Falling Stars

By: Sadie Grubor

Narrated by: Nicole Colburn

Length: 17 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Christopher Mason, front man of the band The Forgotten, is hot, famous, and everything you would expect from a famous rock star. He's cocky, demanding, beautiful, and pained. Despite his fame and beautiful bad boy appearance, he's battling age-old demons on the inside. Demons so powerful, they have the potential to destroy him and his band. He's the ultimate falling star. Something so beautiful within the atmosphere, but so hazardous when trying to catch. You always wish on a falling star, but is all hope lost?

Mia Ryder, lead vocalist of the band Hushed Mentality, is energetic, fun, and laid-back. The good-girl rocker willing to tame this falling star. Her band just made it big and fighting the temptation is hard. She's handling lesser demons of her own. Give in to this bad boy or live for her band? Being everything that Christopher isn't may just burn her in the end.

Determined to get rid of the girl group plaguing his tour, Christopher will do almost anything. Mia fights him head on, causing a cataclysm of stars to shoot into the most beautiful performance of falling stars. Every dog has their day, will Christopher's behavior become enough to bring this dog down? Within the downfall, Christopher Mason becomes sure of one thing, and it's the one thing he's tried so hard to push away. Will Mia be strong enough to catch a falling star?

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Love the story... not the narrator

I love this book. I read it years ago when it first came out, and I looked forward to enjoying it again. And I did love the story. But the narration is terrible. It’s like they didn’t bother to edit it. There were so many repeated lines, words pronounced wrong and over enunciated to the point the characters sometimes sounded robotic.

I wish so badly that this was narrated by someone who can do good male voices because Christopher is one of my favorite characters, but he sounded stupid and lazy because of the narration. Also, there were terrible attempts at accents. Ugh I just really didn’t like this narration. BUT the story is so good, the narration can be overlooked.

AMAZING!!! LOVED IT!

Would you consider the audio edition of Falling Stars to be better than the print version?

I would have loved to read the printed version.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Falling Stars?

There were so many memorable moments so hard to choose from. But, the one that stand out is when Christopher was able to share his ugly passed with his doctor and Mia. When Mia and Christopher finally got together.

Which character – as performed by Nicole Colburn – was your favorite?

Nicole did a great job with Mia voice and the rest of Mia's family. I didn't like her voice for Christopher, it didn't fit the picture in my mind. There should have been two narrators for this book, I would have recommended Sebastian York.

If you could rename Falling Stars, what would you call it?

No, that's a perfect name for the book. Christopher was Mia's falling star.

Any additional comments?

I would love to see a movie out of this story.

Liked story not narrator and audio editing.

Lots of replays in audio. Poorly edited. And narrator made character seem really dense or mentally challenged at times?

book is great performance is not

Would have been a great one with a different performance. love the story though. Still worth it

Is the bad guy really bad?

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It is entertaining, enjoyable, pulls on your emotions, and isn't a formula plot.

What did you like best about this story?

How dabilatated Christopher is by his mental and behavioral problems. The descriptions of his ordeal are pretty accurate. Loved how Christopher was determined to have his needs met no matter what. He's a sweet, arrogant, obnoxious guy in love but doesn't know it.

Which character – as performed by Nicole Colburn – was your favorite?

Not one in particular, but Christopher was entertaining.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Beauty and the beast.

Any additional comments?

Good story. Christopher's personality and mentality is awesome. The women are not hand-wringing, simpering little girls awed by fame.

love

the narrator could have gotten some words right. it was still good though. love it.

dark and will make you cry

It's a great dark story that will cause you to feel things more then turn you on but is still a hot book

bad narration

the narrator was horrible. it was hard to get through the book because of the inflection in Christopher's voice.

Bad.. Bad... Bad Narration

I just looked through my library to see how many audiobooks I have listened to over the years. At last 250. This is the very first time I am returning a book because the narrator is soooo unbearable.

Ugghh

Couldn’t get past first chapter monotone female narrator terrible male voice fell asleep while listening
Will have to try kindle version