Necessary Restorations

The Walshes, Book 3

De: Kate Canterbary

Narrado por: Christian Fox, Lucy Rivers

Sam Walsh is hanging on by a thread.

He works hard at concealing his chronic illnesses and represses the lingering pains of childhood, but he's running out of vices to distract him from his wounds.

Nothing feels good anymore. Not his prize-winning work preserving historic homes, not the family that refuses to give up on him even when he's at his most self-destructive. The only thing he wants is the conservatory-trained chaos he meets in a stalled elevator car. She's the friend he never asked for and can't imagine living without. Then, she's more than a friend. She's everything.

Tiel Desai is not the same person she used to be. She's finally found a place for herself in Boston, leaving the rejection and disappointment of her past behind. She keeps herself too busy to think about any of it, her days spent in grad school and with neurodivergent children in her music therapy practice, her nights devoted to the city’s underground music scene. She's learned how to get by—until Sam Walsh crashes into her world. He up-ends everything and takes spaces in her life she didn't know she had to give.

They find more in each other than they ever realized they were missing.

But finding it might not be enough to keep it—or each other.

©2015 Kate Canterbary (P)2016 Tantor

A solid follow up in the series. Great narration

The story is mostly about being able to accept ones self as you are and understanding that your quirks makes you who you are. There is much to balance these characters and I think this was writen very well. I loved how the friendship factor was developed and again the family dynamic aspect of this series makes it an even greater experience. Loved the narration!!

Necessary necessary restoration

Very good book a love story must read. You will laugh cry and cheer then cry some more

great book

I love this series. I can't wait to read the next one for the second time!

I was completely charmed!

Would you listen to Necessary Restorations again? Why?

Yes, the two narrators were excellent, and I really enjoyed the story's pacing and the character development for both Tiel and Sam. I have nothing but praise for the audio production and the well executed plot.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sam. I have a soft spot for OCD and germaphobic characters because I can identify with them 100%.

Which character – as performed by Christian Fox and Lucy Rivers – was your favorite?

Sam. Again because both narrators had great voices for each character but for Sam in particular and also because I liked the way Sam's mind worked.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Embrace your perviness!

Any additional comments?

This was my first novel by Kate Canterbary, and it certainly won't be my last. Now I'm also incredibly curious about Sam's other siblings. Consequently, a complete series read is a must. I'm also putting narrators Christian Fox and Lucy Rivers on my list of MUST-LISTEN narrators.

LOVE Sam and Tiel!

This is the 3rd in the series and so far Sam and Tiel are my favorite. While you don't need to listen to the previous 2, I do recommend it. Each book is a standalone, but you will gain much knowledge of the characters and the back story if you read them in order. Plus, they are all fantastic! Both Sam and Tiel are flawed and broken but completely lovable and PERFECT. They are REAL. Like all in the series, this book will take you on a roller coaster of emotions in the best possible way. I fall in love with Sam and Tiel a little more each time I read or listen to this book. In the effort of full disclosure, this series is the ONLY series I have read MULTIPLE times. They are all that good and my love for all the Walshes is that deep, Kate Canterbary is on my very short "always buy" list.

Beautifully heartbreaking

Another amazing, emotional, heart wrenching but beautiful addition to this series. This family has been through so much but ultimately their love for one another is amazing. Kate take your emotions on another rollercoaster ride.

The narration is fantastic!

outstanding I am in love with Ms. Canterbary

I am in love with Ms. Canterbary' s writings. I have listened to the first 3 books and have purchased the entire Walsh series (which h I can't wait to get to)primarily because of the way she developes her characters and the way she uses the English language in turning a phrase in pop culture and history needless to say well researched. All the characters you get a sense of wanting to be in their family or at least a friend like Nick, so again , I am getting ready with a glass of wine and listening to the nezt. I think it's Spiral. Narration perfect with Lucy and so so sexy voice of Christian. THANK YOU KATE!!

Best Yet!!!

This is one of the best new authors and I would highly recommend every one of her books. I've listened to all of them and they keep getting better and better.

Did hard fan

Great character development! Love the read! Loved the music references! At one point I thought there was a potential plan that came out better than I dwarfed!!

THE WALSHES are such a great series in audio.

It was so nice being back with the Walshes and book 3 sees us hanging out with Sam, the “runt” of the family. An emotionally immature man nearing 30 who has set himself up for tryst after tryst with no real sense of satisfaction. He falls hard for Tiel, his complete opposite. A chilled out, see what happens, musical spirit with hangups of her own. They fall into a comfortable existence which Sam later realises is “dating”.

I love how Kate has such balance in her books. There is humour, but it’s not over the top. There are flawed main characters who work through their shit to get to their happy. There is delicious spice, like scotch bonnet hot, and there are always emotions, so many of them and I am here for it all.

I love that it isn’t just the hero who needs to work through some stuff in this one. Tiel definitely self-sabotages early on but takes some time to reflect and works out why what happened did. Sam takes time to work on himself, and it’s great to see both characters growing through the book.

Lucy gives us the carefree Tiel. On the outside we hear the happy-go-lucky side to her, but Lucy gives us an invitation into Tiel’s head. Realising just how conflicted she is about how she’s feeling. Christian is a phenomenal voice actor, who just absolutely aces it every time. His depiction of Sam was spot on. We get everything from playful to serious and all the emotions in between.

You really can’t go wrong with any of Kate’s titles and this one is no exception.