Hello Forever

By: Sarina Bowen

Narrated by: Dake Bliss, Teddy Hamilton

Length: 6 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's Summary

When they were only teenagers, Axel and Caxton were caught making out in the woods at church camp. And afterward, Cax had disappeared from all the youth group activities.

Six years later Axel is astonished to spot his first love's face in the crowd of a college basketball game he's watching on television - at a school that has just offered him a job. It's a thousand miles away, in a tiny rural town. But suddenly he can't wait to get there.

Cax can't believe his eyes when Axel appears in the same Massachusetts town where he now lives. And he's still just as drawn to him as ever. But he can't let himself go there again, because loving Axel will mean giving up everything else he holds dear.

Both men have so much to lose. But as far as their love is concerned, it's Hello Forever.

©2017 Sarina Bowen (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

✫✫ 5 Stars ✫✫

I was hoping for more of Caleb and Josh in this book but I still enjoyed this book very much. This is absolutely a stand alone so if you haven't read book 1, you should because it was amazing but you don't have to to understand this one.

I love that all of the MM books I've read by Sarina Bowen have characters that have known each other forever, that always helps me fall in love quickly with the love story. These two have some serious obstacles to work around to be together but they handle it beautifully. I love that this book had zero self created drama and that ending had me swooning!!! Great book!!

The narration was great, I'm a huge fan of Teddy Hamilton so I knew I'd love the narration but the were both great.

9 of 10 people found this review helpful

5 Hello Forever Stars

When I first started this book I thought… OH No not another one where the man can’t accept who he is.

But I kept on reading because it is Sarina Bowen and she hasn’t steered me wrong yet.

And I found that I really enjoyed Axel and Caxton’s story because one accepts who he is and the other learns to accept himself because of the other one.

It really is a great story of finding yourself even when the odds feel like they are against you.

I hope Sarina writes more MM because she just makes you feel so many things for these strong men who want and need love too.

The narration was fanfreakingtastic as always when these two preform together.

*You don't have to like my review but its 100% my opinion, and I am allowed to have it.*

9 of 12 people found this review helpful

OK but not as good as the first book.

One narrator was quite good but the other one, who narrated Cax's chapters, spoke too slowly, paused in odd places and placed emphasis on the wrong words in sentences. It was very distracting.

The story was quite good, though fairly predictable and less compelling than the first in the series. More could/should have been done with the psychological impact of violence and trauma, otherwise why include it? The characters seemed to largely unaffected as they raced towards the inevitable HEA mimicry of hetero marriage and family.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

I REALLY LOVED THIS ONE!! GREAT STORY!!!

If you could sum up Hello Forever in three words, what would they be?

Beautiful, Sexy, Awesome!!

What did you like best about this story?

The love these 2 guys had for each other...they were childhood sweethearts...they were meant to be!! LOVED!!!

Have you listened to any of Dake Bliss and Teddy Hamilton ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have...this one was better than book 1...Older characters and they were more settled into each other I think...It just clicked better!!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Both!! My heart is so full now!!

Any additional comments?

Axel and Cax!!! Ohhh these poor young men just wanted to be together..to love each other freely and Cax's dad was a total D Bag...he tried everything to keep them apart..threats first.and when it didnt work...Violence....But true love is unbreakable....and in the end it prevailed...I love Sarina Bowen books!! I need more!!

TOTALLY RECOMMEND!!!!

3 of 5 people found this review helpful

Loved it

I enjoy Sarina Bowen, gay romance and straight and this definitely did not disappoint. There was true character development and a strong story. Loved it.

Hello Forever

Axel and Cax were adorable! I really liked their story. I can't wait to read Jason's book next! (hoping he has one! )

Great listen

Not too surprising as it has a lot of the first books language. That's why only 4 stars.

Enjoyable story; mediocre narration

I enjoyed the first book in this series much more than this, but it was still very good. Much like the last book, Teddy Hamilton did a great job, but Dake Bliss just did not fit and kind of ruined the flow of the story.

There were a couple of editing errors too that were so egregious they should be mentioned: At one point Josh (or Caleb?) said they’re going to “Maggie & Dylan’s.” Did Maggie divorce Daniel and marry someone named Dylan? Did the narrator read it wrong? Or did the author forget her character’s name? Also, during one of the sexy times, the narrator said, “he groined.” I’m assuming he meant “groaned,” so, again, either the narrator misread it or it was a typo and the narrator was being a pro and read it verbatim. Either way, it made me laugh out loud. :)

Great!

Sarina Bowen writes awesome mm books, I can't get enough of them! Cax And Alex second chance is narrated beautifully!

loved it ! wonderful book

the story was amazing. the characters was good. the storyline made sense and you could feel the struggle .
the narrators was amazing!!!

True love

Axel and Cax story is beautifully told in this audio book that it still made me weep. A must have