A Heart to Revitalize Me

The Magi Accounts 4.5 (The Magi Accounts Companion Stories)

De: Michele Notaro

Narrado por: Zachary Zaba

Lately my straight best friend has been very… handsy, which is killing me because I’ve been in love with the idiot for years.

I love my best friend, I always have, but I never wanted him to realize just how much. He’s never seemed to notice before, but since he broke up with his girlfriend, he’s been really clingy. Like way more than I’ve ever seen. I love it. And it’s killing me.

What I really want is all those cuddles and sweet touches to mean more than they do. I have to keep reminding my heart that everything Haiden is doing is platonic, even if it feels like it isn’t. Unfortunately for me, my stupid heart doesn’t stop hoping for more.

A Heart To Revitalize Me is a MM urban fantasy romance companion novel meant to be listened to AFTER A Ruse To Unchain Us (The Magi Accounts 4). This is Logan and Haiden’s story and takes place between books 4 and 5 of the main series. It’s the last Magi Accounts Companion Stories novel and is meant to be listened to as part of the series, not by itself, although the love story is resolved in this book.

©2023 Michele Notaro (P)2025 Michele Notaro

Great Series Addition!

“A Heart To Revitalize Me” is part of The Magi Accounts Companion Stories by Michele Notaro. It’s not necessary to read these companion books when reading the Magi Accounts, but it adds a lot to the experience as relationships and events in these books to have an impact on the main series. I highly recommend reading all of the books in both series in their respective order. Yes, it makes this a longer series to read but it is so very worth it. This series and this book are not standalones.

I recently had the opportunity to listen to the audiobook for “A Heart To Revitalize Me“ and I was excited. The books in this series are some of my favorite re-listens and I was excited when this book was released in audio. Haiden and Logan have been cherished parts of this series since they were younger teens. Readers have watched them grow into young men as the world they lived in changed. This is the book where the two best friends become so much more. It is sweet and fun but still has the feel of the main series and the world it’s set in. The audio for this book was fantastic! Zachary Zaba’s performance was so good! He has really made this world come to life with his narration.

I was given a copy of this audiobook and this is my honest opinion.

Love and Longing

A Heart to Revitalize Me is the last of the Magi Accounts Companion novellas and the second to last book in The Magi Accounts series. This is Logan and Hayden's story, a best friends to lovers tale with all the angst and pining you get when one MC (Logan) has been in love with his straight/ has a girlfriend best friend (Hayden) from almost the moment they met. Hayden was a bit distrustful of the Ono-Nais, and may have been somewhat hostile to the other teen in the beginning. Which made it difficult for Lo to like his crush. But after Hay has that lightbulb moment and realizes his forever is right in front of him. he begins to court Logan. Except Logan doesn't realize it.
Zachary Zaba does a great job conveying Logan's confusion and doubt. "It isn't a date- he never said it was a date." Just because Hayden brought him chocolates and flowers didn't mean a it was a date. Did it? It was absurd, it was sweet. Oh the humor. Oh the angst.
The combination of Michele Notaro's wonderful story telling with Zachary Zaba's narration was a delight. It didn't seem like seven hours passed! Very enjoyable experience. The audio gave the story added dimension. Definitely worth a re-listen.
I received an advanced audio of this story and this is my review.

Logan and Haiden!

