Game Changer

Game Changers Series, Book 1

By: Rachel Reid

Narrated by: Tor Thom

New York Admirals captain Scott Hunter takes his pregame rituals very seriously. In this case, it's not just a lucky smoothie he's craving - it's the man who made it.

Pro hockey star Scott Hunter knows a good thing when he sees it. So, when a smoothie made by juice bar barista Kip Grady precedes Scott breaking his on-ice slump, he's desperate to recreate the magic...and to get to know the sexy, funny guy behind the counter.

Kip knew there was more to Scott's frequent visits than blended fruit, but he never let himself imagine being invited back to Scott's penthouse. Or kissed with reckless abandon, never mind touched everywhere all at once. When it happens, it's red-hot, incredible, and frequent, but also only on Scott's terms and always behind his closed apartment doors.

Scott needs Kip in his life, but with playoff season approaching, the spotlight on him is suddenly brighter than ever. He can't afford to do anything that might derail his career...like introducing the world to his boyfriend. Kip is ready to go all-in with Scott - but how much longer will he have to remain a secret?

©2018 Rachelle Goguen (P)2019 Tantor

Worst accent

I enjoyed the story but I almost didn’t finish the book because of the narrator’s horrible attempt at a Brooklyn accent.

Sweet story

The story is sweet and ends with a HEA, with just the right amount of angst (minimal). I think if I’d read the book instead of listening to it I might have rated it higher than three stars. I can’t tell because the narration soooo got in the way of my full enjoyment of the story.

While the narrator has a wonderfully deep, pleasant voice, the delivery of the story was stilted, every word was pronounced exactly rather than delivered as someone would naturally speak, and it was as if each character was assigned one emotion and that’s how everything was delivered. I will not even go into how atrocious the accent attempts were. Suffice it to say I was laughing so hard at some points of this story, and it wasn’t because it was a funny bit of writing.

My suggestion? Skip the audiobook and get the ebook or paperback. This story was good enough in spite of the narration that I plan to try reading the next installment.

Ugh the narrator almost ruined it

I almost gave up on this a bunch of times because the narrator. His natural voice was fine and most of the other background characters were fine, but Kip, geez, he’s supposed to be 25 from Brooklyn, and he sounds like and ogre from a under a bridge in a fantasy novel. And Scott was okay most of the time, but the narrator didn’t give him any emotion, except to lower his voice and talk effeminate when he was trying to be sexy.
The story was the only thing that kept me going. But it’s been hard.

Game Changers is life. Ilya forever.

The whole series is phenomenal. Just epic. That’s speaking about the books. The audio, however…yikes. I dealt with it but holy bejebus, there’s a lot to be desired when Tor does his Kip accent. Definitely doesn’t do Shawn or Kyle or Carter any services either. Like whoa yikes.

Loved the Story

Great example for those who can be in love and come out to made headway for others.

Worthy Listen

Fast paced, insta love, struggling with being the prospect of being the first out hockey player.
Only downside wasn’t crazy about the Brooklyn accent. It seemed stereotypical dumb over done accent on a gay guy whose about work on a masters degree just didn’t fit

Love a good hockey story

the story was great, believable. My only issue was the narrator. I grew up in Brooklyn. Kits "Brooklyn" accent was cringe. Distracting. At first I thought Kit was in the spectrum, or deaf that I had to go back and read the book details to realize it was neither.. Great narrative voice just please, don't try to do an accent like that again

Sweet story, wrong accent

I was wondering at first if this guy is Australian, then maybe he's from Massachusetts? I was pretty alarmed to find that he was supposed to be a native NYer. I live and work in NYC, so it was brutal to hear the failed attempt. The story is solidly good, and it feels authentic enough.

Good story

Okay, while I enjoyed the story itself, I can see what people were talking about with the narrator attempting a Brooklyn accent. It wasn't a great attempt, but it was definitely not the worst thing I've ever heard. Moving on, the story was great. I loved the meet-cute between Kip and Scott. The way they became friends and moved to lovers was well done. Good amount of spice. Definitely worth a listen!

Love it

I usually love Tor Thom but I wasn’t a huge fan of how he made Kip sound. The story over all was great and I’m going to jump into book 2 now.