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Hopelessly Bromantic
- The Hopelessly Bromantic Duet, Book 1
- Narrated by: Shane East, Teddy Hamilton, Full Cast
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An irresistibly sexy, emotionally charged MM romance between a broody American and a charming Brit, from number one NYT best seller Lauren Blakely and performed with duet narration by Teddy Hamilton and Shane East!
Look, when I met the sexy, witty Brit on the streets of London last night, I had no idea who he was. He was just that hot guy I wanted to have a drink with, so I asked him out for my first evening in town. One thing almost led to another. After a midnight kiss, we made plans for a whole lot more the next day.
But when I unlock the door to my rental in the morning, the English hottie is lounging on the couch like he lives here too. Great. For the next year, I’ll be sharing a tiny flat with the sexiest guy I’ve ever known.
Time for a few simple rules—don’t walk around the flat wearing only a towel, don’t spend our nights together exploring London, and don’t crack open my secrets for him. Even as I smash all those rules, I try to resist falling for the cocky charmer. But after a taste of his lips, I give all the way in, telling myself one night, and we won’t fall in love.
Too bad in the morning, I discover that hiding my true feelings is the least of my worries, compared to a twist I never see coming.
Hopelessly Bromantic is the first novel in a scorching, emotional, hilarious, two-book epic romance that'll take you from London to New York, from Paris to Los Angeles, and back home. Performed with a full supporting cast including Vanessa Edwin, J. F. Harding, James Joseph, Faye Adele, Evan Parker, Shakira Shute, Robbie Martino, Blake Lockheart, Stephanie Németh-Parker, and Stella Hunter.
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- Jen - Audible Addict
- 05-31-22
All the feels with fantastic performances!
You had me at Blakely, but beyond that this book is everything I love about love: Falling in love, healing from heartache, getting over something that wasn’t broken but wasn’t the right time, letting go of something that might come back to you someday if you do… This book is the goodness in everyone, all the best characters, all the best in what we hope for humanity to be - Lauren Blakely makes me feel good with every story - even when she breaks my heart in the process and then builds it back up again for that happily ever after we all live for in romance. Jude and TJ are absolute perfection from the meet cute to letting go because it’s the right thing to do. Honestly, I have hopeful tears running down my face right now thinking about this book I just finished. There is a kiss in the rain that made me weak in the knees, let alone what happens after that - Yowza! When beautiful connections and true love are also filthy - that is amazing!
Buckle up for this one, though, because there is something unexpected coming. I’m kind of a mess right now… HOLY plot twists - I was definitely not expecting that end or that epilogue! I can’t wait for what’s next for TJ and Jude in Here Comes My Man!!!! I know it will be well written, beautifully performed, and everything I need from romance while remaining fresh and bringing me new adventures, new experiences, new characters, new love, and fantastic narration!
Now, let’s talk about performances! #Sheddy is AMAZING! Lauren loves audio and it shows with every new book she releases. DUET narration with a full supporting cast including: Vanessa Edwin, J. F. Harding, James Joseph, Faye Adele, Evan Parker, Shakira Shute, Robbie Martino, Blake Lockheart, Stephanie Németh-Parker, and Stella Hunter. All of them are absolutely fantastic performers who bring their very best to the characters and experiences to pull us through the rollercoaster of the romantic experience from meeting someone wonderful, falling in love, and handling real situations for what life hands us all. GET LOST in Hopelessly Bromantic and let these narrators bring you through the full gamut of emotions to finish you off with LOVE all over your heart and soul! The bloopers are once again hilarious perfection!
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- whatcha.listening.to
- 05-31-22
Hopelessly Bromantic!!
I loved it!
I probably say that about every MM book Lauren writes but it is true she just writes captivating stories with such intriguing characters.
This book was exactly what I needed. I have been struggling with books that hold my attention and this book did that in spades.
T.J stole my heart right from the beginning his sweet nature, the way he thinks its enthralling.
Jude making his dreams come true anyway he can. I loved the meet cute, and when he didn't think he gave him enough info when he goes back. My heart couldn't take it!
