Silent Nights

The Shorts, Book 7

De: Nia Forrester

Narrado por: Jynelle Brown, Malachi Rivers

It’s a career-making opportunity.

Summer has an invitation to ‘Black America’s Wedding of the Decade’ and wouldn’t miss it for the world. Deuce Scaife is finally marrying his college sweetheart Zora Diallo (an outcome that was never in doubt, by the way, except maybe to the two people getting married) and since there’ll be celebrities all over the event, it’s in an expensive, remote location and all very hush-hush.

As an up and coming blogger and YouTuber for a series called ‘The Black Girls’ Guide to Slaying at Absolutely Everything’ Summer’s stock will increase considerably if she documents her experience at the wedding celebrations.

But when an unforeseen obstacle presents itself, Summer realizes she can only go to the most exclusive of the wedding events if she shares accommodations with the insufferable Lloyd Winston. Lloyd is a conservative, stuffy wannabe politico whom Summer is shocked even got an invite.

But whatever … she can tolerate him for one winter weekend, right?

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Beautiful opposites attract romance

I loved Summer. Her vibe was so bright and beautiful.

Lloyd was more than he seemed to be at first glance.

They complimented each other so well! It was really beautiful to see how they brought out the best in each other.

The spice was spicing and I loved it! I wasn’t a fan of the way the male narrated the spicy scenes. It fell flat and took me out of the moment.

Short and Sweet

Great storyline. Loved the characters. Not too complex. Easy to listen to. Another great book by Nia.

Great Book!

I love this series. The narrators were okay. They seemed to be just reading in the beginning of the story. As they seemed to get more comfortable they did a better job.

Enjoyed

Nia is a talented writer; she has a poetry about her pen, and she wraps in societal and political issues beautifully with her stories. The first time I encountered this story, I read the e-book and remembered loving it.

Summer’s personality annoyed me in general, but that’s because of my own preferences. Her character was immature and insecure, but Nia did her development justice by explaining her backstory, and revealing her “awakening” regarding her own missteps. Lloyd’s character arc was really interesting, especially given his political leanings.

The narration of this story left a little to be desired; the performances didn’t quite meet the delivery that was needed for the characters. There also seemed to be issues with the production, because there were several spaces later in the title that I experienced audio similar to a cell phone’s reception breaking up. Despite a slight disappointment with the narration, I will listen out for these voice actors in the future. They are fairly new to me, and perhaps this genre is different for them, or they are young in the profession.