There's Something about Ari

A Bluewater Bay Story

De: L.B. Gregg

Narrado por: Nick J. Russo

Buck Ellis's future seems pretty damn bright. With a full college scholarship in hand, he's going to ditch Bluewater Bay and pave the way for his kid brother Charlie to do the same. The only fly in Buck's ointment is his 10-year addiction to his best friend since second grade, his true love, and his Achilles heel: Ari Valentine, Mr. Least Likely to Succeed.

But then Buck's mother dies, changing everything, and five years later, his future is still on hold. It's a struggle to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and Charlie on the straight and narrow. Buck can't afford any temptation, especially in the form of the newly returned, super hot, super confident, super successful television star Ari Valentine.

ADHD poster-child Ari Valentine left for Hollywood and lost everything, including his bad reputation. Then the breakthrough role of his skyrocketing career lands him back in Bluewater Bay, to the stunned disbelief of, well, everyone. But there's only one person Ari longs to impress - the only person who ever really mattered to him, the person he left behind: Buck Ellis.

©2014 L.B. Gregg (P)2016 Riptide Publishing

Not too bad, kinda short but endearing

It wasn't bad, not especially free at either but a nice cute read. Short but I didn't see much more story possible.

it was fine

I listen to the audiobook and it was fine, but I just couldn’t love it. It took me a while to into it, I actually made it in a second try, because I did try to listen to it a while ago and then lost interest and stop and try it again this days, with a better result. The narration was fine, it had a a steady pace and it was easy to understand the change of characters.

I think the story is fine, but it lack a good connection between the main characters. I liked Ari and Buck, they were nice characters, only not perfect for each other. One thing that it bother me a little was the flash back to them as kids, it was because Ari’s personality was so different that just didn’t seem the same person, and I get he was grown up but he was such a charming kid and I missed that.

It was a fun book to listen, not perfect but nice to have a fun moment with it.

Moderately Satisfying Childhood Friends Romance

What made the experience of listening to There's Something about Ari the most enjoyable?

I thought the narrator did a good job of capturing the essence of the characters in his storytelling so that I lost myself in the story and was right there seeing and experiencing it in my mind.

What other book might you compare There's Something about Ari to and why?

Fishstick Fridays because it is about a rough guy raising a niece on their own as a family and gets a chance at romance with a nice policed guy who has a troubled past of his own. Not the same, but my mind did recall it.

What about Nick J. Russo’s performance did you like?

What wasn't to like. I have yet to not enjoy an audio book he is narrating. He brings the book into vivid color and makes me enjoy it all the more. This book especially. Pretty sure I ended up liking one of the heroes at all only b/c I was enjoying his storytelling (Buck was being a jerk a lot).

If you could rename There's Something about Ari, what would you call it?

My Childhood Friend and Secret Love Has Returned- For Me

Any additional comments?

This is book two in the Bluewater Bay series that can be read standalone.

My thanks to Riptide Publishing for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Ashes of Friendship

Two old friend reconnect and must face some hard truths. They learn to come clean and move forward. It was great to see them build a new love on the ashes of an old friendship.

Well....

To me this story wasn't what I expected. It was kind of all over the place. I think LBG was trying to fit more in the book than what he needed in the short amount of time. He either should have let the book go on a little longer or kept a lot of the past out of the story. Way too much referencing back to the past. There were little bits and pieces of seeing the spark with Ari and Buck (I mean seriously what kind of name is Buck) but just not enough. Oh and throwing that assistant in there randomly. He could have been left out. All in all I didn't care for the story and was glad it was over. For the price I guess some would like it.
Now the narrator, Mr. Nick Russo, was really good. He made the story worth listening to but he still couldn't stop me from being ready for the story to end. I recommend listening to more of the books he does audio for.