Burnout

A Dark High School Romance

By: CoraLee June

Narrated by: Amber Bray, Tyler Darby

Maybe, if we met at another time - another life - he could’ve been mine. Maybe, if I were older. Maybe, if he wasn’t my brother’s best friend. Maybe, if he wasn’t my teacher.

Maybe. Maybe. Maybe.

Having my dirty little secret living down the hall had me obsessing over alternate endings and happily ever afters. I’d never wanted someone so badly, but his hot and cold behavior was giving me emotional whiplash.

In the classroom, he practically ignored me. But here? In my brother’s loft? It felt like we were a thick rubber band, pulled so tight we’d snap.

Falling for Decker Harris made me realize that life wasn’t as serendipitous as everyone liked to think. We weren’t just a collection of maybes thrust into the world with hope and good intentions.

Everything started with a choice, and somewhere between grief and redemption, I chose to make him mine.

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Good story, Female narration eh

I LOVE everything CoraLee June, and this was no exception. Female narration was a bit off, though. Wrong inflection at times, and some mispronounced words. Male narration was excellent!

I liked it !

First CoraLee June book I haven’t DNFd . Good story nice mellow read. It was enough to keep me interested but I wasn’t itching to turn the page either. Perfect for the reading slump I’ve been in.

An incredible Forbidden Romance

Usually with the teacher/student forbidden romances tend to be over the top with alpha males and naive girls. This is not that. This is an incredible love story. I love every single character in this book and and an unexpected love triangle you won’t see coming. The narration was perfect. Definitely a must have companion to the book.

Good story, awful narration

Oh my! Nothing like a narrator ruining a good book. Tyler Darby was good, but Amber Bray...no no no! Her over enunciation of everything got on my nerves and really took away from the story, which was pretty good. I think I would have preferred the book had I just read it.

It was good but not what I was expecting

Narration: 2 .5/3⭐️
Okay.
I didn’t care for the female narrator...at all. The southern accent was Over the top and at times made me cringe. The male narrator was fantastic though!

Story: 3.5 ⭐️
I wouldn’t say this is a dark high school romance, as it’s advertised. Forbidden love slow burn? Yes! I was expecting more dark themes/bully type stuff to go on and that wasn’t the case.

I still enjoyed this story mainly because of how both main characters were so reluctant to engage in a relationship. They resisted each other as long as possible before caving and that added tension was my jam. I just wish the forbidden aspect had been fleshed out more. Yes, they were resistant to their attraction but there wasn’t as much sneaking around as I would’ve liked. Not to mention the main conflict/turning point ends up not even being about the couple themselves or about them getting caught. It was actually kind of random.

Hmmm oh! I loved Decker and Lance. I liked how protective Decker was of his best friend, Lance. Their friendship was sweet.

Overall, good but not quite what I was expecting/looking for.
*Audio Code provided in exchange for an honest review*