An Optimist's Guide to Heartbreak
Heartsong Duet, Book 1
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Charlotte Claremont
About this listen
There once was a girl with fireflies in her eyes and music in her soul. Remember her... she's important.
She's the reason I panic-bought the little brick house on Maple Street, the one I lived next door to for eight magical years. Now that I'm back digging up floorboards and lost journals, I can't stop thinking about the two people who grew up here.
You see, that girl was my best friend, and this house was once hers. She also had a big brother who was my everything before circumstances turned us into nothing more than memories.
That's why I applied for a job at his auto shop—unprepared to discover that my new boss, Cal Bishop, is now gruff, built, and covered in tattoos.
I'm the sun to his overcast sky. The smile to his surly solitude. A reminder of everything he longs to forget. But my heart has a secret, and we're running out of time to fix our torn pages.
Maybe... the same girl who used to be the glue still holds the key to putting our pieces back together. (See? I told you she was important.)
Toodles,
Lucy
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Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.
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Cringy lines ruined it
- By Lenna Crosby on 12-01-24
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Cruel Winter with You
- Under the Mistletoe Collection
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All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.
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Endless insecurities and translation fails
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Verity
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Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.
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intriguing but skip if triggered by child abuse
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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.
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I ain’t afraid of no ghosts
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The Plight Before Christmas
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Clark Griswold was onto something...at least with his annual holiday meltdown. And since the last three weeks of my life have been riddled with humbug—another breakup, a broken toe, an office promotion I deserved and didn’t get—I’m not at all in the mood to celebrate nor have the happ, happ, happiest Christmas EVER.
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Gaslighting and games
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After a snowstorm grounds her flight, Lucy makes a last-ditch effort to get home for Christmas using a rideshare app. She thinks she’ll be taking a road trip with a stranger...but the guy who shows up is someone she knows all too well. He’s the hookup she ghosted a few months ago, and now she’ll be stuck in a car with him for the most awkward road trip of her life.
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Nearly pitch perfect holiday romcom novella
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Resting Scrooge Face
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After a bad breakup, Nola wants nothing to do with Christmas, especially in her quaint hometown of Bright Harbor, Maine. Infuriatingly charming and cheery, Nola’s surroundings only worsen her sour mood. To make matters worse, Caleb, the boy who broke her heart years ago, is all grown up and still living in town. While doing her best to avoid him, Nola bumps into the local mailman, who gives her a mysterious letter. And when she finds that the writer is a fellow Scrooge, she can’t help but feel her spirit lifting.
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No-sex, “enemies to lovers,” Christmas short story
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Nocticadia
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After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I'd find the cure for what ravaged her and leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me. Four years later, I received an acceptance letter from Dracadia University, one of the oldest most prestigious schools in the country. Nestled on a secluded island off the coast of Maine, it's rumored to be haunted by the souls of the mental patients exiled there centuries before, those whose bones are said to make up the island's white sandy shores. And restless ghosts aren't even its most daunting peculiarity.
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Good but a slight miss
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- Heather Stoops
- 02-10-24
Loved the Story-Didn’t Love the Female Narrator
I read this book last year and absolutely loved the story. I think Jennifer Hartmann writes beautiful, emotional stories. With that being said, I had a very hard time with the female narrator. In my opinion, she pronounced her vowels oddly. I also could not find the right speed to listen to it. Every time she said a word with an “O” in it, I would cringe. I also don’t think she used the same voice for Lucy consistently. It really took me out of the story. It’s definitely a book I would read again, but not one I would listen to again.
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- Christina Garcia (@chrissygreads)
- 09-29-24
4.75⭐️
Humorous, Angsty, Emotional. Jennifer Hartmann definitely succeeded in making me feel all the feels. I loved this duet!
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- Sarah
- 09-30-24
JH does it again!!
In true Jennifer Hartmann fashion, she nails it once again. The ending of this story had me on the edge of my seat and immediately diving into the next book….I’m glad I didn’t have to wait because that was a brutal cliffy. The history between these two characters is still unfolding but what has been revealed already has me scrambling for the answers! This story is beautiful so far and I’m rooting for an HEA after all this built up and angst!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-26-23
perfection in my humble opinion ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
you ever get through a book and wish you could experience it for the first time all over again? That's what I feel this moment. Grumpy Sunshine at its finest... childhood friends who lose touch after a pivotal event that rocks their lives and pulls them apart... after searching for years she finds him again and there is our beginning.
This story holds your heart from beginning to end. so much angst, so much laughter, so much heartbreak. it ends on a cliffhanger but gives you a sneak peek at the first chapter book 2. The writing and narration are brilliant.
Books that gives you the same feels...
reminiscent of "a thousand boy kisses" by Tilly Cole or "Brightside" by Kim holden.. both great books you need to read if you loved this one. ❤
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- Brenda (WhatSheReads)
- 11-24-23
Heartbreakingly beautiful story of love and loss.
I read/ listen to audiobook frequently (128 audiobooks in 2023) and I have a feeling this duology will be in my top 10. Jennifer Hartman delivers another story you won’t forget. Your heart will break for Lucy and Cal but the hints at what could be for them will keep you going. The story thus far (book 1/2) is a solid 5 stars. Overall I enjoyed the narration done by Gabriel Spires & Charlotte Claremont. My only critique is that I wish there was more change up between the narrators when the MC were speaking. As it is when we are in Lucy’s POV Charlotte is narrating both for Lucy and Cal. Although Charlottes male voice is not terrible I wish we could hear Gabriel speak for Cal regardless of who’s POV we are in and vice versa for Cals POV. Overall this was an incredible story and great audiobook. I have already preordered the next book ‘A Pessimist’s guide to love”.
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- Greenigirl76
- 06-28-24
This is good!
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This book has you wondering the entire book is what happened to Emma and what is Lily medical condition.. it leaves you on a major cliff hanger. Cal is soooo in love with her but trying his absolute best to keep her at arms length to save himself again. I love how innocent Lily is and she is just so odd about things she should know by now. I literally cannot wait to get to the next book so this review is short.
Off to the next 📖 book in the series ‼️‼️‼️
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-01-24
Disappointed
This book way too long to get to a point. I can't suffer through to book 2. There was so much potential in the story but it was way too drawn out.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-07-24
Some funny parts
Lucy is funny, chaotic, and likable for the first half of the book. The mixed signals thrown at Cal, her constant reflecting of her two friends is overdone.
The female narrator is horrible. Her pronunciation of some words is grating on the nerves. It’s almost like she’s attempting to pattern her speech after another talented narrator, and at times attempts a UK pronunciation of words with an American accent and fails.
She made this book/audiobook worse than the story alone.
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- Bob
- 12-12-24
A miss for me
I’ve been on a Jennifer Hartmann kick and going through all her books and have loved every one of them. But I guess they can’t all be winners. The story is just kind of meh for me, honestly just couldn’t wait for it to be over. The characters are so unlikable. But the worst part is the female narrator. You only hear the male narrator for one chapter at the end, heads up, but the female narrator has a confusing accent, all her characters sound the same so it’s hard to differentiate who is talking. And her male voices are even worse. It was a struggle to get through and now I feel compelled to listen to book 2 just to find out what happens but I’d really rather not.
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