Sleepless in Manhattan

From Manhattan with Love, Book 1

By: Sarah Morgan

Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

From USA Today best-selling author Sarah Morgan comes a hot new trilogy set in the exciting world of New York City. Don't miss this heartwarming story about a trio of women navigating friendship, finding love, and embracing life!

Cool, calm, and competent, events planner Paige Walker loves a challenge. After a childhood spent in and out of hospitals, she's now determined to prove herself - and where better to take the world by storm than Manhattan? But when Paige loses the job she loves, she must face her biggest challenge of all - going it alone.

Except launching her own events company is nothing compared to hiding her outrageous crush on Jake Romano - her brother's best friend, New York's most in-demand date, and the only man to break her heart. When Jake offers Paige's fledgling company a big chance, their still-sizzling chemistry starts giving her sleepless nights. But can she convince the man who trusts no one to take a chance on forever?

©2016 Sarah Morgan (P)2016 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited.

Terrific - except for one small detail...

Let me start by saying I loved the story, loved the narrator, thoroughly enjoyed it. The New York setting is fun and enchanting, the characters well-drawn, and the storyline has some good twists. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series.

My one issue and the reason for the four stars on “overall”? I could tell from the get-go that the writer was British, and the constant Britishisms were jarring and distracting. Why set the book on New York, with American characters, one who was raised in Brooklyn, and have them say things no American would utter, like “in hospital” instead of “in the hospital,” “queuing up” instead of “lining up,” “diary” instead of “calendar,” “motorbike” instead of “motorcycle” “top of the range” instead of “top of the line” “wind her up,” “messing her around” - I’m from New Jersey, and trust me, no one - whether from Maine or NY, uses those expressions. To me it totally distracted me from the story. Wouldn’t it have been simple for the author to have an American read the story before publishing and point those things out? I don’t get it. I’d say the same thing to an American author setting her story in the UK with British characters who say “trunk” instead of “boot” or “trash can” instead if “waste bin” - surely this would be jarring to British readers.

Quick, fun ‘listen’

A quick, fun “listen”. However, the narrator’s voice drove me crazy at times as she tried to change it for various characters. I felt like she made Eve sound like a ditz and there was a female character who was celebrating her 30th birthday who came off sounding like a man. Otherwise, an enjoyable, predictable quick ‘listen’.

Probably a better read

This was hard to listen to. The voices were okay and the story line was a bit choppy. One minute the characters are one place and the next minute they’re in a completely different location and I think that I completely zoned out because how did they get home or how did they get to the restaurant? Overall the story was predictable and cliché but cute. Probably better to read it than listen to it. Character development was a little weak, and I struggled to remember who was who. It’s probably could be alleviated by reading the book.

Love ittt!!!!!!!!

A very good Chick flick story and I love it!!!!! I definitely recommend it to anyone who loves a good love story.

Sweet

This is the first book in a series and I can't wait for the next one. Sweet and sexy, what more could anyone ask for.

Male Voices are Rough

Somehow I ended up with a couple freebie Sarah Morgan Audible listens. In Sarah Morgan's defense, the narrator's strong suit is not male voices, and it created a bit of a nails-on-chalkboard effect that marred the story.

But it was a fun trilogy getting to follow the three friends as they started their own business and all got happily-ever-afters.

I'd rate this an R for swearing and sex smut.