The Plus One

De: Natasha West

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Dress? £200. Shoes? £60. The perfect date? Priceless... Charlie Black has found the one. And this time it’s for real. Not like the last time. Or the time before that. Or the time before that… And now she’s going to parade the one in front of everyone at her sister’s upcoming wedding. She wants to prove that her new girlfriend Lucy is special. She’s going to show everyone she can make it work. Especially her judgmental sister Maddie, Bride-Zilla herself. But a few weeks before the wedding, Charlie gets dumped. Again. And she can’t face the humiliation of going to Maddie’s wedding stag. Not after loudly and repeatedly telling her family that this one is different. She needs a date to the wedding and fast. Maybe she could get someone to go with her, but how the hell is she supposed to convince anyone to pretend to be Lucy, her very serious girlfriend of four months? It’s too humiliating. But the wedding creeps closer and closer, with no obvious solution in sight. Then Charlie happens across a website. ‘Rent-a-Date. It's just the thing Charlie needs to save her from the embarrassment of admitting that her sister was right again. That’s one wedding gift Charlie refuses to give her. So after booking herself a date from the company, she’s guaranteed that a hot woman will show up to the wedding with enough knowledge to pretend to be the real Lucy, at least for the length of the big day. But when Charlie turns up at the church, her date has a surprise in store…

My first audible

seemingly good detail. As this was my first audible ever. a good narrative, maybe better with different voices for different people, but that may have changed the narrative a little.

simple and sweet

For a quick simple sweet story, A.I. doesn't bother me, but always better with real speakers of course.

hate the virtual voice but loved the story

I love the story line. Short and sweet! I just wish vurtual voice wasn't a thing. It just ruined the flow.

I don’t care for virtual voice

The virtual voice takes way too much from the story. I read the book a couple years ago really enjoyed it, but that doesn’t come through when listening to it by virtual voice.

AI isn’t a great narrator

While I enjoyed the story itself, the AI narration really hurt the experience. Such a flat affect no matter what was happening in the story as well as strangely pronounced words and pauses. A real person would have brought this story to life much better.