Unworthy

Unperfect, Book 2

De: Susie Tate

Narrado por: Zara Hampton-Brown, Shane East

Unreliable, irresponsible, unpredictable, unaccountable—Yaz knows how her family views her.

She was never like them, though. Never academic enough, never serious enough, never really good enough.

He was different. Heath was the one who stuck up for Yaz when she was a child. As her brother's best friend and ten years older, he had been her hero—always defending her to her family, always seeing the best in her—he made her feel worthy of approval.

As her childhood adoration morphed into full-blown teenage love for her idol, and Heath grew from the good-looking boy she knew to the devastatingly handsome emergency department doctor he is today, his attitude seemed to change. For some reason, her quirks went from charming to annoying—her alternative worldview from refreshing to ridiculous. In fact, there are a lot of things about her that Heath seems to now find ridiculous:

"You look ridiculous, Midge."

"All this alternative therapy crap is a ridiculous waste of time."

"Your obsession with windsurfing is getting ridiculous."

"That ridiculous bike of yours is a bloody health hazard. When are you going to grow up and get a car?"

Having gone from worthy to unworthy in Heath's eyes, Yaz convinces herself that his cruelty has killed her childhood crush. After one humiliation too many, she finally cuts ties altogether. By the time Heath starts to see all that he could lose, it might be too late. Maybe it's not Yaz who's the unworthy one after all?

Unworthy is a full-length brother's best friend, secret crush, unrequited love, enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance.

©2022 Susie Tate (P)2023 Podium Audio

What an idiot lol

Jeez Louise, Heath got on my NERVES! How many times can one person put their foot in their mouth? I spent at least half the book thinking “What an idiot!” Overall it was good, and the narrators were awesome as always, but dang. I didn’t know I could feel so much second hand embarrassment/anger from a fictional character.

This one might be my favorite in the series

Yaz and Heath story is beautiful which we knew was coming from book 1. I was so proud of Yaz standing up for herself especially to her family, how she didn't do it before is beyond me. I am so proud of her not just giving in and forgiving Heath right away. I understood why Heath was the way he was, but it was still no excuse to treating Yaz the way he did. I cried more in this story understanding how Yaz emotions and being torn down. It was also great to understand how much healing Heath needed. Amazing writing, Amazing Narration. 👏🏾

Rising Above

What i love about this story is that it parallels two very different childhoods: one of neglect and terrible parents and one of loving parents who dont see how words can hurt. Both leave scars. Both create wounds that carry into adulthood. And both make people into themselves as adults. It has a nice parallel to it. The author does a nice job with the tension between the two main characters as well as weaving in histories. It was a very compelling listen.

Yaz and Heath!

Love Susie Tate’s books! Been waiting months for this one to come out. So worth it. The narrators bring it to life.

Yeah Yaz

Such a journey I almost thought Yaz and Heath would never be- he didn’t deserve her and she let him know this at every turn. Yaz is resilient, honest, hardworking and navigates unrequited love in such a raw and unforgiving way. Heath comes across as an educated, professional but typical idiot unaware of his feelings so it seems until pieces of a painful childhood surface shedding light on his amour and stupid list. I love Yaz for choosing herself in the midst of disappointment and rejection and Heath for not giving up. Great read.

Amazing story & performance

I’ve absolutely fell in love with this series! Shane East is definitely one of my favorite narrators!!!

So good!!

Think “Pride and Prejudice” meets the Susie Tate world. And done so well! Heath definitely has some major Mr Darcy vibes - can’t stop putting his foot in his mouth. Yaz has a definite “I can do it all by myself“ issue and doesn’t see her own prejudices. Took these two a long time to get out of their own ways. But a fantastic journey getting there.

emotional and beautiful

This series is fantastic. Deeply emotional stories. Beautiful character development. Excellent narration. Can't wait to listen to book 3.

Please disregard negative slams on FMC

While I respect everybody’s right to their own opinion, it hurts me to see so many women reviewers slamming female characters for no apparent reason. In my opinion, it says more about how these reviewers see themselves than it does about the characters they are criticizing. It’s puzzling and confusing to me because I never see the same reviewers saying negative things when male characters are manipulative or insensitive.

This was my first Susie Tate book, and I’m so happy I decided to take advantage of the monthly sale to purchase it. It’s a deeply beautiful and emotional journey for two individuals who each overcome the hurts of their pasts to heal themselves and heal each other.

The MMC is the FMC’s greatest champion and kindest friend during her childhood. But he becomes distant, and then brutally derisive and hurtful, towards her as she grows into adulthood. The hurt and unworthiness she experienced at each new humiliation made my chest hurt. As we learn more about him, we can understand why he’s behaved that way, as does the FMC. But her bright, feisty, indomitable spirit has taken a beating, and she rightfully tells the MMC that although she loves him unconditionally, he must earn her trust back before they can be together. Although not quite as brutal, her family has been underestimating and diminishing her for her entire life because she is a free spirit, and they don’t understand her. In the end, it’s the MMC who makes them see how poorly they’ve been treating her.

Once the MMC realizes how terrible and unfair he’s been towards the FMC, he works hard to change his ways and earn a place in her life. He’s carrying around a lot of childhood baggage, and it’s not easy. But he does it because he loves her.

Susie Tate creates dynamic, interesting characters who are deeply flawed, just as we all are in one way or another. Their journey towards happiness is exquisite. She made me care about every single character, including the respective friends and family members of the MMC & FMC. I was drawn in immediately, and I listened to this audiobook in one go because it was so absorbing. There was plenty of plot to move things forward, including a bit of suspense.

Zara Hampton-Brown and Shane East are both phenomenally talented voice performers. They added depth to the story and brought it to life. I’m looking forward to listening to the other books in this series.

I can’t recommend this book highly enough! It’s sincere, organic, insightful, heartfelt, heart wrenching, sweet and scintillating. Go ahead! Use the credit. I promise you won’t regret it.

Love this series!

What an enjoyable series! The narration is pure perfection and the story completely draws you in. Can’t wait to start book 3!