Strictly Curious

De: Joelle Lynne

Narrado por: Oliver Williams

I shouldn't want him the way that I do…

Tyler

My world flipped upside down when my Dad suddenly remarried. What ten-year-old wants that surprise dropped on him? I wasn't expecting my stepbrother to become my best friend, my everything, and the source of my utter confusion. I didn't realize he was hiding something from me, and I didn't mean to see it. It made me question everything.

Garrett

As close as we'd become over the last nine years, I never meant to hide my biggest secret from Tyler. I didn't want our relationship to change. What would he think if he knew I always imagined him in their place? Now that he knows the truth, how am I supposed to handle him being so curious?

©2023 Joelle Lynne (P)2024 Joelle Lynne

One of my all time favorite books

I love Strictly Curious with everything I have! it's my comfort read and now comfort listen. I have listened to it 2.5 times now haha! Tyler and Garrett are two of my forever loves and Oliver did an amazing job with them!!

Fantastic

I enjoyed this narrative as he brought the story alive and had me laughing and enjoying this book. I loved how narrative had me feeling the emotions and loved how I enjoyed the story.

Sweet Step-bother Romance

This book is super sweet. Tyler and Garrett are serious couple goals. I love how their relationship develops. The narration for this is also spot on. I really loved the narrator for this. Must listen!

Tyler and Garrett

Garrett has a instant connection with Tyler and as they grew up together his feelings kept getting stronger. When they were older Tyler walked in on a uncomfortable situation with Garrett and it changed how Tyler saw Garrett. They had lots of drama surrounding them from their so called friends. Watching Tyler come out of his shy shell and stand up to the bullies was very heartwarming. I liked this book very much and recommend it.

super cute

I loved the way Tyler and Garrett supported each other. It was clear from the moment they met that there was something special between them.

Step brother romance

This audio is really good. I read the book previously and still enjoy the story. Step brothers is one of my favorite tropes. Tyler and Garrett are great together and I enjoyed them both. I liked how the relationship developed and that they were really close the whole time. There is one scene though that kept it from 5 stars. One of the MCs acts weird during a scene, to the point it is mentioned repeatedly in the other’s POV and it never really gets explained. Still a really great, steamy listen.

Oliver Williams is a new to me narrator and I enjoyed his voices and narration. It all seemed very natural and kept me engaged. It did have a slight, I don’t think echo-y, is quite right, quality to the sound. The story and narration otherwise got me engrossed in the story and I stopped noticing.

I can’t wait for more audio from both Joelle and Oliver.

Another masterpiece by Joelle Lynne

Strictly Curious by Joelle Lynne
🎧 Narrated by Oliver Williams
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
Another amazing story by the lovely Joelle Lyenne, and the wonderful voice of Oliver Willaims. This was such a great audiobook, I enjoyed it so much. I was hooked on the plot and the way Oliver narrated this story. His unique way of narrating brought this story to life. Definitely a must listen audiobook.

Stepbrothers

I was hooked from start to finish and I honestly didn't want the story to end.
Stories about stepbrothers falling in love have pulled me to them lately and this one was wonderful.
Garrett and Tyler have been close since they met at the age of 10 and were told they were stepbrothers.
When Tyler discovers a secret about Garrett at the age of 19 it makes him curious and he wants to explore these feelings with Garret.
They realize that what they are doing isn't just an experiment.

Oliver Williams does a fantastic job of brining the emotions to life. He has one of those voices that makes it easy to get swept away.

The narration was top-tier

Strictly Curious by Joelle Lynne
4/5 ✨🌟

* * * SPOILERS * *

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘐’𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.

This audiobook was so good. I absolutely loved the narration of this book. It had me hooked from the moment I listened to it.

Garrett and Tyler were simply perfect. This was probably one of the best step brother and finding yourself books I’ve ever read. I really loved the flashbacks so that we could really understand both characters from how they met to how they moved through life.

Garrett has always been in love with Tyler and he just feels Tyler will never see him but a stepbrother and then things for Tyler when he hears a house in the bathroom, which truly wakes him up. I love how they experiment together, which draws them together in the best way ever.

I never thought I could dislike a character as much as I did for Toby and Maisy. What they did to the boys, especially Tyler was just cruel and mean. Jealousy at its worst.

And can I say I love the parents so much?! I love how supportive they were. Sure, Tyler’s dad took a bit to handle it, but all he wanted was for his boys to be happy.

The spicy scenes were so perfect. I loved how in tune they were with each other or just how they couldn’t keep their hands off of one another. From the secrecy to finally being able to kiss each other in public. Just so bittersweet.

What I really loved was how close the two were over the years, especially the cuddling and the holding. That’s how I knew they would be perfect together.

I received a copy of this book and this is my honest review.

Sweet and Spicy Step-Bro Romance!

I really enjoyed listening to Oliver Williams, both he and the author Joelle Lynne are new to me so I felt doubly pleased that I discovered this title. The only thing that I disliked is that it felt like Tyler was willfully ignorant of Garrett's sexuality - almost to the point of contrived ridiculous levels - and Garrett unnecessarily kept Tyler in the dark about his sexuality.

4 starz - worthy of a repeat listen