Man Down

By: Kate Meader

Narrated by: Ramona Master

I’ve been texting the wife I lost, the woman I loved beyond measure....Now someone else has answered back.

Gunnar Bond is broken. Three years ago, he lived through the car crash that took his wife and twins away from him - though “lived” barely describes his current state. Giving up professional hockey, going off-grid, and drinking himself into oblivion are his coping mechanisms. Another is texting his dead wife about his days without her. Therapeutic? Doubtful. Crazy? Definitely. But those messages into the ether are virtually the only thing stopping him from spiraling to even darker places.

Until someone texts back....

Sadie Yates is losing it. Suddenly guardian to a little sister she doesn’t know and a misbehaving hound she’d rather not know at all, she’s had to upend her (sort of) glamorous life in LA and move back to Chicago. The nanny has quit, the money’s running out, and her job is on the line. The last thing she needs is her sister’s hockey camp counselor, a judgmental Viking type, telling her she sucks at this parenting lark. Thank the goddess for her sweet, sensitive, and - fingers crossed - sexy text buddy who always knows the right thing to say. In the same city at last, they can finally see if their online chemistry is mirrored in real life. She just needs to set up a meeting....

A ruined man who claims to have used up all his love is surely a bad bet, but Sadie’s never been afraid of a challenge...even one that might shatter her heart into a million pieces.

©2020 Kate Meader (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Heartbreaking addition

This one was a tough listen with heavy topics but it’s a good story of healing and I really enjoyed the premise. I wish there was more/better resolution with Sadie’s father and we got Gunnar and his brother reconciling but overall it was a good listen with ok narration.

So tragically beautiful

This is a beautiful story, and it had me crying the whole time. It depicted grief so holistically, and it showed that it isn’t linear. I loved Gunnar and Sadie’s love story!

My only gripes are that it’s in 3rd person, which, even when I’m listening to a book, is really hard for me to get into. My other gripe is that there’s only one narrator in the audiobook, and while she did a great job, dual or duet narration is my preference when listening to dual POV.

Great story

Hard to believe but Kate Meader is a new author to me. Narrator Ramona Master is new to me too and she did a good job although I felt her male voices were distracting but that is just my opinion.

This story had me laughing and crying and I felt as though I was on an emotional roller coaster.

Loved the story so much that I went and purchased the rest of the series, now I just need time to listen to them.

This book wrecked me

I love Kate Meader’s Rebels hockey series and this one is one of the best. The grief Gunnar feels is heartbreaking and Sadie’s situation is just as tough. The idea of a grieving husband and father texting his wife’s number hooked me from the beginning. Have some tissues close by for this one. It’ll hit you in the feels.

A beautiful love story for a hockey player

I loved this story ! A lot of sadness comes across in this story from beginning to end, The love story which grows between Gunnar and Sadie is one of the kind and grows over time from a solid connection. In addition to helping a little sister adjust to her own loss, Sadie is copying with a bad job, a love she cannot understand and figuring out the rest of her and her sister's life. Sadie is a fun character who pushes Gunnar, the introvert, to open up. They were both handed life long challenges that they learnt to cope in their own way and together with the help of the "Rebels' larger family of colleagues". I can't wait for the next book !

Gunner and Sadie

An emotional roller coaster ride to go on. Gunner is drowning in grief but a chance meeting or shall I say text with Sadie turns his world upside down. I adored this book. Narration was great.