The DM Diaries

By: Teagan Hunter

Narrated by: Laurie West, Alastair Haynesbridge

Falling in love with a guy like this is easy. Finally meeting him is a different story in a funny, flirty, and emotional romantic comedy about celebrity, secrets, and plus-sized dreams.

Olive O’Brien is a plus-size influencer with half a million followers and big dreams. And she’s feeling the pressure to stand out while staying true to herself. To cope, Olive finds solace in an unexpected place: the DMs of Jasper Rafferty, the world’s hottest movie star, where she feels safe to share her hopes, fears, and secrets because it’s not like he’ll read them. Until he does. Kind of.

Career-wise, Jasper’s younger brother, Jude, is in free fall. After an interview gone wrong, Jude now has the thankless job of managing his brother’s social media accounts to help reboot his own image. Olive’s messages are unexpected, and her wit and vulnerability catch his interest. How can “Jasper” not respond? And how long can Jude keep up the ruse?

As the DMs get flirtier and more personal, the bigger question is what’ll happen when Olive finds out she’s fallen for a fraud. It might not be what either of them expects.

©2024 Teagan Hunter (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Olive and Jude

While at work today I decided to pop in my ear buds and listen to a book. I needed something funny and light. This hit that mark with a little bit of depth.
Easy and quick read or listen.
The audio was 5 stars with Laurie West and Alastair Haynesbridge. Both of the narrators brought the sass and playfulness of both Olive and Jude.

Banter for sure

No dislikes here. Of course the predictability to some degree, but plot and character development: A+++
Cannot wait to read something else by this author! Excited for the next read!

Fun & Fluffy Romcom!

This was a fun, fluffy, cute, low angst, spicy little romcom that I is a good breather for when you’re in between heavier reads!

Also really enjoyed the audio (available through KU) and it made the characters fun personalities really come to life!

Wonderful!!

This is a wonderful story between Olive and Jude. It was so quirky and cute! It was a fun read that made my heart feel good. This is just what I needed to read! Just plain fun!! 💙💜

A fun & entertaining listen!!!

I always love a Teagan book and this one was such a fun, entertaining read!! The concept of the story was so perfect for the world we live in of social media and Teagan twisted it into this fantastic celebrity romance between a plus size model and movie star. It’s a romcom with so many sweet moments that will have you smiling, the cutest DM messages back and forth, lots of funny banter, all the family & friend interactions on the side and was just a low angst, easy read! It is a slow burn to the spice but the plot flows so well making it such an enjoyable read!

Celebrity/Model
Plus Size Heroine
Online Romance
Romantic Comedy
Hidden Identity
NYC

This story is about Olive who is a social media influencer and a plus size model. She lost her father suddenly and after her therapist suggested she journals her emotions. Olive decided to randomly use the movie star, Jasper Rafferty’s DMs to do just that, thinking he’d never see them. However, his brother Jude, who is also an actor, comes across them and begins to message her back as Jasper.

I have to add that I absolutely adored all of the interactions between Jude and his siblings as well as Olive and her best friend, Annie! It created so many sweet moments that make you fall in love with all of these side characters as well. The way they all just love each other but also have that joking sibling/friend banter was so just so heartwarming to read! I’m hoping those Rafferty siblings get some stories next!

AUDIO REVIEW:
This audio narration made this story SO easy to listen to!!! Laurie West and Alastair Hayensbridge brought this fun romcom to life. First, I love Alastair’s voice so much and he had the perfect upbeat tone and completely fit the personality of Jude who is a hollywood actor. He also has a fantastic higher pitch female voice that flowed so well in Jude’s chapters. Then there is Laurie whose voice was so enjoyable and matched exactly what I envisioned for Olive. She has a soft, breathy tone with so much emotion in her voice that makes you feel everything and just brought Olive to life. Overall, these two made this whole audiobook feel like it flew by as their performance was so entertaining and enjoyable!