Sparks like Ours

By: Melissa Brayden

Narrated by: Melissa Sternenberg

Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Gia Malone wants one thing and one thing only: to be the best surfer in the world. Her biggest obstacle is the annoyingly perky Elle Britton. Not only is Elle number one in the rankings, she's also a fan favorite. But there's a lot about Elle that Gia never noticed, like her surprising sense of humor and picture-perfect mouth.

Elle Britton is tired. After tournaments, fan meetups, and nonstop media requests, all she wants in the world is a little peace and quiet. But with Gia Malone closing in on her ranking, she has to surf her best. When the media picks up the story of their neck-and-neck status, Elle finds herself forced further into the spotlight, this time alongside Gia, the knockout with the killer shred and sexy smile.

It's not long before there's no denying the chemistry on and off the beach. But only one can win....

A Seven Shores romance

©2018 Melissa Brayden (P)2018 Bold Strokes Books, Inc

Great book! Definite must read!

I enjoyed this book from start to finish! I love this series and can't wait for the next! The characters are all bubbly and exciting to learn. I just laugh at their antics! The chemistry between the main characters was good from the beginning and the good times just keep rolling! The narrator does an excellent job expressing the emotions throughout and has aa wonderful voice. Definitely a page turner!

Excellent Audio!

I enjoyed Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden. This is part of the Seven Shores romance series. Two rival women surfers must work together on an ad campaign. And the rest is history . Melissa Sternenberg does an excellent job with the narration.

Welcome, Sparks Like Ours, to Brayden's top 3.

I loved every second of this book. In my opinion its one of the top 3 books from Melissa Brayden. During this series I had always felt that Gia's story was going to be my favorite. I just had no idea that it's book would revisit so many characters from her past books. I screamed when Mallory Spencer arrived, and swooned when Jordan Tuscana and Hunter Blair showed up as well. Perfectly written and has now joined the ranks with Just Three Words and How Sweet it is as my favorite Melissa Brayden books.

Sparks are flying and it was good

This book was not my favorite of Melissa's prob because the plot was a little overdone with competing athletes. I love the surfing aspect though. Also, I felt the way the surfers handled the initial losing streak was a bit weak.
But getting past all that, I love all these characters and they sassiness and everyone's outlook on love and romance. Melissa gave me a nice read and I enjoy the 7 shores romances a ton.
Keep going. I feel a fashionista is going to be very happy soon.

Wanting more

I loved this book probably because I love be surfing, but I like the characters. It’s not a 5 star because I would like more character development on Gia and Elle. Why do lesbian novel have so much sex scenes. It’s like cursing unnecessary. I think you could do a whole series more on n just these 2. Though I am curious why when Gia brought up hunter, Melissa did write in that Malory brought hunter with her and they reconnected there friendship

Some serious sparks

Can't believe I forgot to leave a review for this one!
Melissa & Melissa, doesn't get any better.

Loved this, my favorite Seven Shores book for sure. Gia & Elle is just a lovely pairing and the story & setting is just great.

WOW

Loved the book, hell I've listened to the first 3 now and cant wait to be able to get the 4th. Amazing story line.

Amazing story

This book had me hooked from the beginning. It’s a great story from a brilliant writer, with excellent character development as well as delightful dialogue. I loved everything about it and totally recommend this book

open conversation

I enjoyed the conversation of talking things through, instead of jumping to conclusions. Very refreshing!

A Competitors-to-Lovers Done Especially Well

I listened to this one as an audiobook while walking the dog and doing chores over a week or so. I savoured it, which isn't to say I wasn't hooked, but more that the pacing here was really consistent and gave nice pauses where I could (just) stand to pause it to hold onto the story for a few more dog walks at a time.

This book in the Seven Shores quartet lands upon Gia, the top-ten surfer we've come to love through the first two books, and settles itself pretty quickly into what could be in the hands of a lesser author a simple play through of the "enemies-to-lovers" trope (or, maybe just "dislike-to-love"). Gia plays her life pretty close to the chest, and she's worked damn hard to get where she is, and isn't one to mince words—which leaves her to be far, far less outgoing than one of her competitors, Elle, who is currently number one in the surfing rankings.

Elle—to put it mildly—drives Gia nuts. She's so plastic and fake and bubbly and always "on" and it's so obvious no one can be that upbeat and happy and perfectly perky all the time.

And then they land a co-sponsorship, which means spending time together, and it turns out Elle isn't by any means plastic. And Elle starts to realize Gia has more to her than just being a grumpy and silent and talented athlete. They bond. They help each other out once or twice, and then... well, like the title says, sparks.

I love where Brayden went with the conflict of their relationship, because (a) it wasn't something I'd seen before in a (fr)enemies-to-lovers plot, and (b) it was about the two women making a choice between two very important things. It wasn't miscommunication. It wasn't a misunderstanding. It was a realization that two things they wanted very, very much weren't going to be compatible in the short (and maybe even long) term.

I loved that.

I also loved the resolution having impact, and something I rarely ever see in sports-related romance, which I would love to see much more often, but I don't want to spoil it by spelling it out here.

I should note the performer continues to be excellent in this audio series, and her tones and accents nabbed and grabbed throughout, and as always the characterization was solid in her hands. If you've not tried this series, grab them in order, and feel confident in getting them all in one go.

Now I'm so looking forward to the last of the quartet, Hadley.

(Also, I wonder if I could convince Brayden to write a Christopher story for me.)