Love and the Dream Come True

The State of Grace Series, Book 3

By: Tammy L. Gray

Narrated by: Erica Sullivan, Alex Boyles

Their faith will face its toughest test yet.

Four years after getting the biggest break of his life, Cameron Lee’s music career has taken a nose dive, leaving him two options: become a sellout or give up on his lifelong dream. He reluctantly returns home for his sister’s wedding, hoping to avoid his past and find his love for music again.

Single mom Lexie Walters has suffered her fair share of tragedies and setbacks, but she has finally scraped together the money to achieve her dream of going into business with her cousin as an interior designer. When Lexie’s life is at an all-time high, she runs into her teenage crush, Cameron Lee.

Lost in the emotional turmoil of failure, Cameron is immediately drawn to Lexie and her infectious smile and optimistic spirit. Moreover, he adores her mouthy, no-holds-barred daughter. But fantasies only last so long, and soon Lexie and Cameron must face the real world, the one fraught with heartbreak, disappointment, and questions that sometimes can only be answered by a leap of faith.

©2022 Tammy L. Gray (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Good story

The narrator wasn’t the best the other books came across much better. It would have been better if it didn’t feel like she was actually reading the book

❤️❤️❤️❤️

I loved this book; I think it is my favorite in the series.
There is a scene at Cassie's wedding that kind of has a rom-com feel, and then later on in the story, I shed a few tears... Tammy L. Gray has done it again!!

Before I bought this book, I read the reviews, and every one of them commented on how bad the female narrator was. As I listened to the story, I had to wonder if we were listening to the same book because I thought she was great. I think both narrators did an AMAZING job.

The Story is Worth the Listen

The female narrator does have an odd cadence, but the story is so good that after about 4 chapters, it didn’t bother me any more. All 3 books in this series are wonderful. I will listen to them again.

The good and the not so good.

I enjoyed the story but the female narrator had a cadence to her reading that I didn't care for. I much preferred the narrator of the previous books.This is the 3rd in the series and I recommend reading the others first.

Good story - really bad narration

I listen to 3-5 books weekly and I have had my fair share of bad narration. I was excited about this series and I listened to and love the two books prior. I really wanted to hear how Cameron finally got his happily ever after but, after the first 3-4 chapters, I got overwhelmed by the voice/cadence of the female voice (Lexi) I tried so hard to get past her narration - I usually listen to some of my favorite books twice (I did with the two previous) because I like to hear the conversations and analyze/ponder the thoughts/emotions. With this book, I did the complete opposite. Whenever the chapter was read for Lexi - I found myself fast forwarding the story.. I thought her reading/narration/cadence was very distracting, annoying, sounding very immature. The characters were supposed to be strong, admirable instead and sadly, as I listen to the story from Lexi’s perspective - I imagined her as a high schooler who was reading for her first school play and trying so hard to sound smart/credible.. and failed miserably. I just wanted to get to the last few chapters & epilogue to find out how it all ended up for Cameron and the previous characters (Darcy, January, Bryson) **curious about the process these audio books are made to be published - does the author have the readers do practices or do a trial run before completing the final version? I don’t understand how this version was considered a good reflection of what it was written about.

Clean genuine love story

Loved the story line. Did not like the lilt in the female narrator’s voice but got used to it. Nice clean romantic story that included hardships and reminders of God’s presence.

Cameron comes home

Hearing Cameron’s story reminds me how much God likes to restore relationships and redeem past mistakes and pain.

I was worried I wouldn’t enjoy listening to it after reading other reviews but the female narrator didn’t bother me like it did others. However after just listening to the other 2 books in the series by another narrator, I found myself wanting to hear her take on the voices instead of someone else, since that was what I was used to. All that said, I still really enjoyed listening to this story.

Good but that voice cadence

I love listening to audio books so of course I was going to listen to the whole series. the voice for the female character was so weird. it was like she had a cadence to her voice that was just not natural. at times she would get it together & it would sound like a good book but other times, I just could not. I have heard worse however. otherwise really good book.

two readers not good

loved the story but did not care for 2 different voices reading 2 parts. would have been great had they each read their own part.

Great book but the narrator

Wonderful storyline but the female narrators performance is so distracting. I kept starting and stopping but wanted to finish the series.