The Ivy Lessons

Devoted, Book 1

By: J Lerman

Narrated by: Anna Parker-Naples

Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins

Publisher's summary

If you loved books like Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James), Bared to You (Sylvia Day) and the Crossfire series, you'll love The Ivy Lessons...

Teacher, plus student, equals a romance forbidden.

When Sophia wins a post-graduate place at Ivy Drama College, she can't believe her luck. The college is owned by one of the most well-respected young actors in London, Marc Blackwell - who not only founded the college, but teaches the students.

Known for his strict classes and belief in discipline, Marc has a reputation for being arrogant and aloof, yet Sophia soon finds herself drawn to this cold, fascinating young man.

Soon, Sophia is embarking on a journey of sexual discovery that promises to explore all that is forbidden between teacher and student.

Look inside this audiobook to see why readers are loving this student teacher romance.

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Good, but with caveats.

This book is perfect for the guilty please of a good story with plenty of steamy scenes, and the good ole student-teacher trope! Even better, it’s set in London against the backdrop of a historical college and lovely accents. A few caveats though - Marc’s relationship with Sophia is problematic at times. He doses quite a lot of telling her how she feels and what she wants, instead of listening. Those bits are hard for the feminist in me to happily listen to. Overall, I do recommend this for a quick weekend listen. Certainly makes house chores go quicker 😉

Series or Standalone

Narrator did a good job at giving us a coy, innocent student and dark professor who held special needs.

while It does have BDSM themes I wouldn't go so far as to comparate to 50 sog, this is a diffent setting also to my understanding Marc isn't a saddist just seeks control. Best part is while this was volume 1 the ending gave me a HFN the choice to continue is there but if we wish this can be a standalone.

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So, I found this story interesting, enjoyed the exuberance, friendship, innocence, determination Sophia emitted. Marc was sex on a stick, he however did not give me the deep feeling of dominant alpha male I felt from Christian or Gideon. Having said that, this is only book one, I could be mistaken?
Anna Parker-Naples was a perfect narrator portraying Sophia.

Taboo romance

The sparks fly between Sophia and her movie star teacher, Mark. He has a different type of lessons he wants to teach her. They have to hide their rendezvous. The teacher/ student forbidden taboo. He tests her sexual inhibitions to the limits. She just needs to trust him. But how far will he go?
Anna Parker Naples narration is very good. I enjoyed listening to the story 🎧audiobookobsessionreviewer🎧

A sexy read!

Promises to explore all that is forbidden between teacher and student...

You definitely get that and more! So sexy and sizzling and so very forbidden!

A whirlwind read full of passion and forbiddenness.

Good narration.

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Great characters

Loved these characters and all their flaws. The author does an amazing job of story building and character development. I was thoroughly entertained by this forbidden romance.

Student /Teacher Romance

This is a student/teacher forbidden romance. Sophia meets successful actor Marc who owns the college she is attending. They have a connection. This is supposed to be like the Fifty Shades books I think its a little darker than those books. Marc is too much of a control freak for me but some people like that. Overall the story was ok the narration was great though


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Great storyline

Oh I need more from Mark and Sophia. This is a great storyline, the chemistry is 100% there and I feel this is just the beginning. Performance from Katy is great.
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Good "taboo" story

Sophia gets the opportunity of a life time to work with Marc, an Oscar winning actor who started a school. This book is the first book in a series but is the beginning of their relationship and in this book, the author focuses on the exploration of Sophia’s growth. There’s steam, a sub/dom relationship but also the taboo aspect of teacher/student. I enjoyed the development of their relationship but that was just a small part, with much of the book devoted to the steamy aspect of their relationship. The road to relationship development was rocky so expect a little angst- Marc’s push and pull relationship with Sophia did get a bit tiring after a while. Overall, though, this was well-written and interesting although

Anna Parker-Naples has a good voice to play Sophia- young and vibrant. She does an ok job differentiating with her voices, especially with female and male voices but her changes were a little less clear when she was narrating conversations with multiple women.

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Awesome<3

I really enjoyed listening to this book. I was a little worried because some of these books are just crazy sex scene after crazy sex scene. Now I love sex just as much as the next person but I also need a little story with my sex. And this book provides that and more. I also really liked the narrator. Her voice just seemed perfect for Sophia. Definitely no Grate Gatsby or Of Mice and Men, but still very entertaining. I highly recommend!

This book was given to me at my request. I am providing a honest and voluntary review. <3
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