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Narrated by:
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Emma Sidi
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By:
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Lizzy Dent
About this listen
"My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year." (Emily Henry, number one New York Times best-selling author of People We Meet on Vacation)
Named a Best Beach Read by Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Post, Bustle, Country Living, Parade, Fortune, and more.
What if you could be someone else? Just for the summer....
Birdy has made a mistake. Everyone imagines running away from their life at some point. But Birdy has actually done it. And the life she's run into is her best friend Heather's. The only problem is, she hasn't told Heather.
The summer job at the highland Scottish hotel that her world class wine-expert friend ditched turns out to be a lot more than Birdy bargained for. Can she survive a summer pretending to be her best friend? And can Birdy stop herself from falling for the first man she's ever actually liked, but who thinks she's someone else?
One good friend's very bad decision is at the heart of this laugh-out-loud love story and unexpected tale of a woman finally finding herself in the strangest of places.
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Critic reviews
One of Cosmopolitan’s New Books to Feed Your Wanderlust
One of Marie Claire’s Ultimate Summer Beach Reads
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One of Bustle’s 20 Best Beach Reads of 2021
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“My perfect summer read! Sure to be one of the sweetest, funniest, and sexiest books of the year.” (Emily Henry, author of Beach Read)
“Witty and funny and it packs an emotional punch.... Loved it, I'm in the queue for more Lizzy Dent.” (Josie Silver, author of One Day in December)
“Fresh, funny and filled with delicious food and wine.” (Beth O’Leary, author of The Flatshare)
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
Zanders: Chicago hockey isn't complete without me—everyone's favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to quit her job.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Male narrator is hard to listen to
- By nicole on 06-09-23
By: Liz Tomforde
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Just One Taste
- By: Lizzy Dent
- Narrated by: Sarah Sampino
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
When Olive Stone and her Italian pseudo-celebrity chef father fell out fourteen years ago, annoyingly handsome Leo Ricci slipped right in as his surrogate son and sous-chef. No one is more surprised than Olive when her father wills her his beloved (and now failing) restaurant. Or that his dying wish was for Olive and Leo to complete his cookbook…together. She’s determined to sell the restaurant. Leo is determined to convince her not to. As they embark on four weeks in Italy, traveling from Sicily to Tuscany to Liguria, they’ll test each other as often as they test recipes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The narrator really brought this book to life.
- By Julieanna on 07-22-24
By: Lizzy Dent
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The Sweetest Revenge
- By: Lizzy Dent
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 13
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 13
Amy is more than one disastrous night of drunken revenge on her boss/ex-boyfriend’s Audi—the night that tanked her rising TV producer career and led to a hasty move to London for a fresh start. She is thirty years of awesomeness. At least, that’s what Amy tells herself every morning before trekking to her mediocre job making trailers at a failing British TV channel. Two years later, she’s finally starting to believe it. But then, in a twisted turn of fate, the ex-boyfriend who wrecked her life is hired as her new boss and past and present are about to epically, hilariously collide.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Way more cussing than needed
- By KC on 03-14-24
By: Lizzy Dent
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Before I Do
- By: Sophie Cousens
- Narrated by: Emma Sidi
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 352
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 317
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 317
Head-in-the-stars Audrey is about to marry down-to-earth Josh. Though they are polar opposites, they have a healthy relationship; Josh is just what Audrey needs. But romance should be unpredictable and full of fireworks, and as the big day approaches, Audrey’s found herself wondering if Josh really is "The One." When Josh’s sister shows up to the rehearsal dinner with Fred, Audrey’s "What If? guy"—the man she met six years ago and had one amazing day with—Audrey finds herself torn. Surely Fred’s appearance the night before she is due to get married can’t be a coincidence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Light, happy rom-com
- By meagan on 10-13-22
By: Sophie Cousens
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The Lost Vintage
- A Novel
- By: Ann Mah
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,061
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,803
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,799
Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this pause-resisting novel about a woman who returns to her family’s ancestral vineyard in Burgundy and unexpectedly uncovers a lost diary, an unknown relative, and a secret her family has been keeping since World War II. To become one of only a few hundred certified wine experts in the world, Kate must pass the notoriously difficult Master of Wine examination. She’s failed twice before; her third attempt will be her last chance.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Returned due to narration
- By Yvonne on 12-16-18
By: Ann Mah
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Swept Away
- By: Beth O'Leary
- Narrated by: Connor Swindells, Rebekah Hinds
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4 out of 5 stars 73
What if you were lost at sea…with your one-night stand? Zeke and Lexi thought it would just be a night of fun. They had no intentions of seeing each other again. Zeke is only in town for the weekend to buy back his late father’s houseboat. Lexi has no time for dating when she needs to help take care of her best friend's daughter.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful writing, infuriating ending
- By Elizabeth on 04-03-25
By: Beth O'Leary
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Mile High
- Windy City Series, Book 1
- By: Liz Tomforde
- Narrated by: Winston James, Mari
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,289
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,218
Zanders: Chicago hockey isn't complete without me—everyone's favorite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night. What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to quit her job.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Male narrator is hard to listen to
- By nicole on 06-09-23
By: Liz Tomforde
Birdy takes on a summer job in Scotland with a borrowed resume, a move that is equal parts opportunistic and foolish.
The Summer Job contains heaps of humorous phrases like, “only mildly ostentatious,” that made me giggle. I was immediately struck by the superb ambient descriptions, both sensory and physical. (Do not even get me started on the mouth-watering breakdown of food and wine.) There are also a host of astute observations of human behavior and motives that added dimension to a simplistic plot.
Because the entire premise of the story revolves around a colossal lie, much of the book is anxiety-inducing. The protagonist has very real personal challenges, but her troubled backstory was not enough to excuse her excessively bad judgment and unparalleled selfishness.
I struggled to get through this one. The overall writing and scene-setting were some of the best I have read in a contemporary romance novel (feels more like general fiction) and I am intrigued to see what Lizzy Dent writes in the future. My aversion to this story boils down to my intense dislike of the main character. Her idiocy and self-destructive tendencies knew no bounds and I felt sorry for everyone else in the story.
Plot – 4
Writing & Editing – 4
Character Development – 3
Personal Bias – 2
Final Score: 3.25
Good writing, terrible main character
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Loved it!
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Good Summer Listen
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I wanted to like it . . .
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Save your money.
Too asinine for words.
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The Summer Job
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A job listening to it
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