• The Loudest Silence

  • By: Olivia Janae
  • Narrated by: Abby Craden
  • Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (111 ratings)

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The Loudest Silence

By: Olivia Janae
Narrated by: Abby Craden
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Publisher's summary

A beautiful, opposites attract lesbian romance about hearing the music in your heart.

Rising star cellist Kate Flynn is new to Chicago and her job at the Windy City Chamber Ensemble. On day one, she is surprised by the board's intriguing president, Vivian Kensington. Not only does the woman come with a formidable reputation, but she's also deaf.

However, between a familiar face Kate isn't ready to see again and the difficulties of being a single mom, she isn't sure Chicago is the right place for her.

When tendrils of friendship develop with Vivian, Kate finds beneath her prickly ice queen persona unexpected kindness and warmth. Is the promise of more enough to make her stay? Can two such different women, one from a world of sound and one a world of silence, truly understand one another?

Contains mature themes.

©2022 Olivia Janae (P)2023 Tantor

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Worth the credit

There are several words I used once the book ended, all of which would flag the review from being posted. Amazing story, Amazing performance, spend that credit.

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Book was amazing & Craden again is amazing..

Abby Craden performances are always amazing and I was interested in how she would perform Vivian and let just say it was brilliant. This is a really good story, I highly recommend.

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Enjoyed the story

I Enjoyed the story, really really enjoyed the narrator. Looking forward to more audiobooks by this author.

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Such a great book!

I could not stop listening to this. I was so enraptured by this story. I was completely invested in the main characters and wanted to see them succeed. Honestly it was very like therapy for me! I saw something in one of the characters I related with and helped me realize and recognize why I do (hopefully DID) what I do. Can there be a better review?

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Highly recommend this one

This book was a nice change because it was a subject outside of your "normal" lesbian stories. Great story line, very likeable characters & Abby Craden as usual, was amazing.

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Fantastic story beautifully told.

Incredibly emotionally intelligent telling of a story that we don’t hear enough. Abby Craden’s performance nails it as usual - doing justice to an engaging storyline.

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Absolutely loved this story!

Great story the MCs were well developed and I could really connect with the dialog. Abby Craden was brilliant as always but this performance needed to be special and it was. I can't wait for this Authors next book!

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Loved this audiobook!

I bought this one because it was on sale. I didn’t have high expectations but I loved it. I was hooked right from the beginning. The characters were so well done. It was one of the best books I’ve listened to in a while.

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Meh

If looking for a story with a heavy deaf culture info dump, this is for you. But otherwise, listen to it just to have Craden in your ears. The main character Vivian just isn't believable as written. She goes from angry to gentle far too quickly, the romance part is reached early on, then the rest of the book is "here is what it's like to be deaf". Which is cool and great to see disabled characters, but... meh.

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beautifully written

I love this story. the story line is fantastic and moving. the characters really come to life.

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