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The Hardest Fall

By: Ella Maise
Narrated by: Alexander Cendese,Lidia Dornet
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The first time you meet someone, you make eye contact. You smile, say hello. Should be simple, if you're anyone but me.

The first time I met Dylan Reed, I found myself making eye contact with a different part of his body. You see, I'm very good at being shy, not to mention extremely well-versed in rambling nonsense and, unfortunately, rather highly skilled at making a fool of myself in front of a guy I'm attracted to. At the time, I knew nothing about him and thought none of what I said would matter since I'd never speak to him again. Turns out, I was very wrong.

He was the star wide receiver of the football team, one of the few players expected to make it into the NFL, and I ended up seeing him all over campus. I might have also propositioned him, run away from him, attacked him with a cooking utensil...and...uh, maybe I shouldn't tell you all of it. It's pretty normal stuff, things you'd expect...from me.

Eventually, the time came when I couldn't hide anymore - not that he'd have let me even if I tried. Before now, he never knew I was secretly watching him. Now that we see each other every day, he knows when I have a hard time looking away. It doesn't help that I'm not the most subtle person in the world either. He smiles at me and tells me he finds me fascinating because of my quirks. I can't even tell him that I think my heart beats differently whenever he's around.

He thinks we're going to be best friends. I think I have a big thing for him, and the more I get to know him, the more I don't care that I'm not allowed to be his friend, let alone fall for him. The thing is, that's exactly what I'm doing - what we're doing, I think. Falling. Hard.

Contains mature themes.

©2018 Ella Maise (P)2018 Tantor
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I Can't Even... Pretend to Try

I get it. Not every male narrator can be Zachery Webber, Sebastian York, or Joe Arden. I mean, I'm sure they have lives and families and other stuff to do other than read every book I want to listen to. But... sweet Mary... I don't even know what to say about Alexander Cendese. Ten minutes into the book and I'm over it! I can't do it. I'm sure the story is great. Loved... loved her other books. But this one is a Hard pass.

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Very predictable

The story was good, not great but good. I had high hopes for it but it fell short with it. The guys voice made me cringe every time he spoke as Zoe. That almost made me quit listening every time

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The voice!!!

I only got in about 5 minutes before I had to return this book! I’ve read so many books with the men voicing the female lines but this was on a new level. He made the female role seems like nails on a chalkboard. This ruined the book for me before I even made it to the story.

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It’s usually the females voicing men that bother me

Had more difficulty getting into this novel, and then I realized why. The man narrating made Zoey sound like Harvey Fierstein. Disconcerting, to say the least.

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slow

I said this book was so slow I could not get into it I tuned out half of the characters and that's not like me I just could not get into this book I thought it would be funny and sweet and amazing and it was just blah.

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Missed you Ella Maise

Great story, very likable characters, depth in supporting friends.....will we get to hear/read Chris’s story? I hope so. I read/listen to Maise’s other books at least annually and this one made it to the repeat list too. Well done! It helps that I really like these Narrators too.

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Alexander Cendese needs to find another way to make a living

The plot was ok. I just couldn’t stand the male’s voice. Totally ruined the book for me. He sounded as if he was an uneducated idiot and his female voice sounded like he sucked in a bunch of helium. I definitely will not be listening to any book he narrates

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Perfect!!!

I loved the way all the parts of the story came together - and the story was a good one too. It had all the elements I think makes a great story, so excellent job Ella Maise. I also wanna thank you for writing stories like these to help persons like myself believe that we will find our "dream men" one of these days, without having to settle.

And how could I forget the narrators. Thank you both expander Cendese and Linda Sorbet for bringing your awesome narrative skills to this book. Your contribution has definitely helped to enhance the experience.

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The Hardest Fall

Good storyline. I laughed a lot. The narrators Alexander Cendese, Lidia Dornet, brought a brilliant spin with there voices. I liked Dylan Reed. He was a strong leading man. Zoe Clarke not so much. She was so insecure it was painful. In the end she grew on me. I could understand her more once I heard her story. Yes, it's worth a credit.

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Male doing female Narration was terrible.

Good story. Good narration by both except the male narrator doing female voice was soooooo terrible it grated on every nerve and made me want to just stop reading all together everytime but I powered through and glad I did because the book was well written.

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