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Third Wheel

By: Nick Spalding
Narrated by: Will Watt
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In this madcap tale from the bestselling author of Dumped, Actually, two’s company for Jake and his bestie Sy. But three? A disaster!

Jake Carlisle is living his best life, thanks to the crazily successful influencer channel he created with his best friend Sy. Reviewing whacky hobbies and adrenaline-fuelled adventures, Sy has pushed Jake into doing more exciting stuff than either ever thought possible. Then disaster strikes.

When newbie Helena joins the team, Sy quickly falls head over heels for her…All of a sudden, with romance blossoming and the business dynamic shifting, Jake is horrified to find himself becoming the dreaded third wheel.

Being the odd one out was not what he signed up for. And he’ll do anything to get his best friend back—even if that involves a little light sabotage, an unhealthy amount of jealousy…and one very unfortunate pair of tartan Speedos.

Will Jake be relegated to the background from now on? Or will he finally learn to stand on his own two feet and succeed at getting his life—along with his friendship—back on track?

©2022 Nick Spalding (P)2022 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Witty Humor

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“Of very special appeal and interest to fans of contemporary satirical fiction…impressively and effectively narrated by vocal actor Will Watt. Fun and funny.” —Midwest Book Review
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I always look forward to when Nick Spalding's book drop! I've enjoyed each one. :-)

another awesome one!

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The narrator was amazing!! The story was so funny. I even had my 17 year old son laughing when he came in and said what are you listening too! This a definite winner. 🏆

So good and hilarious!!

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I would have like another chapter fast forwarded to a year later with them both happy with significant others.

I love the comradery the characters have

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I loved how real the emotions felt in this. Opposites do tend to attract, but the timid/quiet one still needs to be heard for the friendship to last.

Fun story about friendship

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It was a hard one for me to get into until the last hour or so. Just OK, and a little weird at times.

Meh

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I've always loved Nick's books and found almost all of them hilarious, but this one is not funny, overly chatty, and boring. Where is the old, clever Spaulding who made us howl with laughter?

Is Nick Losing His Touch?

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SPOILER ALERT *** I love Nick Spalding. Hands-down, he writes really amusing stories, however, this one confused me a little. I didn’t understand how a character could be introduced who could then just take over the business without any legal right to do so. And be spoken enough by both of the original founders as if she were an equal partner. Unless I missed something, there was never anything legal that would make that happen. This character was brought on as an employee. One of the characters even says at the end… “[character] can have it!” This is a business that the two of them have built up over a decade. Some of the philosophy is spot on, but no one would do this.

Cute bromance, unclear about some aspects.

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I enjoyed the silliness of Jake. I enjoyed the story. I thought the narrator did an excellent job with the different characters, their voices, and the expressiveness of each one. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I laughed a lot

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I love this author, but I couldn’t get through this one. So dragged out and boring.

I love Spaulding, but this is a thumbs down

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this was like a male, poorly crafted version of Bridget Jones. almost camp, but in an annoying way. and I thought the narration was totally cringe-worthy....

Dumb book, grating performance

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