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The Happy List

Better with You, Book 1

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The Happy List

By: Briar Prescott
Narrated by: Kirt Graves, Joel Leslie
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Gray: There are some things I excel at: Exercising rigid control over every aspect of my life. Making sensible decisions at every turn. Being organized, predictable, and responsible.

In short, I'm boring as hell and in desperate need of a change. Luckily I have my best friend by my side and a newly written to-do list to guide my way through the murky waters of finding happiness. It's all very promising at first, but as weeks pass, I start to realize that the best part of my day has always been Kai. And when I see him out on a date with some guy? Let's just say I'm definitely not happy about it.

Kai: I'm back in Boston after ten years of traveling, and I've fulfilled all my goals: See the world. Figure out what to do with my life. Get over my impossible crush on Gray. Check, check, and check.

Life's good until I accidentally find Gray's happy list, which contains some very interesting things that friends never ever do with each other. And as weeks pass, it becomes clear those not-so-innocent parts are the ones Gray is determined to explore with me. I can't resist him, and pretty soon I'm forced to admit that I'm not as done with my crush as I thought I was . . .

Contains mature themes.

©2020 Briar Prescott (P)2022 Tantor
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Happiness Boston
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Strong Boston Accented Narrator

I have both the ebook and audio book for this title. I thoroughly enjoyed the story, but this review is going to focus solely on the audio book. I would have loved it if it had all been narrated by Kirt Graves who covered the reading of Gray's chapters. Unfortunately, there is alot of Joel Leslie reading as Kai with an accent I really did not like. Hated, to be honest. I like to listen at least 1.5x speed and it sounded so weird for his parts. I tried listening at normal speed, though, and he just sounded drunk and Bostonian so I stayed with the faster speed to get through the narration. If this is what Joel really sounds like, I'm sorry, but if that accent was put on for this character OMG WHY???? Gray and Kai grew up together in Boston. Kai left years ago to sow his wild oats and try to get over Gray. Why would he be the one with the heavy accent? Was it to show Gray as a high class lawyer above an accent while Kai is a low class, blue collar yokel proclaiming his Boston roots every time he opens his gob no matter where he's gone in the world? I didn't know I had a problem with this accent before this book. I've watched so many movies set in Boston with Ben Affleck or Mark Wahlberg putting on that accent but I guess I tolerated it because movies are shorter. Sped up, it took me 5 hours to listen to this whole book and that was too much Kai for me. The narration did help spur me along reading the ebook, but it didn't bring the story to life like I wanted it to.

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Let me start

Let me start by saying that these are 2 of my top narrators and I will pick up a story based on either of them narrating. With that said idk 🤷🏽‍♀️ if it was the Boston accents or what but it was a struggle to get into this at the beginning. I'm happy I stuck with it because I did overall enjoy the story.

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Laugh out loud moments!

I love a book that makes me laugh amidst the drama. The books with humor are also the ones I listen to again. This one will be on that list.

The narrators were wonderful… I’ve heard them in many many books and they never disappoint. The negative reviews for Joel Leslie are baffling! He’s an amazing actor and one of the best I’ve listened to, along with Kurt Graves.

This author is new to me and I now have all the books in my library and am following to be sure I know when the next book is released. Looking forward to all the future laughs!

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Cute

I think my first by this author but not by either of these narrators.

Overall this was a cute story, a little to monologing for me. But enjoyable.

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Friends to Lovers

You got there Gray! I was really happy for Kai, the story HEA is sweet and the performance was good too

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I just couldn’t get over Joel Leslie’s voice

Joel Leslie ruined this book for me. I have noticed that the more popular he has become the more he over acts. I have decided to stop listening to any book he narrates.

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story ok, one narrator bad

I just do no like Joel Leslie's voice and his reading style. His accent is not sexy and he gets all breathy and whiny-like in his narration. I hate his intimate scenes especially. And, I think his accent just was not appropriate for this character. They other guy was good and I just kept hoping his sections would last. I'm adding Leslie to my list of narrators (with Alexander Cendese) that I cannot enjoy and will not purchase again.

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Loved it ♥️

I absolutely loved this book. Sweet, low angst, easy read and really enjoyable. I am a huge fan of Joel Leslie and I am not sure where the negative reviews come from but to me he was absolutely perfect as Kai. Funny... and just wonderful... all around narration... And this pairing was just perfect!!!

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Boring

Boring and highly predictable story. Also, I love Joel Leslie but his Boston accent is terrible.

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One narrator (Joel) AWFUL!!!!

Could not finish! The WORST narrator i have ever heard. Wish the guy playing Gray would’ve done all of the narration.

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