True Love and Other Disasters

By: Rachel Gibson

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

Best-selling author Rachel Gibson is acclaimed for her quick-witted and endearing romances. True Love and Other Disasters begins as the Seattle Chinooks hockey team owner dies, bequeathing the team to his young widow, Faith. Faith is determined to be taken seriously as the owner, and she’s not going to let anyone—especially dreamy star player Ty Savage—get in her way.

©2009 Rachel Gibson (P)2010 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

“With humor and eloquent prose, Gibson brings substance and depth to this loving, modern romance.” ( Publishers Weekly)

Narration or Joke?

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The narrator ruined this book for me. Not that the story itself was all that deep, but it would have been much more enjoyable to read than listen to. I honestly felt like I was either listening to someone making fun of the author or a virgin trying to deliver sexy lines. The narrator made each character sound SO stereotypically "cheesy romance" that at times I couldn't even listen to the book. I ended up skipping to the end about half way through just so I could know how it ended. I couldn't bear listening to another hour of Susan Bennett's impression of sexy one-liners.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I liked the storyline in general, but the main characters needed more... well... character.

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator should have practiced "playful" instead of "sultry" voices.

Was True Love and Other Disasters worth the listening time?

No

Any additional comments?

Great idea for a book... horrible follow-through.

Story was alright, narrator was excellent

I'm not expecting anything earth shattering new with contemporary romance. What I do expect is some kind of catharsis. I didn't really identify with Duffy. The dialogue wasn't riveting. There are so many other better contemporary romance novels to chose from, I probably wouldn't recommend this one above a score of others.

Loved it

Best one so far from this author!! I just found her books and now can’t wait for the next one.

Love Rachel Gibson

Another steamy story from Rachel Gibson. This is a sure fire winner as I love the alliance to the Seattle Hockey team! A lot of her books feature them and I find it brings a sexiness to the story… something about an athlete, am I right?
the author did a great job on the steamy scenes but otherwise really breathy and gasping through much of the story… once I heard it I couldn’t unhear it and it was distracting. Overall a good book

Fun story. Bad hockey.

I enjoyed the characters and the story but someone who knows hockey will be bothered by all the mistakes regarding the sport. For example-a forward would not have a 3 minute shift, a playoff schedule would not be one game at home and then one on the road, etc, etc. I know it sounds minor but it bugged the heck out of me.

There were issues with the performance as well. How do you mispronounce Canuck and Labatts? Maybe have a Canadian proofreads/listen next time.

Canucks NOT canooks!!!

this story has a lot of female drama in it. A good deal of explicit sex and sex talk. and the narrator does not know how Canadians use "eh". She also mispronounced the name of the Vancouver Canucks. It rhymes with luck, shuck, huck, muck etc. It does not rhyme with crook. Also Canadians add "eh" to the last word in the sentence, no pause. for ex. "It's been a good runeh?" or "come in out of the coldeh?" turning the sentence into a question. NO PAUSE!!! other than getting unreasonably irritated at that, the book was okay. Story a bit weak, it's a typical romance. If that is what you are looking for that's what you are getting.

Loved it.

This is my first time listening to a Rachel Gibson book. I loved it. Thought the narrater did a good job. I hope audible releases any more of Rachel's books that are available on audio, especially the rest of this series (Chinook's Hockey Team).

Loved It!

Rachel Gibson is on my list of favorite authors, and I really enjoyed this book. I took off one star simply because I wished the end hadn't come so soon...maybe if she'd tacked on an epilogue, I could have given that last one. Susan Bennett did a good job narrating. It has been difficult for me to listen to some of my other purchases because the narrators' voices got on my nerves partway through the book, but that was not a problem here. (And as a bonus, I also think she did a great job reading the steamier parts of the story!)

A good story but....

Every voice sounds exactly the same. It was a little off putting hearing these huge masculine hockey players (with beards), and all of them sound like a soft voice female or little boys. Her version of the Canadian accent was just putting the word (aye) in a sentence every now and then. She doesn't have a bad voice. I would just suggest that they should have done a narrative collaboration with a male to narrate for the men or found a different woman who knows how to play dual roles.

good but

good story, typical sports romance. The narrator has a good reading voice and good flucuation however it's very difficult to distiguish between characters.