A Cup of Joe

By: Cody Ryder

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

“You’ve never had a chance to explore yourself.” Bruce LeFlorette is the owner of a struggling boutique coffee shop, the business passed down to him by his late parents. With the family legacy on his shoulders he’s had no time for romance, especially when the big corporate cafe opens up just down the block. His only respite from the stress of his failing business is by blowing off steam at his local boxing class. “In this game, there’s only room for one to win.” Joe Jordan, CEO of the hottest new chain of coffee shops, is back in his hometown following the opening of his store’s newest location. The success of his business has been his life’s dedication—but recently he’s started to find himself wanting more. “I don’t do anything half-assed. I get the feeling you’re the same way.” When Bruce meets Joe at his boxing class, the two hit it off fast—especially when Joe finds himself no match for Bruce’s fast fists. After a hard defeat, he just can’t stop thinking about the fiery younger man. The attraction between such passionate souls is undeniable—but what will happen when they discover they’re one another’s biggest rival? A Cup of Joe is a 40,000-word standalone contemporary gay romance, complete with lots of heat and a happily ever after ending.

Not much

I did not like the AI narrators as well as a real narrator. I will return the book.

It’s ok

The AI is monotone and adds no authenticity. I would have rather read the book myself.

cute romance

this was a cute romantic story. it probably could have had a little more steamer parts but it was still great!

No book should ever be done AI.

The AI narrative is the worst!! Book would have been great except for that. There’s no feelings emitting for the characters, no sense of being in the book feeling part of it the way a book should be felt. No reflections in tone of voice. First and last AI book I’ll listen to.

Okay story

I liked the story but feel like it was too short. I love the ending and how it all worked out for all the characters.

Nice man on man story, in the good sense

I'm so glad some of these buried titles are being put into audio files because they're good stories. There's even boxing and some realistic man on man stuff in this one. Very slow burn, not something I relate to personally well, but I know whole generations who do and would seek such stories out.

It's a shame that with the early version of unedited virtual voice (for rhythm) that all the sentences have the same rhythm--not very boxing like, it makes it hard to listen to after a while (variety is the spice of life), but the story is good and unique to what I've heard or read before--and I do love a good foodie book. There's an interesting blend of purple prose and hard terms in sex scenes that's a bit different. I think it may have been intentional by the author, perhaps even experimental.

Rated the performance over the story

This started out pretty good, even with the vv saying “start up” like “starT. Up” like a hundred times. The resolution of this book went way wrong. It was ridiculous. Add to that the pov is sometimes omnipotent and this was just ugh.