Shelter the Sea

The Roosevelt, Book 2

De: Cullinan Heidi

Narrado por: Iggy Toma

Some heroes wear capes. Some prefer sensory sacks.

Emmet Washington has never let the world define him, even though he, his boyfriend, Jeremey, and his friends aren't considered "real" adults because of their disabilities. When the State of Iowa restructures its mental health system and puts the independent living facility where they live in jeopardy, Emmet refuses to be forced into substandard, privatized corporate care. With the help of Jeremey and their friends, he starts a local grassroots organization and fights every step of the way.

In addition to navigating his boyfriend's increased depression and anxiety, Emmet has to make his autistic tics acceptable to politicians and donors, and he wonders if they're raising awareness or putting their disabilities on display. When their campaign attracts the attention of the opposition's powerful corporate lobbyist, Emmet relies on his skill with calculations and predictions and trusts he can save the day--for himself, his friends, and everyone with disabilities.

He only hopes there isn't a variable in his formula he's failed to foresee.

©2017 Heidi Cullinan (P)2017 Heidi Cullinan

Everybody needs somebody to love.

𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘯𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯
𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯

As with Carry the Ocean, Shelter the Sea is filled with so much eye-opening information, so many emotions and even more tears she’d throughout. Hearing the hardships and trials suffered by these two men, then hearing how they stuck together through them all, brought tears to my heart and a smile to my face.

The accuracy of the hills involved with depression and anxiety was astounding. The research involved with the facts of money having power over people. And, the willingness of the public to stand behind what’s right leaves me hopeful for the future of America. Even with the political involvement, this was such a beautiful ending for these Roosevelt Blues Brothers.

Have I ever told anyone how much I loved Iggy Toma’s performance?! I’m sure I have but I just can’t praise his presentation enough!! He nailed every characters perfectly, displayed every emotion with perfection, and brought so much joy to the audience with his voice. I will forever be thankful for his voice reaching out to the world to spread awareness!

An unforgettable sequel!

This story is about love and the determination to fight for those who are most vulnerable. It is so well crafted that I teared up several times from the beautiful words. I loved this book just as much as Carry the Ocean. Thank you Heidi Cullinan and Iggy Toma for bringing this continuation of Emmet and Jeremey's story to life. As I stated in my review of Carry the Ocean, this series and its characters will always hold a special place in my heart. I highly recommend it!

I'm not crying, you're crying!

Iggy absolutely nails it again in this follow-up to Carry the Ocean. The intonations and mannerisms he captures brings these wonderful characters to life in a way that compels you to keep listening.

I just loved this, so much.

Fun, compassionate and captivating

I like all of Heidi Cullinan's books, but this one is something extra.

All the main characters have one or more disabilities. They deviate from 'the mean', but the author makes it clear that it doesn't in any way mean that they are not as good as 'normal' people. In fact they are wonderful and special. She writes with such insight that it makes me laugh, cry and desperately wish for for everything to turn out alright for the people in the book as well for similar people in the real world.

So far this is my favourite book of the year.

AWESOME

Loved this story
the narrator was excellent and really brought the story to life for me.

Shelter the Sea

The sequel to carry the ocean what a wonderful Story to get reacquainted with Emmett and Jeremey.
The care and emotion detailing the disability of all of the characters waz so moving. I felt a range of feelings listening to the incrediblely perfect narration of Iggy Toma.
I do hope there will be another addition to this series. We have to see him learn about J & E's wedding.

Amazing

The story grabs you, takes you for a ride and Iggy is the driver. I loved this book!

FANTASTIC

Iggy Toma rocks this! He is fantastic, the narration is damn near perfect, and such an absolute joy to listen to.

Dual POV from Jeremey and Emmet, no messing with the established HEA, just more feels and more love.

I do not disguise the fact the Carry the Ocean is one of my favorite books of all time. Emmet and Jeremey are two of the most special characters that I hold close to my heart.

Shelter the Sea is everything I could have hoped for in the continuation of Emmet and Jeremey's story and I'm more in love with the Roosevelt Blues Brothers than ever!

My emotions were all over the place reading this, and I'm not ashamed to admit I cried a few times, sometimes happy tears (Mai, the rooftop scene), sometimes angry (RJ, the Bill)...but through it all Heidi Cullinan stayed true to the characters I fell in love with in Carry The Ocean.

“We aren’t carrying the oceans. We’re helping them find places to be to carry them themselves more easily.”
“We’re trying to shelter the sea, then.”

I thought it was all pretty brilliantly executed and I loved it!

The is a new adult contemporary story with themes of hurt/comfort, romance, family, friendship, and love.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! ❤️❤️❤️

loved this so much, and Iggy was perfect!

I dare anyone to listen to this and not tear up a little and feel the heart in Emmet.. a beautiful series with much to think about as we look at those that so often seem invisible.. thank you Heidi and Iggy.

I love these characters

🔊 Roosevelt Blues Brothers to the rescue

After reading this book I was honestly a bit disappointed. I had been looking forward to this book ever since I finished Carry the Ocean, but I feel like this was a bit of a let-down. Maybe that’s just me having too high hopes – who knows?

When reading Carry the Ocean I fell in love with Emmet, Jeremey and eventually I came around to liking David as well and couldn’t wait to find out what happened next in their lives. I was absolutely giddy when I started reading Shelter the Sea.

So obviously I have some mixed feelings towards this book. On one hand we have these wonderful and amazing characters, inspiring friendships and a love that can change lives. Overcome anything. It tells you to be brave, to have hope and fight for what you believe. And I just adored the first half of the book. One of my absolute favourite moments in this book was when Jeremey first met Mai. It just melted my heart and you just knew they were meant to be together.

🔊 she’d been waiting my whole life for me to show up, and now I was here and she was too.

But on the other hand, in the second half it was just too much crusading and preaching. I feel like the core of the series was forgotten. And there were some things that were never really dealt with in a good way. I just wanted more Jeremey and Mai, more Darren and David, more Jeremey and Emmet together. More of their friendships and everyday lives. More fun Roosevelt Blues Brothers and a bit less saving the world. However noble cause that is, it's not what I was looking for.

Then we have the incredible Iggy Toma added to the mix. I love his narrations and NA/YA books fit him like a glove. He brings life to these characters, and he truly perfects them all in a way that not only lets them have different voices, but those voices reflects their personalities to perfection. I’m truly in awe.

All in all, I did end up enjoying this book and I am looking forward to both Unleash the Earth and Shatter the Sky, I just hope there will be more focus on the people and not so much on the cause.

I’d had it wrong all along. I didn’t have to shelter the sea. I had to find the way to let the sea shelter me.

🔊 I’d had it wrong all along. I didn’t have to shelter the sea. I had to find the way to let the sea shelter me.

A copy of this audiobook was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review for Love Bytes