Southern Attraction

Southern Heart

By: Kaylee Ryan

Narrated by: Amy Johnson, Joe Arden

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

I had everything I ever wanted, living the dream, at least that's what I always thought. The night we met, we had an instant attraction, but she was with someone else. When we reunited a few months later, that pull was still there, stronger than ever. So strong that even though she was hundreds of miles away, I pursued her. I told myself that I just wanted to get to know her. Deep down I knew it was more.

I never understood the draw of living in the middle of nowhere. Born and raised a city girl, I never had the desire to leave. Who would have thought a weekend trip to the country would have me questioning myself? It was more than just the country; it's him. The way he looks at me, treats me, that smooth Southern drawl.

Am I willing to give up my legacy for her?

Am I willing to give up my dream for him?

Can two souls come together by the force of Southern Attraction?

©2017 Kaylee Ryan (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Decent story but needs better editing

The story itself was ok promise but but the writing is juvenile. There is a lot of repetition. And the characters, at times, behave like teenagers rather than mature adults.

The biggest issue that I had was the fact that I kept getting distracted by the authors improper use of words. Clearly the author did not bother to use a dictionary before using some words and the editor did not catch them. One example: the heroine is lamenting to her friend about the fact that she and the Hero live so far from one another. Her friend responds “semantics”. What???? Semantics concerns the logical aspects of meanings in language. That word has nothing to do with location. She should have used a word like logistics. That is just one example; I found it happening over and over and ended up just being irritated rather than entertained.

The narration was decent. I was happy that the narrators did not over exaggerate the southern accent.

Magnetic Attraction

Here we are... Mike and Jaime! I feel like I waited for their story for so very long. These two had an instant connection. They tried to fight it. They tried to make long distance work. But when you love someone with all of you being so far away and only seeing each other on some weekends is not enough. This story was fantastic! Plus i love meeting up with the previous couples in every book.

The narration between Amy Johnson and Joe Arden was perfect! I fell so quickly for them. They add in so much heart and emotion.

Great audiobook!

Wow! Joe Arden and Amy Johnson did a great job on capturing the sentiment and emotion in this story and Kaylee Ryan told another magnificent story. This was well worth the wait!

An Ordinary Love Story

Mike and Jamie meet when she visited her friend in Kentucky and the rest is history. They fall in love and Jamie moves from Chicago to Kentucky to be with Mike.

All the feels

This book definitely moves faster just because of the long distance issue. Even after having read this book before, I still wanted to scream at them both because I had the solution to their problem. Just like the other books in the Southern Heart series itw work the reread and re-listen.

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Sweet

I liked the book, liked the sweet guy and I would like to listen to the other books in the series since this was my first one, however I do agree with other reviews that the book is very repetitive, as in the characters say the exact same thing several times and not necessarily to different people, or in one occasion Jamie thought something and then said it and in the audiobook it just sounded like she said it twice, as was unnecessary.

Regarding the narration I liked both, although sometimes Joe didn't do, in my opinion, a southern accent altogether and Amy on the other hand gave an accent to everyone, like Jamie even though she is from Chicago, but I imagine it must be hard changing from one accent to the next in the same conversation.

Nice, low drama, light listen.

Anything narrated by Joe Arden is always worth the money or credit, in my opinion. I got this book during an audible sale so I had not listened to any others in the series yet. Joe brings every emotion to the book and it's flawless, he is a master of audio. Amy Johnson was new to me, as was the author, Kaylee Ryan. Amy did a great job as well, and I would've given a 5 star performance, but her male voice isn't as easy to listen to. If it were duet style narration, it would've gotten 5 stars for sure. The story was really great- nothing too dramatic happened, so the book was a pretty light listen. I will be indulging in the rest of the books from the series.

Love Finds a Way!

Kaylee Ryan’s Southern series is fabulous…this is a reread for me, maybe the 3rd time through them all? Southern Attraction is such a feel-good contemporary romance…my cup of tea! All feature men who are hard-working, courteous, thoughtful, and flawed and women who are strong, independent, and flawed, Mike and Jamie’s journey to their HEA is full of sweet and steamy moments with strong themes of relationships with family and friends, Reading this series in order brings the most enjoyment! Excellent narration!

it was ok

extremely slow burn. story kind of dragged for me. I had to continuously stop go to another book then come back.