I Do

De: Cheyenne Blue

Narrado por: Cat Gould

A fabulous twin-swap lesbian romance where the toaster oven could double as a wedding gift.

Accountant Allie Lane would do anything for her injured twin sister, including pretend to be her to save Sophie's fledgling event-planning business. All Allie has to do is fake being a lesbian for a few weeks and coordinate a rural gay wedding festival. Simple. Except she's nothing like her outgoing sister and, last Allie checked, she was straight.

Tarryn Harris cannot stand weddings. Now her small Australian town of Quandong is being overrun by matrimonial madness for its first gay wedding festival. The other hitch is she's been roped into being the assistant to the cute lesbian event planner. Frankly, she'd rather be left alone with her alpacas and metal art.

The finale of the festival is a fake wedding. Surely no one will vote for a wedding hater and an undercover straight woman to play the fake couple? Right?

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Cheyenne Blue (P)2024 Tantor

Cute

The narrator did a great job. I’m not sure I got fully invested in the characters for some reason. I normally love Cheyenne Blue’s characters! Overall a cute story though.

A fun twin swap

Stars: 4 Stars
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Cat Gould
Series: Stand Alone
Steam Level: Steamy

I read this for the I Heart Sapphic 2025 Reading Challenge for the prompt Opposites Attract.

I became a fan of Cheyenne Blue after reading Not for a Moment and I was excited to read this. So yeah, I’m now a big fan.

Quick Thoughts:
- Right off the top, I really, really love how diverse the characters are in this. I get annoyed when queer books only have white, gay characters when there is so much more to the community than that
- There are a few “one identical twin covers for the other” books out there and Cheyenne Blue does a great job making this one fun and different
- Part of what makes this twin switch believable is that the town Allie is traveling to for the job, no one really knows Sophie
- I admit, Tarryn annoyed me at first but then I ended up liking her (though not as much as I liked Allie)
- There is something wonderful about an author who takes a character who has the potential to be a one dimensional mean, stodgy character and showing they are just intense and are actually lovely
- Just thinking about that long drive Allie made exhausted me. Bleh
- I laughed A LOT at the mention of the Days of Our Lives rerun of when Vivian buried Carly alive. I remember seeing that exact scene back in the day when it originally aired. I watched Days faithfully for years with most of my mom’s side of the family (the guys also watched)
- Witnessing Allie learn about herself and why she had been so hesitant about things in the past, was probably one of parts I loved most about this book
- I greatly appreciated the responsibility the twins take about things
- A mention of The Pink Bean! I wasn’t expecting that! (It’s a reference to the Harper Bliss series by the same name)
- That was one adorable epilogue
- I really am just not a fan of books that end with the couple getting together (the epilogue helped that) and there was something about Tarryn that just irritated me (I enjoy reading books with unlikable main characters but not annoying ones)
- Cat Gould’s narration reminds me of Susan Duerden, who I love, so I almost instantly loved this. She had a nice, calm voice that fits really well for Allie’s character but not as well for Tarryn’s. Still loved this though. I’m excited to listen to more from Cat Gould

Overall despite this not being a five star book for me, this was a lot of fun and makes me want to read even more Cheyenne Blue books (which is why I’ve purchased three more already.) I probably wouldn’t recommend it as a first book to read by her but it’s still a good place to start.