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Hostile

By: Nicole Dykes
Narrated by: Devon Ryder, Bryant Walker
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Grayson

Life has been easy for me. Top of my class. Star quarterback of the football team. Every guy wants to be my friend, and every girl wants to date me.

Yeah, life is pretty sweet.

Except it’s not.

It’s all fake. School comes too easy for me, and I’m bored. Football isn’t fun anymore. The guys I hang out with aren’t really my friends.

And the girls? I don’t want to date them.

The only one I want to date... He’s a little bit...hostile.

Rhett

Life has never been easy for me. A foster kid, lucky enough to be adopted as a teen but who still can’t find a way to be happy.

I have two best friends who are amazing and supportive, and yet, I can’t bring myself to tell them my biggest secret.

Parents who pay for a private school a kid like me could never have dreamed of...that I hate.

It feels all wrong when it should feel right.

And I guess...that’s made me nothing but...hostile.

©2022 Nicole Dykes (P)2022 Pink Flamingo Productions Contemporary Sports Feel-Good Heartfelt Tearjerking Funny
Emotional Character Development • Beautiful Love Story • Well-earned Resolution • Perfect Voice Casting
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two very different characters and f8nally after being very persistent Grayson get to have the broody Rett to speak with him. a touching romance but steamy relationship but many complications.
loved it !

New beautiful love story

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First off, I'm horrible about getting my thoughts across in reviews. That being said, I loved this audiobook! The story is great, the character development is fantastic, and the love is so real. If you love MM romance with slightly broken characters, please give this book a chance!!!
As for the narrators, they are new, and I think they did a great job bringing these characters to life.

Loved this audiobook!

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When a book starts in high school and the characters have so many broken pieces you can usually expect surface level plots and emotions. This is not that story. From the writing to the narration the book has everything. This book has everything you’re looking for if you love love

Everything

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I absolutely loved everything about this book! The characters were lovable, the spice level was high, the story was touching and even the epilogue was perfect. It actually was the part that made me have happy tears. Highly recommend this one!!!

So Great!

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This was a quick, upper YA read that combines one teen who knows what he wants and one who doesn’t. Mildly dramatic, very sweet, not a bad way to spend a shift or a workout.

3.5 stars.


Audio:
Excellent!! High sound quality and smooth narration. 5 stars.

Cute!

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Enemies to lovers is my favorite bl trope and this one was fairly standard. The twist was the foster family and commentary on the broken foster system. I loved the supportive female characters: the mom and the sister. A very satisfying ending too.

Enemies to lovers coming of age romance

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This was such a sweet story. Full of broody guys, finding yourself, falling in love and belonging. It was hot and beautiful.

Sweet & broody

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I loved everything about this book, from Nicole Dykes’ wonderful writing style to the fabulous characters and storylines she created to the perfectly cast narrators who bring it all to life from the pages to your ears. The story not only grabbed my attention and captivated it the entire time, but it tugged on my heartstrings as well. The characters are realistic, easy to relate to and connect with, they are easy to care about too. Grayson and Rhett’s childhood and upbringing could not have been any different, yet they were perfect together and for each other. Grayson’s family is well off and he had everything he ever needed, well, almost everything. Rhett grew up in foster care and was adopted by two loving people, but he still had issues, and letting people in is one of them. Grayson has had his eye on Rhett for a while and finally gets his in, but really getting in is not a simple task, but he is up for it and does not give up. I loved watching these two navigate a new relationship and take it to another level, explore each other’s wants and needs. This is a beautifully plotted story and you could feel the emotions pour off the pages and go straight into your heart. There is plenty of drama, a touch of angst, heartfelt emotions, and a wonderful romance. Nicole Dykes, thank you for another amazing story and emotional rollercoaster ride.

🎧📚🎧 And for the wonderful narration, Devon Ryder and Bryant Walker did an amazing job bringing these characters and their story to life. Their portrayal of each character was spot on and they were believable in every role they played. They set the perfect tone for the story, captured all the character’s emotions and projected them into their performance and had you feeling every single one. These entertaining storytellers are versatile voice artists and a pleasure to listen to. Thank you for the fabulous listen.

Thank you @PinkFlamingoProductions @AudiobookObsession TheFlock AudiobookObsessionReviewer🎧

Enthralling & Emotional! Beautiful Story & Listen🎧

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Rhett comes from the system, a child who was abandoned by his parents, a child who was exposed to the cruelty and the ugly side of foster care until his current adoptive family adopt him, which made him grow up mentally very quickly, make him not to trust everyone and refuse any help because he is able to do things on his own and does not want help or "shortcuts".
Grayson comes from a wealthy family, he lacks nothing, he is an amazing player on the high school team where he studies and he maintains his golden boy image to make his grandfather proud and also to inherit the business he built and manage it in the future.
But Grayson is also hiding a secret, he has quite a crush on our grumpy boy and he decides that he is no longer watching from the sidelines and takes the first step in the quest to win his heart.

Why do I recommend?- Because Grumpy x Sunshine is my favorite trope, because it's a relatively light book (even when there were things that weren't light), because the best friends of one of the heroes are just sweet and added to the book, because I fell in love with the heroes, they were really too sweet.
What I didn't like in the book?- I don't like the Miscommunication trope, I'm not a fan of the Gay For You trope, the gaps were a bit clichéd but I realized they were also necessary, it was a bit patterned for me but not terrible.

Bottom line, it's a cute book, yes there were things that bothered me but the pluses outweighed the minuses, I missed mm books so much and overall as a first book by the author I'm trying I actually enjoyed it.
I would love to read more of her books in the future.

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3.5 🌟 4 🌶️ 4 🎧

Rhett and Grayson as soooo sweet 🧁

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