Your Perfect Year

A Novel

By: Charlotte Lucas, Alison Layland - translator

Narrated by: Carly Robins, P. J. Ochlan

Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

A man consumed by a meaningless life is going to do something he’s never considered doing before. He’s going to enjoy the day...

For hyper-particular publishing heir Jonathan Grief, the day starts like any other - with a strict morning fitness regimen that’ll keep his divorced, easily irritated, cynical, forty-two-year-old self in absolutely flawless physical condition. But all it takes to put a crimp in his routine is one small annoyance. Someone has left a leather-bound day planner with the handwritten title Your Perfect Year in his spot on his mountain bike at his fitness course!

Determined to discover its owner, Jonathan opens the calendar to find that someone known only as “H.” has filled it in with suggestions, tasks, and affirmative actions for each day. The more he devotes himself to locating the elusive H., the deeper Jonathan is drawn into someone else’s rich and generous narrative - and into an attitude adjustment he desperately needs.

He may have ended up with a perfect year by accident, but it seems fate has set Jonathan on a path toward healing, feeling, and maybe even loving again...if only he can meet the stranger who’s changing his life one day at a time.

©2019 by Charlotte Lucas. (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Amazing!

I love this story and the narration. I wept, laughed and could not stop listening. I have recommended this book to all my friends and family.

A little long and a little sad but hopeful

Narrators did a fine job, but the main male character was unlikeable and I was so confused by the main female characters emotions that I had a hard time sympathizing. Felt it was a little too long. Took too long to get to the end.

nice story

preditable but pleasant easy listening. not fond of cozy books, but this one is okay

Your Perfect Year.

I've been a avid Audio book listener of Carolyn Brown s novels. I ventured out of my comfort zone with Charlotte Lucas and am so glad I did! Wonderful story line, great in-depth character s.5 Star!!!!!

Wonderful read

I enjoyed the story tremendously. while it was hard to put down as you couldn't wait till the characters finally met and got together unfortunately it was very anti-climatic. I absolutely love the premise of the book and the characters and still very happy that I read this book.

Cute story

However, I highly recommend listening at 1.5 to 2 times the playback speed to limit the awkward pauses and to smooth out the deliberate manner of speaking by the male narrator. I assure you that the pauses and deliberate manner of speaking are completely how that type of stuffy male character would speak but I am not that tolerant so when I sped up the playback the book was much more enjoyable.

That being said, I really did like the story. The characters were, in their own way, interesting and friendly, and the narration (once sped up) was pleasant. The story doesn't require a lot of attention so listening while making dinner or doing housework was easy. I will say the ending lacked a good, well, happily ever after ending. it ended well enough but not how it should have.

Good storyline

Unlike anything I've listened to before, I enjoyed the storyline. The characters seemed like they could be real people, however, if I earned a dollar for every time Jonathan's name was said in full I could have a nice vacation. It was a bit excessive and started to get annoying, though not enough to put the book down. Overall it was a good story.

This was so good!

I didn’t recognize the title in my library. When I read the details I remembered that I’d read (listened to) it some time ago. A lovely story. I may read it again.

Very cute!

Cute easy read! Great translation! If ur looking for a light story this is for u!

Pleasant Surprise

Listening on Audible, I had a tough time getting into this book because the Male narrator sounded so stiff. I felt he was doing this on purpose as his conception of the character he was playing. it still was hard to get past. However, I'm so glad i hung in there as the story soon had me under its spell. I even began to enjoy the Male narrator. This was a delightful book. I hope you give it a chance.