Departure from the Script

The Hollywood Series, Book 1

By: Jae

Narrated by: Abigail Rakocy

Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's Summary

It’s aspiring actress meeting photographer, femme meeting butch in this light-hearted lesbian romance set in Hollywood. 

Aspiring actress Amanda Clark and photographer Michelle Osinski are two women burned by love and not looking to test the fire again. And even if they were, it certainly wouldn’t be with each other. Amanda has never been attracted to a butch woman before, and Michelle personifies the term butch.

Having just landed a role on a hot new TV show, she’s determined to focus on her career and doesn’t need any complications in her life. After a turbulent breakup with her starlet ex, Michelle swore she would never get involved with an actress again.

Another high-maintenance woman is the last thing she wants, and her first encounter with Amanda certainly makes her appear the type. But after a date that is not a date and some meddling from Amanda’s grandmother, they both begin to wonder if it’s not time for a departure from their usual dating scripts.

©2014 Jae (P)2020 Ylva Publishing

Wrong narrator

The description of the character Michelle is a butch with a warm voice and deep laugh, yet the narrator gave her a nasally whiny voice. It really ruined the character and took away from the story.

No surprise: Loved it

I loved this light sort of Hollywood romance... excellent for a summer read.
Narration was just OK no more... Abigail tends to sing a little when narrating and I don’t find it fitting....

poor choice of voices. no butch in this story.

narrator, fem and butch characters all sound the same. sing spongy voices. at times I could even tell which character was talking. definately no butch in this story.

Excellent Audio!

I loved Departure from the Script. I had already read the book. But still enjoyed the audio. Really liked Amanda and Michelle as the two main characters. Abigail Rakocy does an excellent job with the narration.

Bad narrator

The narrator needs to read the cues. The book said Michelle had a bit of a rumble to her voice, and the narrator gave her a high, slightly nasal sound no butch would ever have.

Good story horrible choice for narrator

I’ve listened to almost all of Jae’s books and have loved every single one however this has been my least favorite by far, not because of the story line but solely due to the choice in narrator.
1. Michelle is depicted as a “butch” yet the narrator made her sound like a prissy fem and it just did not work.
2. The narrators voice constantly sounded like a mix of smiling and Siri no matter the scene and it was beyond irritating.
3. In one scene Michele was ordering food at a Mexican restaurant and the narrator pronounce pollo as polo like Ralph Lauren polo I had the worst second hand embarrassment.

If you can get past the narrators voice and mispronunciation of a few words then you’ll like the story itself. I do look forward to hearing about Amanda and Michelle as little Easter eggs in Jae’s other novels

Loved It!

You can never go wrong with a book by Jae. She ties characters together so nicely, and really captures the essence of falling in love.

Opposites Attract

Amanda is searching for her place in Hollywood with about eight months left of the five years she gave herself. After the world’s worst blind date she gets blitzed at an anti-valentines party. Waking in a stranger’s bed she fears the worst but is relieved it’s a butch not a man. Michelle had rescued her. Now it’s a case of opposites resisting the draw between them. Sexy, romantic and family. This one has it all. Great performance. Recommend

Loved it.

I loved it it as much as I did when I read it hot off the press.

awesome

Jae knows how to write a story. She is one of today's best storytellers. Her books are all must haves and this book is just that a must have. Her characters are well developed and her plots have wonderful twists. At the end you fell like her characters are friends that you know.

another good one

nice story, easy to listen to . another nice story from a good writer, next please

A rehearsal that leads to a date

This is the first book in the series, although I read the second book first.
This book was fantastic, it was romantic, so funny, and I wasn’t expecting it to be.
The story is about Amanda who is an up and coming actress and Michelle who is a professional photographer. I loved the slow pace story, it wasn’t rushed, it was how it should be, they get to know each other slowly.
I think her grandmother was awesome, I am sure everyone would love to have a grandma like hers.
It was from Amanda’s point of view.

The narration was fantastic you could easily tell who was who. And the narration added to the story.
Jae is a brilliant writer and puts a lot into her stories.