The One Who Saves Me

Home, Book 6

De: Cardeno C.

Narrado por: Alexander Collins

At 14, Andrew Thompson and Caleb Lakes become best friends. As the years pass, they stand by each other through family trauma, school, and the start of their careers. They share their first sexual experiences, learning and experimenting, and they talk each other through countless dates and breakups.

Decades of trust and loyalty build a deep and abiding friendship, one that surpasses any relationship in their lives. But when the parameters of their unique friendship change, neither man knows how to break out of their established roles to build something new. After all, boyfriends come and go, but best friends are forever.

©2013 Cardeno C. (P)2016 Cardeno C.

Captivating!

If you could sum up The One Who Saves Me in three words, what would they be?

Emotional, light, different

Who was your favorite character and why?

Drew. I love all of his tattoos and piercing. He had a lot of emotional scars to work through.

Which scene was your favorite?

When Drew admitted his true feeling about Caleb.

Who was the most memorable character of The One Who Saves Me and why?

The One Who Saves Me

Any additional comments?

I had the audio version of this story. This story was so captivating. It was great! I fell in love with Drew and Caleb. This story had a lot into finding out about each other. I love how they knew each other since they was 8 and then reconnect with each other at 14. Been best friends since then. It was definitely a heart warming read. Can't wait to read Cardeno's next book. Would recommend this book to everyone.

This might be my favorite of the series

I love how the relationship played out from friends to lovers much like Where He Ends and I Begin it starts from a very young age and they remain friends throughout so much unlike the previous these to maintain a FWB kind of relationship for years and I like how this one was set up much better. It moves along at a nice pace with good narration.

Home series book 6

What did you love best about The One Who Saves Me?

The way that Caleb and Andrew are always there for each other regardless.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Drew with his piercings and tattoos. They are a form of battle scars in a way, marking every failed relationship or low point in his life.

What three words best describe Alexander Collins’s voice?

Emotional, light, different

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

The One Who Saves Me.

Any additional comments?

Caleb Lakes and Andrew Thompson became best friends when they were barely teenagers, spending summers together at Andrew’s family’s vacation home. Over the years they developed a bond based on friendship and trust. As the years go by there is one constant in each man’s life, each other. They seriously re-define the term ‘friends with benefits’ and are a rock for each other through jobs, moves, break-ups and family drama. And then one look at a New Year’s party changes just one thing, their commitment to each other.

I first listened to this audio book about two years ago, the version that was narrated by Paul Morey. While the narration for this book wasn’t bad, it wasn’t Paul Morey, so I had a hard time giving Andrew Collins a chance. Once I let my perception shift, I was able to enjoy Collins narration. He does a good job with changes in tone and inflections from one character to another, and he really conveyed the emotions of the characters well.

The story is told almost like reading from a journal of Drew and Caleb’s lives. Spanning over more than a decade, the reader is taken on a journey through summer vacations, college, emotionally absent parents, boyfriends, break-ups and much, much more. The two of them continue to live their separate lives, but they always have time for each other. I think that Drew probably realized he wanted more from his relationship with Caleb before Caleb did, and that was fed into the story through the tattoos and piercings Drew got every time another guy bit the dust, because he couldn’t compare to Caleb. The passion and angst were palpable, but rarely was there awkwardness. In fact, when things did become awkward was when they finally figured out that the reason neither of them were lucky in love, was because their heart had been given away long ago.

What I enjoy about this series is that there is a connection between the books and characters, but not in a way that they must all be read or read in order. The story is sexy, emotional, occasionally intense but light-hearted when it needs to be. Definitely worth your time in my opinion.

Friends to lovers

Any additional comments?

Told in alternating POV, this is a friends to friends-with-benefits to lovers story with most chapters bringing a new year in the lives of best friends Andrew Thompson and Caleb Lakes. They've always had an unconditional love for each other, sharing all their firsts including their first kisses and all their first sexual moments.

I really enjoyed Alexander Collins' narration. Though he doesn't do a huge difference in the Andrew and Caleb's character voices, he does a good job overall with the tone, pacing, and other character voices.

The genuine love, respect and affection between Andrew and Caleb is so wonderful to witness.

Unfortunately, there's a period in the story where miscommunication comes by to play.

Thankfully, their relationship gets back on track. Once they begin communicating, and sleeping with each other again, the story realigns and I was happy again.

This friends to lovers story has humor, romance, hot sex, and lots of wonderful feels.

Recommended.

Sweet, Life Long Love Story

This was such a good story. Two men who have been there for each other so much so that they miss that there is more to their relationship than either of them even realize.

I enjoyed this story so much. It was so hard to put down because I just had to know how things were going to end up for the two men. This wasn't quite what I would call a best friend turned lover story as they were pretty much lovers from the start of the book.. it was a matter of realizing that as the years passed that there would be no one better for the other man.

The detailed story Andrew painted on his body of all the hurts and loss he dealt with was so neat. I loved that he was incredibly intelligent and didn't let other people's biased stop him from being the man he wanted to be (which was an excellent neurosurgeon).

SUCH a good story about finding a way through all the pain of a fairly normal life to find love that was there supporting you all along.

I have to say the Narrator did an excellent job with this book as well. It was a really easy, smooth cadence that was pleasant to listen to and really enhanced the story for me.

I received a free copy of this book to read for Inked Rainbow Reads in exchange for an honest review.