Love You Better

Better Love, Book 1

By: Brit Benson

Narrated by: Joe Arden, Kelli Tager

Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins

Publisher's summary

Kelley Pierce is my person.

He has been since the 9th grade.

He gets me like no one else does.

My quirks. My love of pros/cons lists.

My need to have everything under control.

He accepts me just as I am, because he is the perfect...friend.

My best friend.

But Kelley is also totally gorgeous.

And confident. And tempting.

None of that matters, though.

Best friends don't care about those things.

Or at least...I never used to.

One chemistry-filled moment has the power to change everything, and soon old emotions I've ignored and memories I've tried to forget come crashing back.

Now, he's making me feel things.

Now, he's making me want to be a little reckless.

To let go when I should be holding on tight.

I have goals for my future.

I have an image to maintain.

I have an airtight plan and no room for distraction.

I haven't prepared for falling in love.

But after that kiss....

Who is this man in front of me, and what has he done with my best friend?

Love You Better is a sweet and steamy standalone, best friends to lovers, second chance romance. It's got heart, heat, and an HEA sure to make you swoon. It is the first standalone in the Better Love series.

©2021 Brit Benson Books (P)2023 Brit Benson Books

Great debut novel

This was an excellent debut novel. I liked Ivy but adored Kelly. I love friends to lovers and this was well done. The narrators were phenomenal! I can’t wait to listen to more from both narrators!

Love!

Great story made even better by excellent narrating! Joe and Kelli killed it!!
Bravo!!
Cannot wait to listen to the rest of this series!

Best friends to lovers

🅻🅾🆅🅴 🆈🅾🆄 🅱🅴🆃🆃🅴🆁 by Brit Benson is a best friends to lovers story with Kelley Pierce and Ivy Rivenbach.
Kelley is the dirty talking bedroom, love whipped best friend who is an absolute patient, sweetheart guy. Ivy is a fierce, smart, cautious female. These two characters and this book possesses beautifully woven words by Brit to make their love story flawlessly done and my heart ached for both Ivy and Kelley throughout the book.

Joe Arden and Kelli Tager do such a fantastic job of being these characters and their love story to life. I’m so ready to move onto the next audio book in this series ‘Better with You’ showcasing Ivy’s roommate and friend, Bailey.

Loved this friends to lovers romance!

Swoon! Love You Better by Brit Benson was an angsty new adult best-friends-to-lovers romance that tugged at all my heartstrings, and left my soul deliciously happy. This was my first book from Brit Benson, and it most certainly won’t be my last. I loved everything about Ivy and Kelley’s slow-burn, steamy, and emotional journey from friends to their forever HEA.

Kelli Tager and Joe Arden narrate this audiobook, and both truly embodied their characters to the fullest! Kelli was a new-to-me narrator, and I loved how she portrayed Ivy’s painful past, dedication to her family, and her newfound love for Kelley! (All the feels!) Joe delivers a moving performance as devoted, doting, and loveable Kelley! Plus, he brought all the swoon with his delivery of Kelley’s seductive spicy scenes! (Hello, dirty talk!) Both narrators brought the heat with Ivy and Kelley’s magnetic, meant-to-be chemistry!

Overall, I loved this book! If you are a fan of a best friends-to-lovers romance with a hunky dedicated teacher in training, a bold, fierce lawyer-to-be, college life at Butler University, a friendship that started in high school, a traumatic event from the past, reliable besties, movie nights, soccer matches, lunch buddies, slow burn steamy times, a little bit of angst, a shocking climatic moment, and a HEA that you will love better and better, then you will love Ivy and Kelley’s story. I am looking forward to more from Brit Benson.

5 Star Friends-Lovers Story! 5 Star Performances!

I absolutely could not put this audiobook down! It was a beautiful story about two best friends since high school, where he fell hard and fast, but she couldn't see it yet. Now at the end of college, their friendship starts to change into so much more. Kelley is an amazing best friend who loves Ivy unconditionally.

Kelli Tager is a new narrator to me, and I enjoyed her performance very much. She gave a lot of emotion that felt connected to the work. I also really enjoyed her male voice- it wasn't too deep and didn't sound forced/fake. Joe Arden was fantastic. He always gives an emotional performance that feels real and raw. He also did an incredible job with changing his voice just enough to fit the very young characters in the flashbacks.

I will absolutely pick up more books by this author and audiobooks narrated by these actors.

5 Stars / 3 Peppers (even though it is a very slow burn and doesn't have many spicy scenes- the dirty talk is pretty intense).

TW- The listener knows that there is history of sexual assault that happens to Ivy, but we don't know when or how for most of the story.

Epic Friends to Lovers Story!

I’ve never loved a friends to lovers couple more! This authors debut novel is incredible. The story is packed full of angsty goodness and you’ll fall for this couple right from the start. I enjoyed that even though they were high school friends (now I’m college) they had their own stories separately as well. Their lives and the side characters stories wove together really well. Ivy is an strong leading lady and if you love a dirty talker Kelley will be your next favorite.

Definitely grab this book for a great listen!

Joe Arden & Kelli Tager are incredible as Kelley & Ivy!

Amazing friends to lovers story

I loved this book! The story line is great. The spice is great and the narrators are so good. I search for Joe Arden so if that tells you anything, his voice is perfection along with the fact it isn’t just a hot voice reading text, you can feel the character and their actions. He makes it an experience.
All around 5 stars.

Friends to lovers but make it spicy af

This book is absolutely fantastic! I love these characters, the dynamic, the all our friends to lovers discovery was *chefs kiss*.

I’ve read it in physical form before, so listening to the audio was a really awesome way to experience it. I think the audio narrators did a fantastic job in setting the tone for all scenes, and kept me so engaged in the story. I generally get distracted during audios, but the performance for this one had me binging in 8 hours flat!

Mountain Lion of Greatness

I fell in love the first time I read it with my eyes.
I didn't imagine I could love it more...
That was until I read it with my ears.
Kelli and Joe did such an incredible job bring Kelley and Ivy to life.
I couldn't have imagined how great this turned out in audio.
This audio brought me to tears on more than one occasion.
Kelli, Joe, thank you so much for doing Brit's words justice. I had very high hopes and set my standards high, and you guys blew them out of the water.
Brit, I am so proud of the work you do and the words you write. Thank YOU for choosing these incredible narrators to bring your babies to life. <3

I’m now a fan!

I enjoyed this book very much (even though new adult romances usually give me anxiety!). The performances are stunning. The story is solid. The twist is twisty!