The tug a war these characters are facing in the book is the perfect way to explain what they do to my heart. Will they? Won't they? Can then make it work? How? Will there be sacrifices?
The full cast was perfect, and Teddy and Shane were the characters. I love that Lauren picks the right narrator for the job. I can't wait for more, these guys are going to be stuck in my head until we find out the ending!
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- Allison Ball
- 06-07-22
Another winner from LB!
LB’s books are always a must listen for me, and this was no different. I love the way she writes M/M romances, and as usual Teddy and Shane nailed it!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-07-22
Hopelessly 💓
Lauren Blakely
You are the best and your MM romance are just fantastic.
I enjoyed every part of this book, emotional and funny, how TJ and Jude are so real!!
The audiobook is fenomenal 🤩 it was perfec for my way back home from London to Seattle!
I am counting the days for here comes my man.
Thank you !!
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- RS
- 06-06-22
Fall in love with TJ and June! 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Celebrate Pride Month falling in love with TJ and June! Blakely is one of my favorite authors. “Hopelessly Bromantic” was under my skin from the beginning to the ending and will stay with me forever. This mastery story crafted by Blakely plus the legendary voices of East and Hamilton are the components to make this audiobook a classic! Not forgetting the outstanding supporting cast and their magic voices! It is a stellar cast🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🙌🏼👏🏼! I am a woman who l❤️❤️❤️❤️ves MEN, FYI, I am straight. However, Love is Love and this is a beautiful Love Story at its best, which takes us deep inside to the human heart and soul. Bravo! I am glad I don’t need to wait too long for book 2. I cannot stop praising the author, the main actors and cast majestic voices, as well as the directors who produced a classic honouring Pride Month. Bravo! 👏🏼🙌🏼🌈🏳️🌈❤️💕😍 I am so happy that we will hear much more from TJ and June! Happy reading!
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- CynthiaL cdlam7
- 06-06-22
Stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and more stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ galore!!
Hold on to your heart!!! Prepare for another fabulously enticing love story by amazing Lauren Blakely. And prepare to become so infatuated with characters TJ and Jude that the sweet and passionate interactions between them will have you hanging on to their every word.
Hopelessly Bromantic is an amazing story that kept me enthralled right from TJ and Jude’s initial meeting. The performance of the entire cast of characters is flawless. Narration by Teddy Hamilton and Shane East as TJ and Jude is nothing short of perfection and left me breathless and in tears many times just from the sheer force of their combined dynamic performance.
Now as I impatiently await for more of TJ and Jude’s love story, I will enjoy re-listening to the last few chapters over and over again along with the hysterical bloopers offered up after a very interesting epilogue.
As I said before, hold on to your heart, as thanks to Lauren Blakely, however much was left of mine after her Men Of Summer series, now was lost in Hopelessly Bromantic.
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- 06-06-22
Emotional and Passionate!
This is the first book in The Hopelessly Bromantic Duet, a MM Romance. TJ and Jude's story is emotional, sweet, and beautiful. Their slow burn romance is emotional and passionate, filled with twists and turns. They are both great characters. The story ends with a cliffhanger, and I am looking forward to listening to Here Comes My Man, the next book in the series. Shane East and Teddy Hamilton did an excellent job with the narration, featuring a full supporting cast of narrators: Vanessa Edwin, J. F. Harding, James Joseph, Faye Adele, Evan Parker, Shakira Shute, Robbie Martino, Blake Lockheart, Stephanie Németh-Parker, and Stella Hunter. This is a great audiobook production. I enjoyed it.
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- Grandma Tami
- 06-05-22
Aaaaaaaggggghhhhhh so good
Ok I need the next book asap ! Tj and Jude are amazing together now they just need to figure it out ! They both know it but are trying so hard to protect their hearts and egos that they keep messing it up ! But I know Lauren Will give us a spectacular reunion and happily ever after!
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- Chris Cox
- 06-05-22
I could not get enough of this book!
