Bring Down the Stars

Beautiful Hearts Duet Series, Book 1

By: Emma Scott

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Caitlin Kelly

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

I fell for Connor Drake. I didn't want to; I fought against it, but I fell in love with him anyway. With his words. With his poetry. With him. The gentleness and beauty of his soul that speaks directly to mine. He writes as if he can feel my heart, hear its cadence and compose the exact right lyrics to accompany every beat and flow.   

I'm in love with Connor...so why do I feel an inexplicable pull to his best friend, Weston? Grouchy, sullen, brooding Weston Turner, who could cut you down with a look. Fiercely intelligent with a razor sharp wit and acid tongue, he's the exact opposite of Connor in every way, and yet there's electricity in the air between us. The thorny barbs Weston wraps around himself can't keep me away.  

But the more time I spend with these men, the more tangled and confused my emotions become. When they both sign up for the Army Reserves during a time of increasing strife in the Middle East, I fear I'll never unravel my own heart that sometimes feels as if it will tear straight down the middle...for both of them.  

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Emma Scott (P)2019 Tantor

Heart Mulcher

Emma is a sure shot heart mulcher with her words. Her books are always steeped with loss and heartache, stewed in sweetness of first time tender touches and there's always a poetic rendition of sentiments for good measure. I know what I'm getting into.. THE most memorable journeys that shall resonate with me for all time. She reads loneliness and abandonment like a pro, her acute sense of detailing dejection and misery makes her one of the TOP angsty writers of our times. How she created Weston the "Sock Boy" who's been left behind by a fleeing father. As he ran behind his taxicab, his chase starts at that exact point. With only fumes and dust in his face and a sock in his hand are all the seven year of boy receives in the afterdraft as inheritance. He's never stopped running since. From his conscience, his peers, his bullies, his heart. His legs pump on the track but his destination is invisible and undefined. His back bowed with extreme kindness and generosity of his best buddy Connors family, who've rescued Weston family a million times and to repay them he joins the army reserves after Connor, to watch his back In between he becomes a soul for Connors charming shell and merged together they win over a beautiful red headed girl- Autumn. "You’re the Halley’s Comet of girls. The kind that doesn’t come around but maybe once in a life. I don’t want to spend the rest of mine wondering what might’ve been if I hadn’t tried, one last time, to take you someplace where every man will stare at you, and wish they were me. " It annihilated me with its poignant unrequited love. Tears flowed freely from my eyes and my heart felt a pain it had forgotten many books ago. The trio of friends kept sacrificing for each other drowning them all in abject despair. The narration was so good, Esp the female narrator, she brought life to the words and I could feel all the throat clogging emotions in her voice, heightening the anguish tenfold.

Perfect

I loved this book. And I lived the narrators. I highly recommend this book for anyone who likes a triangle.

What a captivating, beautiful story

This was my first book by this author, and I was so pleasantly surprised with the prose. This book was so well-written that the characters feel like people I know. Yes, this book has a cliffhanger at the end--this is part of a duet so that is to be expected. However, after listening to both parts I can honestly say this is one of the best duets I've read this year. The slow build-up is intense and Connor's words are just so poetic you can't help but be moved. Just captivatingly breathtaking. 

Wish it ended differently.

The narration was perfect. Well developed characters who fall in love with the same girl. I loved Wes’s character and how people did not know the real him. Well worth a credit.

Such an incredible story.

I absolutely fell in love with Weston & Connor from the first moment their friendship started. It broke my heart for Weston that he has withheld his emotions due to such a painful childhood loss. He has so much pain and so much anger. But at Weston's core he has this amazing love and poetic heart. The the two meet Autumn and although there is bro code Weston goes for pursuing Autumn and the love triangle begins. Saying that just feels wrong as its emotional and not intentional. So complicated, complex, multi layered and gah I loved it so much. The ending had me rushing to get Book 2 as I have to find out how this plays out and dry the tears that didn't;t want to stop.

The narration was perfect with nailing the accent and capturing all the emotions.

Loved the story

I really enjoyed this book. It made me want more and I couldn’t let it go.

Miscommunication/Love Triangle

I tried to like this story but personally I don’t enjoy these tropes. Of the three main characters none of them were likable or showed any kind of growth. Maybe in book two the story and characters develop but this first book is a flatline. Connor can’t get out of his own way, Autumn is naive and immature then Wes who I believe is made to be the hero can’t speak up for himself. It’s so frustrating to read stories with miscommunication it might have been better if the author withheld the information that it was Wes writing to Autumn the entirety of her relationship with Connor. This story just didn’t do it for me and I don’t even care to listen to book two. Narrators were great though.

Beautiful

Beautiful story. Breaking my heart one piece at a time. Can’t wait to listen to the second

Heart-shatteringly beautiful

Emma Scott has an uncanny talent to bring characters and raw emotions to life with her words. These characters are written with such an authenticity that I feel their every thought. The narrators did an excellent job with the narration of this story- especially Teddy Hamilton.
5 STAR FILLED STARS

It's really enjoyable, listening.

I really enjoyed this book. I liked the characters, and it's great having more than one narrator to listen to.

it's so so

well the story is alright, quite predictable but the woman narrator's winy voice is getting on my nerves! Seriously I was able to enjoy only the parts with men narrations.

Loved it

Fantastic story and really great job from the narrators. I liked the way how the story was told from two different persons.

Superb

WOW fantastic story so much love passion and heartache. This is the first time I read this author and it won't be the last. Didn't want this story to end. Narrors did a amazing performance. Downloaded 2nd book. Would highly recommend.

Beautiful Story of Love and Friendship

Really enjoyed this book, beautifully written and narrated. A story filled with emotion that makes you ride the rollercoaster between happy and sad.

I felt that this was too long

I liked the story at first, an easy story to listen too whilst not well, I kept falling asleep and eventually ended skipping a few chapters so I could she what happened but it was ended very bluntly. Quite disappointing.
I’ve enjoyed her other books I glad this was a free one.

3/4 of the way through…

I’m so torn.. I love both the men in this book. I want them both to be happy and in many ways they both have great chemistry with Autumn. I wanna hear the end but I don’t know how it’s gonna go and I have to put it on pause to gather up my feelings. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣

Emotionally WOW

I loved this book from start to finish! The POEMS ❤️💔 ! My heart was racing by the end of this book, shocked and heartbroken and i immediately listened to the next book and it did not disappoint.

Beautifully written

This is my first book by Emma Scott, but it won’t be my last. Poetry isn’t normally my thing, but even I will admit that the poetry (particularly the last poem) in this story was absolutely beautiful. I also liked how everything from Wes’ perspective had a richer vocabulary and more artistic tone. The characters had depth, the plot was decent and the narration was spot on. It gets 4.5 stars from me (I’ve rounded up to 5).