
Trust the Focus
In Focus, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Marc Bachmann
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By:
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Megan Erickson
With his college graduation gown expertly pitched into the trash, Justin Akron is ready for the road trip he planned with his best friend, Landry, and ready for one last summer of escape from his mother's controlling grip. Climbing into the Winnebago his father left him, they set out across America in search of the sites his father had captured through the lens of his Nikon.
As an aspiring photographer, Justin can think of no better way to honor his father's memory than to scatter his ashes at the sites he held sacred, and there's no one Justin would rather share the experience with more than Landry. But Justin knows that he can't escape forever. Eventually, he'll have to return home and join his mother's Senate campaign. Nor can he escape the truth of who he is - and the fact that he's in love with his out-and-proud travel companion.
Contains mature themes.
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Tamer than I expected
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Audio - I really liked Marcs narration. There is just something about his voice I really just like listening to. He made these characters story come to life with the emotions thrown in.
Trust The Focus
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If I were to read this again, I would read maybe the first half hour for the backstory, then skip to the last two hours. I am glad to leave this behind. The next book in the series has some very good reviews, so I will give this author another try.
The last two hours were great...
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Awesome
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Too long and the Justin is a jerk
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Tedious
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Along the way Justin realizes he can’t keep hiding his true self. He’s an artist. He’s gay. He’s in love with his best friend.
Unfortunately, he makes a lot of mistakes along the way, fortunately Landry’s the forgiving sort.
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I really, really liked this story. I loved how real and sincere Landry was and how realistically the couple acted and responded. They both screwed up – ran away, lied, hid, did other stupid things – they’re kids! But in the end they make the right choices and “man-up”.
The sexy-times were appropriate to the age level – some but definitely not the focus.
I also liked how – sort-of- Justin’s mom comes around. It felt authentic.
The writing is excellent, the characters were great and fully developed and the romance so sweet and touching!
My only complaint was that I got a bit fed up with Justin’s waffling. There were times when I thought he’d figured things out but since the story still had places to go he waffled some more… but that could be my own impatience with wanting the happy ending to come quickly!
Audio
Marc Bachmann is a great narrator. He's easy to listen to and handles the emotions, dialog and smexy times very well. He does enough with the voices so that we know who's speaking without going over the top.
Highly recommended in either form.
4.5 of 5 stars
Great beginning to a series - great narration
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Good story
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Light predictable a fairy tale
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Justin Akron and Landry Jacobs have been best friends for years, and now that they've graduated from college, The next few weeks will be spent visiting twelve different locations that held significance to Justin's late father. Their mode of transportation? The Winnebago that Justin's father left him. This may well be the last time Justin will be able to indulge in his love for photography, but could it possibly be the first time he'll finally be able to indulge in his love for his best friend? And how will the openly gay Landry feel when he realizes that the best friend he thought was straight wasn't all that straight after all?
Now, when it comes to audiobooks, more often than not, it's difficult to separate the story from the narration because the latter tends to affect the former. That doesn't always hold true; however, in the case of this book (and the rest of the series for that matter), it did, which is why I had to take a couple or so days after having listened to the audiobook before writing this review. Almost five years after I first read Justin and Landry's story, I still loved how they were best friends who became so much more.
Megan Erickson penned a romance that had me going through a myriad of emotions, particularly when it came to Justin and his (mis)handling of a whole lot of what was happening during the cross-country trip with Landry. I love when an author is able to evoke varied thoughts and feelings from me. I confess, though, that I wasn't a fan of Marc Bachmann's narration. Maybe it was because the voice he gave both Justin and Landry didn't sound the way I thought they should have in my head, but it made the listening experience far less than I had hoped for, especially since I was already a fan of the story. So, I'm giving Erickson's story five stars and Bachmann's performance two stars, leaving the audiobook for Trust the Focus with an average rating of three stars. ♥
Loved the story; the narration, not so much
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