Teacher of the Year

De: M. A Wardell

Narrado por: Kirt Graves

In this steamy, open-door gay romance that is “like sweetness and spice wrapped into a big, warm hug,” a kindergarten teacher falls for the divorced father of one of his students—perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston and Anita Kelly (Alice Oseman, bestselling author of Heartstopper).

Those who can, teach. Marvin Block is one of the best kindergarten teachers out there. And despite his anxiety, Marvin’s life is sweet. He knows what he wants. And what he wants is the Teacher of the Year Award. Not just for himself—his school needs him to win.

The New Year brings a new pupil to Marvin’s class. But when Illona walks in with her cute-as-hell single dad beside her, Marvin’s focus starts to slide.

Sure, his students always come first, but he deserves to have a life outside the classroom, too, right?

As their friendship deepens, Marvin realizes Olan has the potential to teach him things about love he never thought possible. But with the Teacher of the Year award and his school’s future on the line, now’s not the time for anything complicated.

With Olan’s past and Marvin’s present colliding, their experiment in love hangs in the balance. Marvin knows what he wants out of life. But now he’s forced to consider what he wants out of love.

Will Marvin chalk the relationship up to experience? Or can they revise their story into a textbook romance?

Now with bonuses including a new epilogue and artwork of the characters!

So sweet!

This was such a sweet story and fantastic narration! I listened to it in one go.

So cute

This book was adorable and steamy and just everything I wanted. There were definitely moments that had me tearing up as Marvin dealt with fears that I can very much relate to and that just made me root for them so much more. I loved it.

Marvin and Olan (and Ilona)

𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚, 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨, 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚. 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙟𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙.⁣
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Marvin and Olan’s journey takes place in Teacher of the Year by M.A. Wardell, part of the Teachers in Love universe.⁣
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Olan, and his daughter Ilona, are looking for a fresh start after significant life changes. He did not expect to be captivated by his daughter’s new teacher.⁣
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Marvin loves being a teacher, but a new student in the middle of the school year is stressful. Add on top of that, he is in the running for Teacher of the Year, so he doesn’t have time for anything else. Except the universe keeps putting Olan in his path to tempt him.⁣
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Marvin and Olan are an interesting couple, with Marvin’s nervousness and Olan’s nerdiness. Marvin and Olan, along with Ilona, make a beautiful blended family.⁣
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This is my first introduction to M.A. Wardell, and I am excited to listen to more of his books and the continuation of this series.⁣
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Kurt Graves does a good job giving life to Marvin, Olan, and their journey.⁣
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Vibes include…⁣
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✦ MM⁣
✦ Teacher | Parent⁣
✦ Secret Relationship⁣
✦ Single Dad⁣
✦ Found Family

Such a cute, funny book!

I love MM books but have only ever read darker themed romance/erotica styles. This is my first MM rom-com and it’s definitely one of my favorites! The story line was sweet and funny and I was giggling the whole way through. Such a great story and the characters just felt so relatable! Also had the perfect amount of spice 🔥 10/10 recommend!

The sweetest Love story

I honestly didn't know what to expect out of this book. This is my first book from this author. I can 100% say it will not be the last.
This is the sweetest story. I fell in love with Mr. Block. He is the kindergarten teacher ever child deserves. He is so kind. His kids are everything to him and obviously they all adore him. I love his friendship with one of the other teachers, Jill. They are a hoot together.
Then walks in Mr. Stone with his daughter Illona. Illona will be in Mr. Block's class. All the teachers and parents can see how gorgeous Mr. Stone is but he quickly starts flirting with Mr. Block.
Marvin (Mr. Block) and Olan (Mr. Stone) start down a path of a relationship, hooray, but past lives of addiction get in the way. The author obviously knows a lot about the addiction (or did amazing research) and I can say being 16 years sober he did an phenomenal job with the subject.
I just get all the good feels about this story. There is spice, but not over the top. All the characters are well written. I love the found family, forgiveness of oneself and others.