We've seen snippets of TJ in quite a few books but now he finally gets his own love story which spans over many years. I loved this book so much and it took me a long time to think of the words for this review.
In Shameless Flirt, when TJ first leaves for London, he and his twin brother Chance share a cab to the airport. What an emotional ride. I just love their relationship and how close they are as brothers.
The story really begins when TJ arrives in London and meets Jude, all bets are off. Sparks fly the first time they speak to each other its all "word badmitton" and shameless flirting. I loved Jude constantly trying to guess what TJ stands for and that TJ was set on taking chances for once in his life and asking Jude out. They become so close and when they meet up after some time it's like the spark never went out. Sadly, secrets and misunderstandings get the best of them and the end of this book just broke my heart. Knowing there's more to their story give me hope.
The audiobook was such a treat! You get so much emotion and humor just from Lauren Blakely's words, but when Teddy Hamilton and Shane East perform it takes TJ and Jude's story to a whole new level. Their performance near the end left my heart absolutely shredded, but again, very hopeful. I can't wait to see where there story takes them next!
Also, the entire cast was absolutely amazing!
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- Jan M
- 06-04-22
Hopelessly Love It!
Lauren Blakely has a panache with words and building great stories. I so appreciate that she writes the stories with the listeners in mind. Her choice of how she writes the story, along with the descriptions that paint vivid pictures in my mind, are perfection. I can envision so many details!!! The bonus of having top notch narrators is such a plus! Shane East and Teddy Hamilton, along with the other supporting narrators added so much to my enjoyment. Another bonus this book has is a prequel novella at the beginning. This is an awesome listen!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-22
Wonderful 🥰
I love love love everything about it.
Teddy and Shane is such a wonderful narrators, I immersed listening to their voices it brought the characters in such wonderful delight so much emotions. I can’t wait to listen the second part of the story.
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- Helen Williams (All Booked Out)
- 06-29-22
A great listen and more to come!
A great story and brilliant narration with a full supporting cast. Teddy and Shane are the perfect pairing and brought the characters to life. I am delighted with the ending, a cliffy so we have so much more to look forward to. Bring on the rest, i can't wait.
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- Morgan Windle (Morgan & Many Books)
- 06-17-22
Love the full cast formula!
This was great, and superbly performed—the end in particular. Bonus points for the bloops chapter, we need more of these in the audiobook world!!!
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- ButtonsMom2003
- 06-07-22
Fantastic story, fantastic audiobook!
I received an advanced copy of this story for review and started reading it and loved it. Then I listened to a sample of the audiobook and I knew I had to buy it and finish the story by listening to the full-cast audio. It was amazing and I’ve never been so glad that I used a credit for a book. I haven’t had the opportunity to listen to very many full-cast audiobooks and I didn’t know that they could be such an immersive experience.
As much as I enjoyed listening to this I don’t know if it would have been as good if it weren’t for the excellent story that Lauren Blakely wrote. I knew going in that there would be a cliffhanger and I was OK with that. I only have a problem with cliffhangers when I don’t know there is one in advance of reading the book.
I don’t want to rehash the blurb or retell the story. It was very emotional in places and pretty heartbreaking near the end. Both of the MCs have confidence issues and that leads to more than one misunderstanding.
The audiobook includes the prequel, Shameless Flirt, but reading this isn’t necessary to enjoy the book. It’s actually more like a short teaser. The other thing the audiobook includes is a blooper reel. OMG is it ever funny; it was worth getting the audiobook just to listen to the bloopers at the end.
As soon as I finished listening to Hopelessly Bromantic I immediately pre-ordered the conclusion, Here Comes My Man. I have every confidence that TJ and Jude will get their HEA but I’m sure that Lauren Blakely is going to make them work for it.
***Reviewed for Xtreme-Delusions dot com***
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- Ingrid
- 06-06-22
Another amazing listen!
I’m getting repetitive in my reviews for Lauren’s books, but this was another amazing story! Jude and TJ are so good together, and they squeezed my heart and never let go. I couldn’t stop listening to it, and I’m in desperate need of book 2! The full cast definitely elevated this story to an even greater level. Love, love, love!
