The End and Then

Loveless, Book 1

De: Hannah Bird

Narrado por: Anissa Perona

What do you do when life as you know it ends?

Eden Ross is trying to figure that out.

She starts by packing up the remains of her life and moving to a small town in Colorado to run a bar alongside her best friend. But the work still doesn't provide a sufficient distraction from the demons nipping at her heels. Estranged from the family she loves, she tries to focus on her new, tight-knit group of surprisingly accepting neighbors. That includes Chase Taylor, a charismatic outdoorsman she fails to keep at a distance despite her best intentions. But letting anyone get too close carries the possibility of them finding out her ugly truth, and that's a risk Eden's not willing to take.

When a revelation from an unexpected source rocks her to her core, she's forced to make a decision that will change the course of her life. Faced with this impossible choice between her family and her well-being, she knows she needs help, and the only way to get it is to tell the truth about what has happened, so she can finally leave the past behind once and for all.

In her debut novel, Hannah Bird deftly explores what it truly means to be a family, and whether those ties that bind us all can—or should—ever be broken.

Follow Eden on her journey to discover the goodness of life and love after tragedy, and the importance of those that support us along the way.

©2022 Hannah Bird (P)2024 Hannah Bird

Incredible; both Narration and Writing

I’m newish to audiobooks because often I don’t care for the phony voices for different characters. There are some books I have loved but couldn’t finish them as an audiobook. There are however some narrators who just nail it. Anissa Perona did just that and is now one of my new favorites. I would be willing to give a book a chance just from seeing her listed as the narrator.

As for the book itself. I was impressed by the way Hannah Bird wrote a romance novel that weaved in such heavy topics with trauma healing and boundary keeping so flawlessly. She gave strength to the heavy parts without washing them away with a romantic whirlwind that would honestly be too unrealistic in the face of such trauma. It made for a powerful and enjoyable read!