The Trouble with Quarterbacks

By: R.S. Grey

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Violet Wilson

Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins

Publisher's summary

A full-length stand-alone romantic comedy from USA Today best-selling author R.S. Grey.

Candace

Kat and Yasmine! Do not dally! Come straight home after work. Kat, don’t take the long route from the subway station just so you can pass by Cute Hot Dog Guy. This is important!

I’ve had the best day. You won’t believe it. There I was in my preschool classroom, washing a bit of poo out of some soggy trousers, when this absolute babe came to collect his nephew from my class.

Truthfully, I thought I’d blacked out for a moment when I first saw him. He was a proper hunk with glorious brown hair, quite tall, and he had these arms. Are muscly arms supposed to turn me on? I’m panting just thinking about them.

Anyway, he told me he’s a professional foosball player. At least, I think that’s what he said. The tots can get quite loud near pickup time.

Yasmine

Foosball? What are you on about? Have you gone mad?

Kat

Oh sod off. So what if I like to have a good look at Hot Dog Guy’s arse on my trek home after a hard day’s work? It’s called self-care.

Candace

Kat, you’re hopeless. Yasmine, yes - foosball! I suppose it’s a big thing over here in the States? We must investigate and learn everything we can.

By the way, he’s called Logan.

Logan + Candace. I think that sounds quite nice! I can hear the wedding bells now. Dum dum da-dum.

Yasmine

Oh good grief. I suppose we can do some snooping when I get home. I’ll grab wine on my way.

Kat

I’ll grab hot dogs.

The Trouble with Quarterbacks is a hilarious romance about unlikely love found between a British preschool teacher and the professional quarterback who sweeps her off her feet.

©2020 R.S. Grey (P)2020 Audible, Inc.

Unfortunately DNF

Normally I love books by this author but I had a really hard time with the heroine in this one. She is portrayed as a caricature almost - like Bridget Jones in an over the top way, with more naïveté thrown in unnecessarily. In addition, the female narrator was really hard to listen to. I think maybe it’s her dialect, but I felt Teddy had a better female British accent than she did. That probably isn’t a fair assessment since a lot of that is preference though.

The other thing that really bothered me is there are multiple instances of body hair shaming by the heroine’s roommates, and it’s accepted by the heroine herself; and I don’t mean just an offhand snark or comment - one roommate claimed that seeing the heroine’s bikini-area hair growth made her (the roommate) physically sick (the heroine had grown it out “long enough to get it waxed”, so we aren’t talking like braids or something). Never mind that they watch each other shower regularly - to each her own I guess.

Basically all of my dislike and the reason I stopped listening had to do with the female mc and the female narrator. Teddy did a great job as always, and I actually really was interested in the main male character but not enough to listen for 4 more hours :/

Read is much better

When I read this book I laughed out loud and really enjoyed, but the audiobook version I didn't care for. Teddy Hamilton was great, but the female narrator, which is most of the book, was terrible. She didn't come across quirky and funny as written and her Logan impersonation was awful. So glad I read the book before I listened to it. Just wish I didn't have to waste a credit to figure it out.

Great story, but narration killed it for me

I love Teddy Hamilton, but the 7 (out of 26) chapters he narrates amount to a grand total of 1:05 (out of 9:20). Violet Wilson is new to me and, though her female voices are absolutely FANTASTIC, her male voice sounded like a middle-aged woman with a smoker’s rasp trying to be seductive. The story itself is hysterical (typical R.S. Grey), and her narration of the 3 female leads only makes it more so, but, 3 hours in I couldn’t handle her male voice knowing I still had 6 more hours to go & I ended up returning the book.

Female narrator's make voice ruin it for me

is it supposed to be sexy? masculine? it just sounds sinister and evil, making it where I don't care for the male lead.

Narrators: please learn proper pronunciation of words, especially commons words. like Nike (the e is a 2nd syllable and a long e) and Lois (it is not Lewis). So frustrating.
Story is ok, not sure if I'll be finishing it. half way through and losing interest.

Also, author might be a little out of touch with 3 year olds, their vocabulary and concepts.

♥️♥️♥️

I believe I have found a new favorite author!!! R.S. Grey, you keep enthralled with your books! I literally laughed out loud listening to this one! Keep up the good work and I will keep supporting!

Fun loving story

This is a romantic comedy. Candace, the main female character, is a hoot. She is down to earth and fun. She meets a pro football player and he falls for her fast. Read/listen either way this story will touch your heart and make you laugh. Enjoy!

very good

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

loved it

I really enjoyed reading this author.  I look forward to reading more books by this author in the near future.

The Trouble with Quarterbacks

I wanted to love this book, most R.S. Grey books I do. I just didn’t connect with Candace.
That is ok right, we can’t love everything.

I still enjoyed the love story and how they become one. I loved Logan’s nephew he is adorable.

Logan was a great character too a little slow on the uptake about women and how they want what he has. You would think he would have caught on by now since he has been in the spot light for a while but I digress.

I liked the flatmates they were interesting.

Over all the narration was perfect for the characters.

Cute and sweet!

One thing I can always count on with an RS Grey book is that it will be cute, fun, easy and give me a good feeling at the end. This story was a different take on the usual Britt story. It was a Britt female which is so much more fun for me.

I loved how quirky and witty Candace was. Worked well with the down to earth quality of Logan.

My only complain is that this should’ve been a duet narration. I adore Teddy but his British is not amazing and Violet was amazing in her role but her American is rubbish. If it was duet it would’ve made that go away. But I loved Violets narration and love finding a new narrator.