Steam: 3/5 (open door scenes)
*I voluntarily read an advance review copy of this book*
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- Sharon
- 06-04-22
Had me on the edge of my seat.
This story had me shouting out loud at some points. Was so well written and performed, absolutely brilliant and I can’t wait for the 2nd part.
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- LilleyLoohLah
- 06-01-22
I’m Broken
Oh flipping heck! I don’t even know how to start this review, so the first thing I did was look to see when book 2 is out, and oh my gosh.! I’ve got 27 days to wait, and counting. Enough of my ministrations, and more on the wonders that are TJ Ashford/Hardman and Jude Graham/Fox, in the here and now. I love TJ and Jude together, they just meld together perfectly. It’s like a perfect love story, the perfect bromance, until it isn’t. Coming together perfectly in London “wink wink”, even as they deny the possibility of being together, because - roomies. Then the added problem of distance, London/New York is not exactly easy. Then comes the stubborn dude syndrome, and bam, heart exploded. Ending with a super twist I did not see coming, and aaargh.
There’s a hint in the title - duet #1 - so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that I was left wanting, but still it did. I need book 2 stat. The prequel - Shameless Flirt which is a wonderful introduction to TJ and Jude is available on all platforms free of charge, it’s also included in the audio version of Hopelessly Bromantic. This leads in nicely to the fact that the audio version of this story features a full cast led by my two favourites Teddy Hamilton and Shane East, who both give it their all. They play TJ and Jude to utter perfection, there’s also a blooper reel at the end which cracked me up. Highly recommend for fans of m/m romance.
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- Ali
- 05-31-22
OMG
Thanks for a great book, narrated brilliantly by Shane and Teddy plus the rest of the cast. Did not see that ending coming.....
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- Lyn C
- 06-04-22
Definitely a must listen!
Loved this story! Shane and Teddy are perfectly cast. The only thing that I would change is having to wait 4 weeks for the next book in the series!!
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- Miss Dysfunktion
- 06-27-22
Absolutely loved this!
Hopelessly Bromantic is book one in the Hopelessly Bromantic Duet.
Shamless Flirt the prelude to this story was also included in the audiobook which was a great show of what was to come. Plus any excuse to listen to Teddy Hamilton and Shane East.
Lauren always the best audiobooks. Not only with some of my fave narrators but often with a full cast of narrators too. So truly goes above and beyond just a duet, which is definitely my favourite style followed by dual.
TJ was sent to London for a year on assignment as a journalist he couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
Jude is a sexy brit working in a bookstore whilst trying to build his acting career.
This story spans over 7 years. But don’t stress it’s not one of those ‘past and present’ back and forth types. It’s honestly fantastic how Lauren has brought this story together.
There is the perfect level of romance, steam and angst with a medium level of burn.
The inner monologues in this book are hilarious. Blakely has a great knack for wit and sarcasm an it shines through in this series.
That cliffhanger has me desperate for the ending. I’m invested now, I need to know what’s going to happen!
The blooper reel moments on the audiobook with Teddy and Shane is absolutely hilarious. These are definitely among two of my faves but the reel had me in stitches laughing. Once one of them started laughing I was absolutely done for.
If you’re unsure on narrators these two are absolutely top tier and I would listen to them narrate a shopping list!
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- Pat Johnson
- 06-09-22
Captivating story / audiobook .
What a beautiful alluring story .
Hopelessly Bromantic is book one of the Hopelessly Bromantic duet..
The journey of TJ and Jude is absolutely captivating.
While walking along a street in London , they pause , together they feel a strong spark ignite between them.
One downcast American, one alluring Brit , together they are easily sexually aroused by each other..
So much passion between them ,added with wonderful banter it’s a book I couldn’t stop reading..
Then life get in the way , promotion , moving away , time stretches……into ……a very long time ..
Roll on book two!
Perfect narration … absolutely perfect.