Blindsided

Fake Boyfriend Series, Book 4

By: Eden Finley

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Iggy Toma

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's Summary

Miller:

When Talon left to play pro ball six years ago, the hole in my chest confused me. I focused my heartache into making my own NFL dreams come true, and by the time I was drafted, the longing I had for my best friend was buried deep. Now, he wants everything to be like it was in college, but we can't have threesomes and be reckless like we once were. The media storm would be enough to break both our careers. That's not my biggest concern, though. The torch I had for him burns brighter after so long apart, and there's nothing I can do about it. Marcus Talon is straight. I need to stay away from him.

Talon:

Years ago, Miller and I made a pact that we'd win a Super Bowl together. When I'm offered a position on his team in Chicago, I don't hesitate. I move across the country to chase a dream that's a decade old. Only, now that I'm here, he's avoiding me every chance he gets. If he was anyone else, I'd cut my losses. But this is Shane Miller - the guy who makes everything better just by existing in my universe. The guy I'd do anything for. The guy who's more to me than a brother, a friend, or even a teammate. I'm not going to let him get away.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Eden Finley (P)2019 Tantor

Very sexy without being over dirty, grimy or classless.

First of all I can’t believe that this author is a woman. How does she know so much about gay men love, sex and relationship issues. I think this is one of the most sexy and accurate portrayal’s of a gay athletes coming out story without the whole Super Bowl / Super Star Athlete’s part. I’m a gay athlete who fell in love with a childhood friend who was also my teammate. It really does hit home and we felt a lot of the same feelings and went through some of the same issues that were brought up in this book. If I’m being honest I would have been the Miller character in our relationship. I highly recommend this book just on its sexy ness and accurate portrayal of men in sports these days. Also the love and sex scenes are EXTREMELY HOT HOT HOT!!!!! Without being stereotypical or pornographic.

A great couple complete with football

This is by far my favorite Eden Finley book. both Shane and Marcus are just to hot and yummy for words. their story is so good that it would make even the most critical person to stop and reconsider their 1st choice of verbal judgement. I highly recommend that you buy this book and enjoy.

Not much here

3.5 Blue Roses
4 Blue Flames

Narrators Alexander Cendese and Iggy Toma gave an upbeat performance of this best friends to lovers gay romance. It missed the mark for some reason. It's probably because it's the 4th book and the same recipe over and over again. I did find the moods between the two narrators polar opposite. Alexander was funny and sounded like he was having a blast, while Iggy sounded like a robot.

I did have some giggles here and there, but this audiobook does not fall under one of my favorites.

I will recommend this audiobook, for the purpose of finishing the series, but there is not much to take home and appreciate.

Happy Listening

Love this book

This book was just as good on audio as it was in print. Miller and Talon go from friends to lovers in this fun story.

Another Great Addition to the Series!

Talon and Miller are fantastic together. I love their friendship, and how they both came to terms with being in love with eachother they’d actually really realized it, or thought a relationship could happen between them. The connection between the characters and their romance was so enjoyable, but I also enjoyed a lot of the backstory though I was a little disappointed the original dream didn’t come into fruition, but it’s open ended enough that it just may happen for these two next year even if us reader won’t get to read it. I personally am thinking of it as headcannon. I have to say Alexander Cendese and Iggy Toma did an excellent job. I think I’ve said in some other reviews but they are definitely one of favorite narration duos, they simply never disappoint and always elevate the story as a whole. Another great story from Eden Finely!

Fun Friends to Lovers

Miller and Talon certainly had a textbook friends to lovers romance that went a little off the hinges as each man came to the reality of what it would be to be together. Their unique takes on how their relationship played out is what made the story. I'm still loving this series and the narration was excellent.

love these overgrown children

Talon & Miller are two best friends who had time away from each other with real lives to realize they need to be in each other's lives. once in each other's lives again and threatened to be apart again they realize how much the other means what starts with long distance becomes more. they are the definition of soul mates two people that need each other to be better and have a blast doing it!
iggy Toma &Alexander Cendese as usual do their thing and kill the narration.

Talon and Miller

I really liked this one, I do love me a second chance romance! Although Talon and Miller were never really in a relationship together, they've always been closer than your average friends, at least the years they were in college together. While Miller has always known there was more to his feelings for Talon than friendship, it takes them finally being reunited after a few years apart for Talon to see what's always been right in front of him.

I enjoyed the journeys of self-discovery both these men went on through the course of the book. Talon, with his feelings for Miller and realizing, and accepting, it was more than just friendship; Miller, dealing with his injury and what it meant for his future, as well as these new found feelings between him and Talon.

I liked the easy relationship these two had, from being such close friends.
It's fun to think back on scenes with Talon and Miller in previous books in this series and realize now what was going on between them!

Iggy and Alexander were great once again! I've spaced out (not that kind of spaced out!) listening to this series so that I don't get characters mixed up- that can happen when the same narrators are used in a series that features different couples, but listening to books with different narrators in between helps!

Loved Talon & Miller

Gah!! I’ve loved every single book in this series, and Blindsided was just everything I’ve been waiting for with Talon and Miller. While I’ve read this twice, I somehow forgot to listen to the audio that’s been sitting in my library forever. I was jonesing for some Iggy Toma and strum led across this un-listened audio in my library. Both Iggy Toma and Alexander Cendese have knocked it out of the park with their narration of this series to date. They did a fantastic job with bringing Talon and Miller to life for me, and if possible I loved them even more! I loved their pace of the story, the emotion they each brought, and the voices used for each. This book hit so many high points for me: closeted athletes, friends to lovers, football, and FTG. I loved seeing Talon come to the realization of his feelings for his best friend and teammate. I loved their sexting, and them getting to know each other on a different level. The support that they each provided each other through the tough times, and Talon’s unwavering support of Miller’s recovery was all the feels. The sexy times were A-MAZ-ING!!! All around their story had everything and I both wanted to hurry up and finish and never wanted it to end! Even knowing the story when I got around to listening, I was bummed and wasn’t ready to be done in Talon and Miller’s world! I couldn’t recommend this book (and series) more!

enjoyed it.

Would I listen to it again: yes
Did the story keep me engaged: yes
Was I invested in the characters: yes

I enjoyed Talon and Miller's story and it touched on (what I expect) are some genuine issues for gay athletes, but by the end of it, (I wasn't in the best head-space so) Miller's constant insecurities started to get on my nerves - this is my least favorite of the series.

Narration comment: Both narrators are terrific on their own and do a great job on their respective characters chapters, but in my opinion dual narration is unnecessary for a M/M book. Either narrator would have been an excellent choice for the entire book, both narrators are excellent voice actors, but I didn't like having 2 different voices for each character (it felt like there were 4 MC's instead of 2).

Brilliant love story

This was my favourite book of the series and Alexander and Iggy didn't disappoint. Loved it and would definitely recommend x

Lively and entertaining.

The reader has the perfect voice for the role. The exception being any female voice. They all sound like Marge Simpson. The story and the audio are both lively and entertaining.

Loved this audiobook

I really love this series and this is another great addition. The narrators make the story come alive, they make you smile.