him hurt, he wants to make him beg, he wants to make him fall in love. The problem is, while Laurie will surrender his body, he won't surrender his heart. Because Toby is too young, too intense, too easy to hurt. And what they have - no matter how right it feels - can't last. It can't mean anything. It can't be real.

©2015 Alexis Hall (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Superb narration for superb story

As much as I enjoy reading Alexis Hall's excellent prose, this time I enjoyed hearing it even more. These narrators brought the characters to life by dramatizing the story, not merely reading Hall's beautifully literate prose.

I highly recommend this production, and know I will listen to it many times.

Excellent story

Well, I not only read the book over the last week, but I listened to the audio as well. The narrators are two that I don't remember listening to before, John Hartley and Paul Berton. Their voice characters was inspired, and I loved their accents which brought the characters even more alive. I felt that I could actually see Toby and Laurie at times, and I ached for their awkwardness and I cried with them as they navigated through the beginnings of a new, unusual relationship. I'm glad they were able to overcome their obstacles and be happy. A truly well-written story and totally worth a credit.

Captivating

I really enjoyed this book. Great story, well written. The characters so different yet so comparable to each other.

The narration was well done

Amazing

I love the story, the narrators made it incredible, don't want it to end. Highly recommended

For the love of all that’s holy!!!

Alexis Hall has done it again! Wow is the only thing I can say. This book is one of the most beautiful and well written BDSM stories I have ever read. Then add to that it is a perfect representation of MM love. THEN add to that some of the most sexy hot dirty sex scenes. THEN ADD TO THAT the impeccable character development and amazing writing and you get this book. Holy hell please read this story and fall in love with Toby and Laurie you will enjoy every second of it

AUDIOBOOK PERFECTION. STORY PERFECTION

OH MY GOD. I LOVED this story. HIGHLY HIGHLY recommended in audiobook format - the two narrators were just perfect.

I loved this book - Laurie, who is 37 years old and still trying to move past his relationship with his ex 6 years later, who hates the words sub and dom but is a sub who craves that pain and humiliation and being told what to do, who falls into this thing with a much younger man, and who does everything to avoid love and boyfriends and partners, and yet finds himself with all of that anyway.

And Toby. TOBBBBYYYYY. I just wanted to wrap him up in blankets, feed him, hug him, and tell him that everything would be alright. Toby is 19, trying to figure out what to do with his life, and falls completely in love with Laurie. He's new to kink, but he knows what he wants - knows he's a dom, knows what he wants with Laurie.

The chemistry between these two is insanely hot, and the emotion and little moments between the two is everything. And the kinks that they share - what they both need in the bedroom, just meshes so perfectly well with the other. I LOVED THIS BOOK.

Amazing

This is my favorite story! I love both narrators and the love story. I would listen to this over and over again. Toby and Laurie forever!

Loved it

Yet another enjoyable read from Alexis Hall. And it definitely doesn’t hurt that the narrator could read the dictionary and I’d still listen. 😉

loved

I really enjoyed both narrators and their portrayal of the characters. I feel like the voices are spot on.
love the story.

Why was the narrator changed?

I loved, loved, loved this book. It's still wonderful, I'll still listen, but the original narrator was so much better than this updated version. I see the desire to have two separate narrators for the two POV characters, but the original narrator did a much better job keeping two distinct voices when one chapter belonged to one person while making the other's dialogue in their section so much more seamless.