In Her Court

Camp Firefly Falls, Volume 18

By: Tamsen Parker

Narrated by: Jill Smith

Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins

Publisher's Summary

Newly minted professor Evangeline “Van” Thompson’s academic dreams have turned into nightmares. She can’t wait to escape the pressure cooker of the university to spend the summer at Camp Firefly Falls with her bestie, Nate.  

Unfortunately, Nate breaks his leg halfway through the season, and his little sister, Willa, fills in for him as resident tennis instructor. Van has fond memories of the blonde moppet, but when Willa shows up at camp, she’s not so little anymore. She’s grown into a bombshell and a menace on the tennis court - why do those skirts have to be so short, anyway? 

Willa Carter has had a crush on Van Thompson since the third grade, but Van’s always been more interested in hanging out with Willa’s older brother. Not much seems to have changed - Van’s managing the camp’s web presence while Willa rocks her tennis whites.   

Camp will be closing in a few weeks, and Van’s barely spoken to Willa despite sharing a cabin. But when the two get thrown together to plan the last session of camp, s’mores might not be the only thing getting sticky and sweet before the season’s out....

©2017 Tamsen Parker (P)2018 Tamsen Parker

Story Was Pretty Good

I wasn't sure what to expect with this audio book and I've never read this author previously. When I saw the book was part of a "Camp Fire series" I started to worry that this was going to be PG13, but, for anyone interested, there's definitely sex. The story line was pretty good but somehow I didn't fall in love with either character. I felt there was potential for more. There's a brother, a sister, and the brother's best friend whom the sister has been crushing for years. The brother breaks his leg and can't spend all summer at a camp with his best friend but don't worry the sister takes his place. The sister and the best friend room together and it doesn't take long before they are sleeping together... I still wanted there to be a little more to the story. The narration was really good in the dialog was pretty good I just wanted the characters to be more developed

Very cute!

This story is adorable and fun and I like that one half of the couple’s apparent bisexuality is nbd. The love scenes are very hot. Some of the nerd references get to be a little much (like as in there are a lot of them, not that they’re inherently bad) and the narration is perfectly fine. I think it’s worth the listen!

Loved it!

I like the writing style of the author, the storyline and how she describes the characters. I truly enjoyed this book and hope that there are plenty more from this author.

Excellent!

This book made my nerdy heart swell! I was pleasantly surprised by how steamy it was. I may very well be looking into the rest of the camp firefly falls series!

Well written lesborotic romance with lots of fun

Tamsen Parker is an acomplished writer. Her skills are well ahead of the majority of writers in this genre many of whom, although native English speakers, do not know how to construct English sentences including basic grammar. Tamsen Parker's writing has a light, lyrical quality, she's created an interesting plot, is good at sharacterisation, knows how to write dialogue and convey both humour and emotion. Importantly, she knows how to write sexy sex scenes that are the not the boring, repetitive padding that so many other lesbian romance authors use to fill out their books.
Jill Smith does a top notch job as narrator. She clearly differentiates characters, although Tamsen Parker's writing makes this relatively easy compared to some of the muddled narratives I've listened to, and her tone is appropriate for the text throughout. Jill Smith has a pleasant accent and timbre to her voice; she is a real pleasure to listen to and I don't understand why Audible don't use her skills more often as many of the audiobooks I have listened to would have been much, much more enjoyable if she had narrated them.
I hope Tamsen Parker will write more lesbian themed romances in the future and they will be narrated by Jill Smith because I will prioritise listening to their audiobooks above most other authors and narrators.