The Friend Zone: the most hilarious and heartbreaking romantic comedy

De: Abby Jimenez

Narrado por: Erin Mallon, Teddy Hamilton

'No one does funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories quite like Abby Jimenez. She just keeps outdoing herself' EMILY HENRY

'Funny and poignant, relatable and aspirational, heart-tugging and satisfying. It is, in a word, perfect' CHRISTINA LAUREN

'Abby Jimenez's words . . . sprinkle humour and warmth all over my life' ALI HAZELWOOD

'The sort of emotionally resonant love story I adore - I was captivated from the very first page' PAIGE TOON

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He's the best man . . . and that's the problem.

Kristen Petersen is perfectly fine. She has friends she'd fight to the death for and the very best dog in the world: Stuntman Mike. In fact, everything's calm in the world of Kristen, until she starts to plan her best friend's wedding and meets the best man, Josh Copeland.

Josh is funny, sexy, stands up to her sarcasm, and is always one snack ahead of her hangry. Even Stuntman Mike adores him. But he wants a big family, and Kristen knows children are probably not a part of her future.

She's sure he'd be better off with someone else, someone who can give him everything he wants, so Kristen keeps him at arm's length: in the Friend Zone. But as their attraction grows, it's harder and harder to resist falling for the man who seems to be everything she's not allowed to have . . .

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🌟 DISCOVER WHY READERS LOVE ABBY JIMENEZ . . . 🌟

'Sweet and achingly romantic - a truly wonderful love story' BETH O'LEARY

'Full of fierce humour and fiercer heart' CASEY MCQUISTON

'A deliciously hot, sweet debut. This book is an absolute treat' L. J. SHEN

'This book deserves all the stars in the universe' READER REVIEW

'Things I loved about this book . . . I mean it's literally everything. Not a single flaw' READER REVIEW

'Wow. wow. WOW. Every book I've read of Abby's just gets better and better' READER REVIEW©2019 Abby Jimenez

Reseñas de la Crítica

Harnessing sass, heartfelt struggle, and unapologetic sexuality, Jimenez's debut is as hysterical as it is tear-jerking

An excellent debut that combines wit, humor, and emotional intensity

A deliciously hot, sweet debut. This book is an absolute treat

Your next favourite romantic comedy . . . The Friend Zone is that rare beach read with tons of heart that will make you laugh and cry in equal parts

This romcom novel will have you feeling the falling-in-love autumn vibes

Jimenez's dazzling debut is a brilliantly written romantic comedy that seamlessly toggles back and forth between scenes of laugh-out-loud, snarky wit and serious emotional issues without missing a beat, all the while delivering maximum reading satisfaction

The Friend Zone gave me belly laughs, shook me up, and made me feel hopeful about love and the human strength of spirit. A romance for the ages!

You can expect to laugh and cry during this one

The Friend Zone is heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, and emotional. Abby Jimenez wrote a difficult story line with sensitivity, heat, humour, banter and unwavering friendship

The Friend Zone is a beautiful tale of learning to accept the love you deserve and finding a path to self-acceptance along the way . . . a zippy, instantly recognisable voice and fresh, funny characters

This new romance novel will have you both laughing and crying throughout its entirety

Zingy dialog, laugh-out-loud humor, and plenty of sass temper the heartbreak of infertility in this modern, well-grounded debut that is sure to satisfy

The Friend Zone is a laugh-out-loud, wickedly clever book that sneaks up on you with a cathartic emotional payoff

This novel doesn't shy away from anything - it's fiercely loving all the way to the HEA

A debut novel that has it all-tears, sarcastic humour, romance and the heartbreaking issue of infertility

I think I've found a new favourite contemporary romance novel with The Friend Zone . . . This book made me laugh and cry, and it filled my heart with so many emotions . . . I'll be recommending this book to everyone

Wonderful, emotional story

This book is for those of us that believe in the success of love to overcome hardships. The happy ever after does not ignore that our lives are complicated and we struggle and succeed with our partners. The story is very good and the narration is spectacular.

Really bad narrator!

Ok, the book was cute enough... but the female narrator was one of the worst I have experienced!

LOVEDDDDD

Okay, I just found another author I want to stalk! 😂💪
Jimenez wrote a great story about heroes you can't help but love and a dilemma that would break your heart. She managed to combine humor with real-life struggles, wonderful characters (even the secondary ones 😍), sexual tension, a gentleman hero (I wish my husband would take care of me like him during period cramps), a sarcastic heroine (although a bit annoying) and… a dog! 🥰
I loved the writing style and the plot pace, I laughed out loud, I cried out loud and I was definitely left with a taste for more… so much so, that I had to purchase the Hebrew translated edition as well, to let my sisters and mother read and fall in love with it with me. 💙💙💙

📚 "I’d never met a woman like you before. You told me to go to hell and made me look forward to the trip." 📚

Despite that, there were also things that didn't work for me: especially the heroine. I still haven't decided what I think about her… 🙈
Josh described her several times as a light and drama-free girl, but Kristen's life is actually one big drama! (with her boyfriend, her mother, her career… and not to mention her health condition). She had kept such a big secret from him, yet when Josh found out, he reacted like a fairy tale prince and she became even more dramatic. 🤦‍♀️😬
Plus, Josh was a bit too perfect and the ending felt too rushed… still, I totally recommend this book, which reminded me that even in books with a happy ending, not everyone gets to have happily ever after, so we should cherish every moment with the people we love. ❤️

Awful Female Narrator, Exhausting Female Character

This was one of the worst narrators I’ve heard in a LONG time. The woman voicing the FMC POV was terrible. Her vocal tone was a mix between uptight professional newsreader and teenage cheerleader; it was weird and off putting. However when she voiced the male character it was even worse.
As for the writing, there was a lot of heart in this story but ultimately it was just exhausting. The FMC has created a story in her head and will not have a conversation, or accept any other information to sway her perspective. It is soooo tiring to endlessly read about a person determined to self sabotage at all costs. There wasn’t enough respite in the writing, bad things happened, more bad things happened, more bad things happened, more bad things happened. There wasn’t much banter, and the little moments of happiness didn’t ring true enough to carry through the bad times. The characters felt sort of flat and when the HEA finally came it didn’t feel joyous because there had just been too much ‘bad things’.
This felt like a first book, and I’m glad to have read other books by Abby Jimenez, so I know she can write great books.
Content warnings for infertility.

Not too thrilled with this book but I also don’t hate it

I love how this book starts out - cute, sweet and funny but boy oh boy, did I quickly get bored with what I can only refer to as a ‘loop of stupidity’. I couldn’t relate to Kristen’s reluctance to tell Josh about her infertility issues, especially after they’d had endless conversations about how much he’d wanted kids. For this reason, her character didn’t evoke any kind of emotion from me yet she was dealing with a very serious issue.
The female narrator is also not great - doesn’t sound authentic, instead I found her to be a bit of a distraction.