Chasing Perfect

Fool's Gold, Book 1

By: Susan Mallery

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

There is only one thing wrong with the charming community of Fool’s Gold, California: the men don’t stick around! This problem has to be fixed, fast, and Charity Jones may be just the city planner up to the challenge. Charity immediately falls in love with all the storybook town has to offer – except its sexy, famous, world-class cyclist Josh Golden. With her long list of romantic disasters, she’s not about to take a chance on another bad boy…but it may just be what they both need!

©2010 Susan Mallery (P)2010 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The book brims with quick-witted, good-natured characters, and though Charity and Josh occasionally verge on blandness, their romance grows poignantly and with chemistry to spare." ( Publishers Weekly)

Love a good romance!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes! If they are looking for a fun and romantic listen then this series is a good one!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Charity is my favorite. She is smart, pretty, and hard working.

What does Tanya Eby bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like her narration. She does a great job.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I could have I probably would have but very rarely do I have time to sit and listen to any book all in out sitting.

The future is worth waiting for.

A fantastic book!. good from beginning to end !!! Characters, plot, setting, all perfect? Looking forward to the next 19 books
Clara

A Nice Listen

I enjoyed this story it was a sweet story A good HEA the narration was well done

A pretty predictable chick read.

What did you like best about Chasing Perfect? What did you like least?

I liked the narrator but thought the story line was pretty simplistic.

Would you ever listen to anything by Susan Mallery again?

Maybe.

Have you listened to any of Tanya Eby???s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I don't think so.

Did Chasing Perfect inspire you to do anything?

No.

Great

Another winner from Susan Mallory. The performance was ok but the story was really good.

Cute

This book was really cute and interesting, looking forward to the next in the series. The narrator did a wonderful job.

Love this series! Wonderful start!

Beautiful start to a great series! This series is one that is built around a small town and each book centers around a couple. Every book intertwines and I love that. This first set with Josh appearing to be the perfect play boy and Charity looking to settle down - they're destined to fail or are they? I love a true love story and this is that.

First time reading her books, wasn't disappointed

This was my first time reading Mallery's books and I was pleased! I will be finishing this series for sure.

Predictable

A little too perfect & too predictable...names like Charity & Josh "Golden", seriously? Wraps up too quick & too tidy...still enjoyable.

Okay Story, Awful Narration

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

This wasn't the most enjoyable audiobook I've listened to, but I enjoyed the story enough to listen through till the end. It wasn't as good as some of Susan Mallery's other books (the Buchanan series), but wasn't awful.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have made the main character less obstinate. There were times she was so dense I wanted to smack her.

What didn???t you like about Tanya Eby???s performance?

Where do I begin? My biggest problem with it was that this narrator is not a story-teller. She reads words with great diction, but little feeling. And when she does express some emotion, it was often the wrong one. She read with different voices for the characters, but didn't provide any difference in inflection, tone or personality to distinguish them. Every character was read as if they were at a job interview. At an elementary school. It was weird.