Whole Lotta Frogs

By: Samatha Harris

Narrated by: Heather Firth

My name is Lennox Brooks, and I'll admit I've made a lot of mistakes. I don't take the big risks, I cover my insecurities with snark, I've shown my crazy a few more times than I would've liked, and I've been trying and failing at love pretty much since I first grew tits. Weirdos, mama's boys, the over-coiffed, and underwhelming, I've been out with them all, just read my blog. I've got horror stories that would curl your toes and singe your nose hairs, but none of them compare to the toad who started it all: Ellis Walker.

He was the boy next door, the charming, infuriatingly gorgeous one who broke my heart and disappeared without a trace. Now, he's back and determined to throw my life into chaos, dredging up painful memories just when things were getting good.

But the thing is there are always two sides to every story. I've spent the better part of my life hating him for everything he put me through, but without that resentment clouding my judgment, how will I ever resist him?

Love is complicated, appearances are deceiving, and sometimes, you have to kiss a whole lot of frogs before finding your prince.

©2018 Samatha Shupe (P)2018 Samatha Shupe

Cute and funny

A bit of a cliche start, but then the humor hooked me, especially the blog posts and the frog metaphors. There were many laugh out loud moments. The dates of the blog posts do NOT coincide with the timing of the story which confused me at first. Also, a bit too much profanity for my taste, but it was realistic and not a deal breaker for me reading the book. The narrator was mostly good, but her male character voice was annoying to listen to and all the men sounded the same which made it tricky at times. Female voices were surprisingly distinct, so brava.

Loyalisa30

This was a cute story about looking for love in all the wrong places. It stressed the valuable lesson of going for what you want and not playing the victim in life! It also stressed that celebration of someone else’s fortunes doesn’t make you any less fortunate! Samantha Harris did a great job of bringing to light the importance of love and caring for others! Heather Firth did a good job of narrating!

Friend-enemies to lovers rom com

This was such a fun friend-enemies to lovers story. I loved every second. Lennox is an independent woman who hates her job as a personal assistant but stays it in hopes to be a journalist one day, no matter how many times her boss turns down her articles. She has a blog where she keeps herself anonymous about her disaster of a dating life. Her childhood best friend turned ex friend Ellis is back in town and she is forced to see him as their families are very close. She believes his ultimate hobby is to make her life a living hell. But as events happen she starts to learn that everything she thought about him, her life, herself... isn't as she thought. She has to make some major decisions. Decisions that will affect her future and she has to take some chances, something she isn't good at. Every second of this story had me on my toes while laughing out loud. Yes I was that crazy lady with head phones on laughing. I couldn't help it. The banter between Ellis and Lennox was hysterical. And her blog posts! I am so sad that her blog isn't real. I would so be a subscriber. This narrator was the perfect voice for Lennox. She really made me believe she was telling the story to me. This is a great rom com that all romance fans will fall in love with. I know I did. And you don't get just once romance in this story. That's all I am saying. I won't spoil the fun.

Such a fun story! Great acting!

I read most of this through the audio book, and then finished reading the last few chapters (I was driving when I started!)

Both the author and narrator were new to me.

They both left me wanting to read/listen to more!

Samantha Harris has a quick witted, fun, way of writing a story. Great character development, great arc, and an overall great idea.

My only minor flip, was the blog posts. It took me several chapters to reconcile that it wasn’t running concurrently with the story itself. This didn’t take away from the story, but did leave me mildly kerfuffled for a bit.

Heather Firth did an absolutely amazing job with this book. Each character was easily discernible, consistent, and full of personality. I throughly enjoyed listening to her read this! I can’t wait to experience more of her narrations.

Almost 5 stars

This was the first book I've read/listened to by Samatha Harris. It is a shorter, fun, light read that made me laugh several times. It just flirted so close to cheating that I had to dock stars. I think some would debate with me about it, but for this sensitive to cheating reader, it affected how I felt about the heroine. The end of the book was great but ended too soon. I would have loved to see Ellis and Len interact as a couple. I wasn't ready for it to be over.

Heather Firth was an EXCELLENT narrator. She handled both female and male voices perfectly. I really enjoyed her performance. She brought this book to life. I'll be looking for more books that she's narrated.

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