Swoon

A Brother's Best Friend Standalone Romance

By: Lauren Rowe

Narrated by: Joe Arden, Desireé Ketchum

Growing up, I knew my older brother’s best friend thought of me as “Logan’s kid sister”. For me, though, our next-door neighbor Colin felt like anything but a sibling. Whenever I spied on him through my bedroom window, as he banged away, shirtless, on his drum kit, I felt sensations inside me I’d never felt for my actual brother. But when we moved away and Colin’s band took off like a rocket, I knew my tweener fantasies would never become a reality.

Fast-forward nine years to my brother’s wedding, when I saw Colin again and we shared a secret, drunken kiss that rocked my world. The next morning, Colin blamed the alcohol. Said we should pretend the kiss, and my unfortunate text afterward, never happened.

Now that I’m heading to LA to work for Colin and crash at his place, though, all bets are off. I’m determined to make Colin swoon for me, the same way I’ve always done for him. Because no matter what he insisted, Colin’s body during our kiss, and the shocking thing he whispered into my ear right afterward, made it clear he doesn’t really think of me as his little sister, any more than I do.

©2021 Lauren Rowe (P)2021 Lauren Rowe

Holy... Swoon!!

Excuse me while I mop my heart, that has melted into a big pile of goo, up off the floor. Holy wow! Talk about an aptly named book. Get ready to melt and swoon over Colin, Amy, and their class brother's best friend and little sister love story.

This was my first experience with Lauren Rowe's work. I had no idea what to expect and was pleasantly surprised. Her hero Colin was absolutely, for lack of better word, swoon worthy. Her heroine Amy was a quirky and massive spitfire. There was drama, moments of heartbreak, times you wanted to shake and cheer on both of them, as well as lots of moments of complete hilarity. I can't tell you how many times I busted out laughing. I was pleasantly surprised with the music elements to the audiobook. I was NOT expecting that. It's not every day that there is a break in the narration for the songs that are written into the story.

Joe Arden and Desiree Ketchum narrate the audiobook of "Swoon". With both of them bringing these characters to life, I was captivated from the very beginning and couldn't press the pause button. This was one of those narrations where you can't help but stay up late listening. Desiree is still a very new to me narrator and every time I listen to her, I fall more in love with her. She was pure perfection as Amy. Joe is everything you want in a hero. He just has a way of grabbing a hold of your heart no matter the character. Colin has a confident yet clueless personality that Joe brings to life brilliantly. I couldn't have asked for better narrators for this book.

Loved the audible.

I’ve loved this series very much. The music that accompanies it is so fabulous. The narrators are perfect. I can’t explain the special meaning of the song without possible spoilers, but let me just say, “read it”.

Enjoyed the bonus at the end

One of this author's better audio versions, right up there with Smitten for me. Excellent narration & I really liked the music after the epilogue.

Enjoyed

I always look forward to a Lauren story. This little world she created is pure perfection. Colin and Amy were sweet. I will say though you would enjoy the story more if you know the backlog of her collection. Otherwise some may get lost.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Absolutely obsessed with this book definitely recommend and I can not stop listening to the amazing songs highly recommend listening to the end

I loved everything

I like everything.The story, Colin and Amy, the whole crew of friends. Definitely one of the best books i have read.

Amazing narration and storyline

This book is so much fun! It can definitely be enjoyed as a stand-alone but if you’ve read or listened to any of the Reed River Trilogy or the Love-Hate Duet books than you will see a lot of familiar faces and catch up on some beloved couples.

Swoon worthy!

Swoon is definitely a swoon worthy story that will have your heart singing.
This book can be read as a standalone but if you have read some of her previous books than you have probably heard of Colin, the drummer for 22 Goats. I was thrilled to finally be getting his story and this book did not disappoint.
Get ready for a fantastic friends to lovers story as Colin and Amy have known each other most of their lives, but Amy was just the little sister of his best friend. Now, she is all grown up! They have chemistry and a connection but Amy wants so much more than friendship, but Colin being a guy is a bit in denial of what he is actually feeling. You will have to read or listen for yourself to see how they work it all out. So, don’t delay, you are going to love this sweet romantic story so, so much!
I had the added benefit of listening to the audio version of this story and the narrators definitely added to my enjoyment of this book.

Hmmm.

•Overall 4.5 stars
•Performance:
Female narrator 4 stars
Male narrator 1 star, he sounded a bit robotic and didn't have good voice inflection.
•Story 5 stars
This has become one of my favorite authors!

Absolutely LOVED everything!

Narration perfection w/ Joe Arden and Desiree’ Ketchum! They were both absolutely outstanding. This book is so good and left me not wanting it to end. It went by so fast bc I was so caught up in this story! This is one of my favorite Lauren Rowe books!