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Jesse Cota
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Anna Martin
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When you realize you want to marry your best friend at age six, life should follow a pretty predictable path, right? Maybe not.
As a kid, Evan King thought Scott Sparrow was the most amazing person he'd ever met. At 17, his crush runs a little deeper, and nothing seems simple anymore. Scott is more interested in football and girls than playing superheroes, and Evan's attention is focused on getting into art school. A late-night drunken kiss is something to be forgotten, not obsessed over for the next 10 years.
When life suddenly brings them back together, it doesn't take much for the flame Evan carried for Scott nearly all his life to come roaring back, and Evan discovers that life sometimes has a strange way of coming full circle.
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- Corey
- 02-15-17
Best Friends/Soul Mates
Where does Five Times My Best Friend Kissed Me rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
It's a great book that I actually can see as a movie.
What did you like best about this story?
I liked how honest and real the story was. I liked how it didn't move chronologically. I kinda predicted how the 5th kiss was going to happen, I still loved how the story was told.
Which character – as performed by Jesse Cota – was your favorite?
My favorite character was Evan. I feel like we could all relate to him at some point in our lives.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
I loved everything about the 4th and 5th kisses! I also loved learning about Scott and Evan as kids and how Evan had a dependency on Scott even as a child.
Any additional comments?
This story is very real and very relatable. I wish that the narrator would have used a different voice for Scott, but it wasn't bad. I highly recommend this audiobook, and I actually wish that this could be made into a movie.
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- AT
- 04-20-17
All kinds of love for this audiobook
Just based on the blurb and some reviews of the writing style, I was a little nervous going into this audiobook. Happily, everything I was hesitant about worked. I’ve had this author chilling on my to-be-read list for a few months, but other releases keep bumping it down on the list. After listening to Five Times My Best Friend Kissed Me, I’ll be making room at the top of my list sooner rather than later.
First things first, here we have proof what the right narrator can do for a good book. I really liked the voice, inflection, and pace with which Jesse Cota read. I liked it so much that I rushed to see what other books he had narrated and let out a disgruntled harrumph when I found this was his only audiobook. He had distinct voices for each character that weren’t overacted or distracting, but allowed me to easily distinguish whether Scott or Evan were talking. Best of all, the personality and tone he used matched the book’s causal pace. Just as the romance between Evan and Scott is slow to take hold, the way Mr. Cota read reflected that take-your-time quality. It made for a relaxing listen, yet I completely sunk into the story and found myself listening at every available opportunity. The story itself is very good, but this narrator undeniably enhanced my enjoyment.
The plot is constructed around 6 kisses between childhood best friends Evan and Scott. It’s narrated in third person but exclusively Evan’s point-of-view. Miss Martin employed a nonlinear timeline, and while that normally would throw me off, this was a circumstance where the author’s choice magnified the effect of the story. It was almost like the reader gets a glimpse of what is to come, but then is taken back to understand how all the emotions and eventual conflicts built between the two friends. Then we bump back into the present day and the resolution of their story. The time jumps were all clearly notated at the start of each chapter and I had no trouble following along.
Evan and Scott were both likable and well-developed. I liked that they had such different personalities, but always endeavored to understand and support one another. It felt like a natural bond even when there was tension, and the timeline jumps only served to underline this fact while giving the characters time to grow and mature as individuals. As is common with the slow burning, childhood friends to lovers romances, I found myself frustrated with each or both of them at times when they were especially clueless or showed their inexperience/age. However, I remained sympathetic with their conflicted reactions and emotions and thought they were well explained and developed throughout the novel. I really liked that the author took the time to explain Scott’s side. It gave me a full view of their story and added depth to the relationship. I honestly hadn’t even realized how much I’d connected with the story and characters until major plot points arose and my stomach would twist in response to the struggles they faced.
Five Times My Best Friend Kissed Me really was a beautiful and compelling love story that included quite a bit of self-discovery. I loved the gentle, persistent rhythm present in all the different aspects of the book and will certainly be listening to the audiobook again. If you’re a fan of friends to lovers or slow burns, I highly recommend this title. If you are a fan of audiobooks, I highly recommend listening to this one. In my opinion, it’s a perfect fit between story and narrator.
*Reviewed audiobook for Alpha Book Club*
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- Annika
- 10-27-19
Sweet love story
This was a sweet love story and an overall feel-good book about two friends finally finding themselves in the same place at the same time. Sometimes love isn’t enough – the timing has to be right as well. Scott and Evan have been best friends since that summer when they first met when they were six. That friendship grows into secret longings and crushes – and a few shared kisses. We see snippets though their lives, how it all began, the separations and what’s more – the love between them that shines through everything. Telling their story this way adds depth to their story that might otherwise have been absent. Jesse Cota did a really good performance of this book. He captured the moments and the feelings of the people and brought them to life for the listener and made you a part of their journey.
While I wished this book was a little more show rather than tell, it was still sweet to watch Evan and Scott fall in love and dance around each other to finally finding their happily ever afters.
A copy of this book was generously provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review for Love Bytes.
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- Ryan Mauricio
- 02-18-17
Very cute and realistic storyline
Heartwarming story of two boys whom grow up together and how life sometimes pulls people apart. And of course has a HEA which makes one's heart a little warmer once it ends.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-29-17
Bullied kid to Brave adult.
This is a lovely coming out story! Two children grow up together and are very best friends one who says he's straight (Scott) and the other kid is gay (Evan). Problem for me is the story led you to believe the gay kid suffered because he did not have a dad and being around a woman made him act
like a pansie. Which caused him to get bullied and his momma didn't do enough to help him out financially and physically. For instance he had low self esteem and no one to love until 2nd year of college. I believe he should of had a male mentor in his life to tell him that he is good enough and to spend time with him playing ball and going to games. I sort of felt so sorry for him The story jumps around a lot, so what you think happened in certain scenarios don't happen like you thought. I spent a lot of time rewinding. I didn't mind because the narrator was great. The book goes over 20 plus years of them living their lives. Sometimes their in each other's space. For the most part it reads like a Jay Bell story. Without all the tears and detailed narration (I love JB). I rated this story 5 stars because I couldn't put it down. I picked this story because it was a whisper sync find. So I purchased the novel to get a discount on the audio version. Best decision I made this month. I hope you all enjoy.
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