Chasing Perfect

Fool's Gold, Book 1

By: Susan Mallery

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

There is only one thing wrong with the charming community of Fool’s Gold, California: the men don’t stick around! This problem has to be fixed, fast, and Charity Jones may be just the city planner up to the challenge. Charity immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer – except its sexy, famous, world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy…but it may just be what they both need!

©2010 Susan Mallery (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The book brims with quick-witted, good-natured characters, and though Charity and Josh occasionally verge on blandness, their romance grows poignantly and with chemistry to spare." ( Publishers Weekly)

Nice surprise for a contemp romance!

**4.5 stars**
I've not had a lot of luck with contemporary romance/chick lit. I found this book to be better than most of the contemp romances. When compared to the popukar contemp romances Ive read. Chasing Perfect has less cheesy quotes; a super hot hero and a wonderful heroine with unbelievable chemistry; lots of funny moments; and the backdrop story of Fool's Gold and it's city-planning problem couldn't be better!! Very funny!

Just when I expected it to turn into another formulaic contemp story, the book surprised me with true character depth, or an embarasing and hilarious bad-date scene, or even better, a red-hot romantic scene that was unexpected.

Most of all, it's a nice lite read when your mood is for a comfort read vs an angst- filled romance.

Nice narrator, though she has a nasally voice at times, she did a great job!
I'm always thankful for a good narrator these days. :)

I'm definitely reading the next two. (Ethan's story, then Pia's story)
Recommended highly for anyone who enjoys contemp romance! Also recommended for the reluctant... :)

loved it

I enjoy the Fools Gold series. The audio performance was enjoyable. Well done. Easy listening.

Eh. Not the best, but not bad.

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I wouldn't. The performance wasn't bad but I just couldn't get into the story.

Would you ever listen to anything by Susan Mallery again?

Yes. She wasn't bad at all.

Have you listened to any of Tanya Eby’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Bored. I hate to be so mean but to be honest the story just bored me to death. It just didn't have that heated passion or any OMG moments that tend to make you fall in love with a good romance book.

The characters

I love the characters they were easy to follow, and the narration was excellent. I like the thought of the town, and what it stood for.

Okay Story, Awful Narration

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This wasn't the most enjoyable audiobook I've listened to, but I enjoyed the story enough to listen through till the end. It wasn't as good as some of Susan Mallery's other books (the Buchanan series), but wasn't awful.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have made the main character less obstinate. There were times she was so dense I wanted to smack her.

What didn???t you like about Tanya Eby???s performance?

Where do I begin? My biggest problem with it was that this narrator is not a story-teller. She reads words with great diction, but little feeling. And when she does express some emotion, it was often the wrong one. She read with different voices for the characters, but didn't provide any difference in inflection, tone or personality to distinguish them. Every character was read as if they were at a job interview. At an elementary school. It was weird.

Fool's Gold-Another winner

I haven't read a Fool's Gold story that I haven't loved. Loved the characters and the story.

I loved it, Susan Mallery is a good writer

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Recommend this book to a friend, she would love it like I did

Who was your favorite character and why?

Pea - she was just funny

Which character – as performed by Tanya Eby – was your favorite?

Charity Jones

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Josh and Charity got together

Charity and Heart

What did you love best about Chasing Perfect?

The introduction to the town the people and the need to get involved. I wish I lived there.

What did you like best about this story?

That the character's got to "belong". That what u see isn't always what you get.

What about Tanya Eby’s performance did you like?

Love her.....

Any additional comments?

Fool's Gold - I want to move there. I want to be one of them.

Not a bad start

This book starts yet another series by Susan Mallery. While not outstanding, I did enjoy it much more than some of her other groupings. This was a pleasant but predictable romance novel - there was nothing really special about it. However, it was interesting enough that I will buy the next installment.

Second time

I absolutely love the fools gold series. Read them all once and now I’m on my second time. Can’t believe how much i feel like these people are my family. Can’t say enough good things about it.