Worth Every Risk

By: Terri E. Laine, A.M. Hargrove

Narrated by: Savannah Peachwood, Chris Chappell

Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

The USA Today best-selling authors Terri E. Laine and A.M. Hargrove, who brought you Cruel & Beautiful, bring you a new emotionally charged stand-alone contemporary romance. This is a spin-off of the Wilde Players dirty romance series.  

Andi:  

He was my best friend since we were little. Even though he was off-limits, as we grew up, he became my forever, my everything. But I couldn’t let my selfish dreams hold him back. They say that if you love someone, you should let them go. I did. He became the world’s greatest soccer player. Money. Fame. Beautiful women. He had it all. One thing I never expected was for him to walk back into my life again.   

Chase:  

She was perfect for me in every way. Once we kissed that first time, there was no turning back. But I made a mistake by letting her go. My need for her has only grown. After three long years, I’ve decided to get her back. Only I’m too late. Someone has taken my place. I don’t know if I still love her or if I should hate her. One thing is certain. She is and always has been mine.

©2018 Terri E. Laine & A.M. Hargrove (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

Disappointed

I liked the story but I decided to move on. The narration just ruined the book for me. ITs strictly my opinion but I am not a fan of Savannah Peachwood because her male voice always sounds like an old man and Chris Chappell was more like he was 'reading' than narrating. Narrators can make or break a book for me!

Emotional, and Steamy Second Chance Romance!

omg, what an emotional, and steamy second chance romance! Chase and Andi have been friends since they were kids. They started a secret relationship, not wanting their families to keep them apart if they knew. When Chase has an offer to play soccer professionally out of the country, Andi stays back to finish college. But as time passes, Andi wants to be independant and they soon lose touch. But finally Chase returns to claim the only woman he has loved, only to get blindsided. I really loved Chase and Andi, even when I didn't agree with their decisions and actions, and the depth and strength of their love for each other. There are some very emotional twists to this story that are heartbreaking and had me totally captivated. Narrators Savannah Peachwood, and Chris Chappell are amazing. They are a perfect team, allowing me to feel every emotion and to be totally immersed in this world.

Right in the feels!

Loved this second chance romance! It was great listening as Andi and Chase's relationship finally came together. It was nice that they had to overcome so many real life relationship struggles between each other as well as overcoming difficult circumstances as a couple. There were some very sad and devastating things they had to go through that just hit me right in the feels. Really enjoyed the writing overall and loved these characters and their story!

These two narrators are new to me but they gave a fabulous performance that made this a very pleasant listen. Both gave clear performances with enough voice differentiation and dramatization. I feel like they were excellent choices for these characters and complemented each other well.

Not engaging

Not sure if it’s the male narrator but it’s extremely difficult to get through this book. He speaks for the majority of the book and it feels like he’s trying to just get through the reading. It’s not not clear when he’s speaking as the male character or someone else and I end up missing major points as he drones on. I’m trying to get through the book and it’s not difficult when the female speaks but I just keep turning out during the rest of it.

Far Fetched but entertaining story

So a lot of this is very unrealistic.

SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you do not want to see spoilers from the book.

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so they allegedly have a teenage forbidden romance. yet no one knows. however, later on, both moms admit to knowing they kept looking at one another and sneaking off.

and who has a kid without telling your family for 2ź3 years??? and what kid (aged 2-3) recognizes multiple people from just a photo ... no phone calls or video calls. not many. at least not enough to run up excited to meet them. heck even when they are excited about Santa most freak out when they go to meet him.

on top of all of that, the perfectly healthy kid SUDDENLY becomes ill right after both families are suddenly in their life???

the story is cute.... but so many details that are just very unrealistic. could it happen? sure. but it's a stretch.

over all, inspite of the cheese factor, I did enjoy the story. I would not pay full price for the book/audio though.

Great listen!

Very good story, wonderful book to listen to! I would definitely listen to more books from this author.

I couldn't listen to Chris Chappell

I absolutely love Savannah Peachwood, but Chris Chappell's performance made it impossible to listen to this audio book. He clearly hadn't read ahead and it sounded like the sentences often surprised him because he would put emphasis on the wrong words. He is probably an incredible story-teller, but this is not a child's novel. It was unnerving.

love the story

the storynwas different and interesting but the one part thats not tþo believe is for 2 years know one knew she had a baby come on no one in her family knew I just don't see that happening but for sake of the book whatever the rest of the book is fine I just can't get over the 2 year's !!!!!

Love, Love, Loved It!!❤️

I absolutely love this Author! This book is very relatable to me and my Hubby of 30yrs. that I cried for her when she thought she was doing him a favor by not putting herself and her dreams first and not take him away from his. I literally lived these actual events but my hubby was a “Football” player 😂 I seriously laughed my ass off when he got his butt handed to him at a sports bar for the semantics of soccer to football. I can’t wait for your next book.. let’s just say that a month ago I took a chance and read 1 book to see if I’d like something new from a different Author, and I literally bought all her books and went thru all of them!!!❤️

DNf with 7 hrs more to go

The narration is bad. Savanna Peachwood is so OTT in her delivery that it's plain irritating. Who speaks in such a drama-mama way in everyday life?

The story is the kind that tells, not shows. So authors tells us the MCs are in love but doesn't show us how. I don't feel their connection, there's hardly any bonding scenes. And for a couple who supposedly loved each other so much, they seriously couldn't even catch up every few months? Unbelievable. We treat casual friends better.

This book makes my eyes roll up. The conflict here is plain miscommunication, such lazy, unimaginative writing. Lastly, heroine characterisation is bad: for someone who desperately wants to know where she comes from, why would she subject her own to a similar absence??

DNF.