The Pairing

By: Casey McQuiston

Narrated by: Emma Galvin, Max Meyers

"The Pairing is just a delight, thanks to both Galvin’s and Meyers’s game narration — whether in Italian and French accents or in the bedroom."—Vulture

"Emma Galvin is an appealing anchor for the performance while Max Meyers brings emotional depth as the two find their way back to love." — AudioFile

This program features special appearances by the author at the beginning of each chapter.

In #1 New York Times bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they're over each other—except they're definitely not.

Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all.

Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but—yeah. It's in the past.

All that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.

It's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?

But sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

If this book is a feast CMQ is the ultimate sommelier

honestly I'm in no condition to dwell on words, i might need some business days to recover and let all these emotions sink in. But what I can say is that this whole experience of hearing this book is both everything and so much more of what I was expecting, Such a beautiful story, all the richness and lust and finding each other all over again. What a journey of laughter tears and so much love. Thank you KING

it's ok

I was so excited for this book, I usually like if not love casey Mcquiston work and for what I knew about this one I was sure to love it.I didn't.. it was a little less than ok,
overall is boring and whiny and again this miss communication thing than make no sense. can't adults be adults for ones and talk frankly? it wasn't exciting or funny, or engaging I just don't care enough for this couple or any of flat side characters.
the tour and the food and drinks descriptions was very good though.
Theo's narrator was good, Kit's narrator was bad, make Kit felt like he was crying the whole time

Best narration ever

These two narrators do a phenomenal job breathing delicious life into the protagonists. Even when the POV changes, each narrator does so well with the varied accents and voices.

I’m looking at European food tours right now because this book made me want to see, hear, and taste more of the world.

OH MY GOD

I'm in love with this book and so happy I finally read it. This book is so gorgeously written I could eat the words with a spoon. I loved the characters, and getting to see the strengths and flaws of each from both their own and the others POV. The side characters really added color as well.

The narration knocked me off my feet.

The romance was so sweet, funny, and sexy, I went back and forth between fanning myself and laughing my ass off. I'm not usually a descriptions fan, but I couldn't not love the vibrant world they've painted in vivid detail here. I was wanting to read something soon from a writer who knows how to worship language, I was expecting a lovely romance from CMQ but got both. 💓

Good story, bad narration

I love Casey McQuiston and I wish I would’ve just read this rather than listening to the audiobook. Narration was almost totally awful and the narrator almost always puts the emphasis on the wrong words or part of the sentence.