Twice in a Blue Moon

By: Christina Lauren

Narrated by: Erin Mallon

Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

From the New York Times and USA Today best-selling duo behind The Unhoneymooners and the “delectable, moving” (Entertainment Weekly) My Favorite Half-Night Stand comes a poignant romance that follows two people who fall in love during a life-changing overseas vacation - only for the truth to change everything once they return home.

As an adventurous send-off to her childhood, 18-year-old Tate Jones travels with her grandmother from their small town in Northern California to London. But the vacation of a lifetime is wonderfully derailed by the appearance of two charming Vermont farmers: grandfather Luther and his handsome grandson, Sam.

Sam and Tate fall hard and fast. For two glorious weeks, the couple share their hopes, dreams, and secrets. Sam admits he suspects his grandfather is dying and that this could be the last trip they take together, and Tate reveals that she is the hidden daughter of one of the biggest film stars in the world - a secret she’s never told anyone before.

But when Tate is exposed by a crush of cameras and reporters, she knows she's been betrayed by the one person she thought she could trust. She is forced to decide whether she will return to her quiet life or embrace being in the public eye. So when Sam reappears in her world more than a decade later, can Tate forgive the past and rekindle the passion they shared on their magical trip abroad? And does she even want to?

With Christina Lauren’s signature “beautifully written and remarkably compelling” (Sarah J. Maas, New York Times best-selling author) prose, Twice in a Blue Moon is an unforgettable and moving novel of young love and second chances.

©2019 Christina Lauren (P)2019 Simon & Schuster Audio

The narratorrrr

I had to stop listening.
The narrator clinged to the last syllable of every word. It reminded me of when teenagers add an obscene amount of letters to the end of a word while textingggggg.

Awful narration

The narrator holds the last syllable of the last word at the end of every sentenceeee. Very annoying!!

Loved story bad narration

Enjoyed this fun story but narration was poor, characterization does not fit with story. Will preview narration in the future.

Didn't enjoy narration

I tried to finish, but the narrator had (to my ear) a really annoying habit of weirdly stretching out the last syllables/sounds of some words. I returned the audiobook and will get the ebook. Others may not even notice it, but I couldn't get past it.

Good story...narration leaves a lot to be desired

This was a well written, lovely story. I enjoyed it. It wasn’t too heartbreaking and flowed really well. The only thing that pulled the story down was the narrator. She has their weird cadence to her voice where she hangs on the last syllable of her words that is weird and annoying. Other than that this book was delightful

Good but not one of their best

The story is great. I was hoping for a little more to the ending. Maybe an epilogue if sorts, unless there’s going to be more books that will finish their story for us.

My biggest issue with the book was the narrator. I didn’t remember her breathy drawn out sentence endings in other books. Her speech was super annoying and made the female character, Tate, seem whiney. I also didn’t like that all the guys sounded the same, with only Marco being likable. It’s a shame that the male lead, Sam, sounded unlikable.

I always finish Christina Lauren books in days. This one was no exception, I just wish I was able to enjoy it while speeding through it.

The narrators voice was distracting

The narrators voice was distracting, I should have read the reviews before purchasing because they were right. The story wasn’t my favorite either, kinda bummed about this Christina Lauren! I could never root for the male love interest. Two stars for me.

Annoying affectation of narrator

Good story, terrible narration. The affected speech of the narrator is hard to ignore and impacted my enjoyment of the story.

Not that great of a story and narration doesn’t do it any favors

Definitely not Christina Lauren’s best. The story is very so so and kind of hokey. The narration is not the best. She should not do a male voice in that tone. Terrible.

The narrator spiked it

Nice story but the narrator’s style with that long dragging on the last syllable makes it really hard to listen to.