Change for You

Oahu Lovers Series, Book 2

By: Crystal Lacy

Narrated by: Iggy Toma

Silver fox Stephen Webb doesn't mean to start a workplace fling with the cute new intern.

Stephen Webb has a pivotal tax season ahead of him, and he doesn't have time for distractions. At least that's what he thinks - until Minoru "Max" Kamigawa walks into his life and disrupts all his plans.

Max secretly wants to follow his love of music, but family obligations keep him rooted in Hawaii. Tax supervisor Stephen Webb makes his spring internship a little sweeter, but the man's priorities don't seem to include Max. Is it only a fling or something worth staying for when his dreams come calling?

Stephen and Max must decide whether to stick to their goals or risk everything and change their course for love.

©2018 Crystal Lacy (P)2018 Tantor

Amazing !

I have read this book and listened to this book and I have to say the guy that was reading this book made it more amazing !

Love!

Crystal Lacy has just away to make me fall in love with the characters of hers. I love Stephen and Max together. Then to have Iggy Toma brings these characters to life is just perfection! He makes the story come to life that it just made the story even more then just reading it. I am in love!

I finally found THE one

Who knew accounting could be so sexy? 😂 Goddamn! I loved office romances! 😍 Those lingering glances, secret touches and forbidden trysts between co-workers, I am a sucker for all that!!! 😁 And Crystal Lacy didn’t fail to deliver at all. Although this is the second book in the series, it’s perfectly ok to standalone this one. 😉



The things I loved about this book: ❤️

1. Office romance between a silver fox and an early twenties guy, huge age gap.

2. The UST was sizzling and a lot of hot, erotic office sex! *gasp* 😱🔥

3. Unexpected roles between intern and the boss. They are both versatile but more often than not it was Max topping Stephen and I loved the hell out of it! 😁🔥

4. The romance was slow-burn and believable. 🥰



That being said, it’s not a book without flaws. 😌 Webb’s reluctance to commit and be truly himself was really irritating. I wanted to pound some sense into him several times. And Max was practically a saint and forgives Stephen Webb too easily. I would have sulked wayyyy linger if I were him. Lol 😂 They love each other and they are perfect for each other. They just needed to sit down and talk like adults yet they both acted like immature children. 😐 And this create unnecessary misunderstandings between them. But, Stephen more than made up for his flaws in the end and I loved the whole pace and setting of the story. And not needing to say, Iggy Toma did an excellent job narrating this book. 👏 His performances are always a delight to listen and enjoy. 💜 And heat level wise? This book is seriously erotic! 🔥 I have always had a thing for office romance between co-workers and this one is intern and boss so it definitely was my catnip. 😁 I also loved side characters in this one, Max’s family especially his grandmother was such a delight. 😍 And a nice epilogue to finish off a very enjoyable story so I’m one happy listener. Will be waiting expectantly for the audio of third book in the series. 😌



4.25 I finally found THE one stars
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Audio rating

Story - 3.75 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️🌟
Narration - 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Performance - 4.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Overall - 4.25 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

A challenging story of growth and love.

initially as the plot developed, it was a little bit tense and jumpy. However the actor turned out to portray the characters well and convey their emotion as well as their intensity. it's a story about family and their importance as well as what it's like to never have had a family. a nice fantasy with just enough spice.

loved it!

I loved this book. it was a great story with all rounded characters. and it featured my favorite trope, age gap.

Everything

This series was so amazing! I love every single part of it. I am really upset I finished this. Hope Ready for You ends up on here. I want to know what happens with Reggie and Shohei!

Great story

Crystal Lacy is a new author to me. After I read/listened to Brave for You, I decided to do same with this book. I’m glad I did because I enjoyed Stephen and Max’s story. I’m so glad that Stephen found his person. His childhood broke my heart.

Alternate title: All things I didn’t say

First, Iggy Toma is a delightful narrator, and I love when he’s the only narrator. I was so happy to find these two books where he is in control. He handles the wide range of characters with his Tomtastic style. Really saved this one for me.

For as much as I loved the first in the series, I was left grimacing for too much of this one. The basic premise is fine. What becomes overwhelmingly annoying is the dialogue that ends with “…I didn’t say” or similar. This happens constantly! A line with end with some version of that - I should have said, I thought to myself, I nearly said. While that stylistic choice was irritating, it was the fact that neither of these characters expresses themselves well that became nails on a chalkboard for me.

They’re so careless. They have sex in really questionalve places. Max blabs critical information to others in a way that underscores his youth. Stephen is just this hot mess of internalized misery. I wanted to like him better, understand his struggle. But Lacy chooses to only give us bits and pieces of his back story. By the time we get to the resolution I was bordering on checked out.

The focus on food and board games left me a bit bored. The supporting characters help a bit, but I just never fully got into the grove with this one. The ending also left me feeling like Lacy hadn’t thought it all through, she knew how she wanted it end, and she was gonna make it work. Stephen’s ex - who’s made out to be a bogey man is just a guy. I think if Lacy had brought more of Stephen’s fears out earlier it would have made his history with Derek hit deeper for the reader, and let us see why he was so driven. Max, too should have been brought in to Stephen’s rough history sooner. They still had problems to overcome, and their page 180 crisis could have remained pretty much the same, but with more nuance than what was presented here.

I was so excited after Brave For You, I was a bit disappointed here.