Logan's crush on Haiden hasn't exactly been a secret over the last couple of books in the main series, but I genuinely wasn't sure if they'd end up getting a story of their own with how close Haiden kept his cards to his chest. You can imagine my excitement when I found out about this novella, and let me tell you, it was just as sweet and adorable as I hoped it would be. I'm a total sucker for best-friends to lovers, and everything about Logan and Haiden at the start of this made me want to grab them and smush them together until they figured themselves out. Haiden and Logan were the kind of friends who didn't hesitate to hug and cuddle, and it was killing me that Logan was too scared of messing up the status quo and Haiden was too oblivious about what his tiger wanted to see what was right in front of them. Even after Haiden did finally sort out what his need to constantly be around Logan meant, Logan had convinced himself there was no way Haiden might ever want to date him even when Haiden was literally taking him on cute dates and giving him cute nicknames. I found the whole debacle endlessly entertaining, and things only got better when Logan and Haiden finally got on the same page about their relationship and started being all lovey dovey. Because they knew so much about each other, their relationship got deep quickly, and I was thrilled to see how compatible they were as life partners. The majority of their story had such a sweet and happy tone, but towards the end Michele Notaro reminded me that the two of them still live in a very dystopian world where nothing can be taken for granted. While I do wish that Logan and Haiden could have sailed easily into a happily ever after, seeing the way they responded to each other in harder times made me even more certain they were ready to commit to their relationship for the rest of their lives. The themes of found family and unconditional love tied the whole story together, and I can't say enough good things about where Logan and Haiden ended up. Now all that's left is to take care of the Red Cloth!

Insecurity and Love!

FINALLY! Poor sweet Logan finds out his best friend Haiden actually has just as strong of feelings for him. It just took stubborn Haiden a little while to go for it. I adore when best friends just need to be close to each other and are very tactile. These two were genuinely sweet and totally belonged together. Haiden wants Logan as his mate. Swoon. I did like that although it was a sweet romance it was also a bit more realistic. It was not just instant I love you. Haiden had to help Logan not feel insecure and to know he was his everything. Cuddly with a bit of steam! Zachary Zaba has the best narrating voice for paranormal sweethearts!

So So Good

A Heart To Revitalize Me is the 4th book in The Magi Accounts Companion Stories. This book meant to be read after A Ruse To Unchain Us the 4th book in The Magi Accounts series. This is the story of Logan and Hayden. I love this book so much because I wanted these two to be together. All I can say is it was worth the wait. Michele Notaro has done an amazing job with this book. If you get the audio narration, Zachary Zaba does a wonderful job of narrating this series. He makes the change in characters seamlessly. I can't wait to listen to the next book. I would definitely recommend this book and series as 5 star reads.

This had me giggling

I giggled so hard at these two. It is a lesson in communication! I loved this storyline and theses two stole my heart.

Very touchy feely - by Shana W

3.5 stars. This was a sweet and, for the most part, fluffy story with a tiny bit of action and some very brief conflict between some of the characters. It's hard not to like the main characters, Logan and Haiden, who are best friends at first until they are lovers with a wonderful relationship. But the story didn't feel that much different from the other books, and it could have been a little shorter and still conveyed the same information and feeling. I also felt that Haiden, the tiger shifter, was so touchy-feely and kissy kissy all the time that I was a little bit put off; he would have driven me crazy if I were in Logan's shoes. However, if a lot of PDA and physical contact is your thing, you will enjoy this story very much.
I listened to the audiobook and I loved the narration by Zachary Zaba. He is one of my favourite narrators, with a knack for bringing the characters and the story to life. He managed to make the book more entertaining with good expression and pacing. So five stars for the narration.
I received an audiobook copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Such a lovely story

I don't want to say biased but full disclosure I love this author there's never been a book that they haven't put out that I don't absolutely love. this book is no different for me I was excited when I heard it was coming out on audio because I travel a lot so for me audio books are fantastic. I thought the narrator did a great job of telling us the story and getting in the emotions that the characters were feeling I think they did a really great job with that. obviously love the characters I am smitten with the series I own it on my Kindle I own it on audio. I love this family I love their bond I love their relationship it makes you feel good. I highly recommend this series.

Love Logan and Hayden

It's awesome that we finally get Logan's story! This cannot be listened to out of order. If you haven't checked out this series yet, you're missing out. These characters will leave a mark on your heart. Michele just can't leave two alone without twisting the knife just a bit but we get to see just how much Hayden cares for Logan. He definitely respects Logan and sees his strengths though he's also there to comfort when needed. This is a great story and the Zachary does a great job bringing these guys to life!