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gesnaughts's review against another edition
5.0
“Even if my brain fails me, my heart will never forget its first love.”
*I took the author and reviewers’ advice to start this book with an open mind. I’m so glad I did and I highly recommend you do the same.* Think contemporary Cinderella, but make it age-gap, billionaire, love triangle, first love romance. I have never wanted to sneak a peek at the end of a book more in my life! Not because I wasn’t enjoying the book, but because my heart & soul were aching to know who won Sia’s heart. This is my first book by Charlene Namdhari, and I am officially obsessed with the Serendipity series. I loved Charlene’s characters, storytelling style, and be still my heart some of the best “she’s mine” swoontastic moments I’ve ever read. I was constantly on the edge of my seat, waiting to hear what these characters would do/say next. I held my breath a few times. And oh.my.goodness, the spice! Oof, Prince/Drake was hot AF! I don’t usually choose love triangle or cheating tropes, but the way Charlene wove this story, it totally worked for me.
I FLOVE Aiden Snow’s rough, growly voice and he was perfectly cast as Drake. Intoxication was the most passionate performance and one of my favorite narrations of his yet. Connor Hayes and Yami Habibi were new-to-me narrators. I loved their performances! Yami was a force, she carried listeners through Sianna’s character arc with a flawless performance. Connor Hayes was delightful and moving in his performance as Rayden. I loved these three; Yami & Aiden were deliciously well matched, Yami and Connor were a lovely balance together, and Aiden and Connor’s father and son dynamic was perfect.
*I took the author and reviewers’ advice to start this book with an open mind. I’m so glad I did and I highly recommend you do the same.* Think contemporary Cinderella, but make it age-gap, billionaire, love triangle, first love romance. I have never wanted to sneak a peek at the end of a book more in my life! Not because I wasn’t enjoying the book, but because my heart & soul were aching to know who won Sia’s heart. This is my first book by Charlene Namdhari, and I am officially obsessed with the Serendipity series. I loved Charlene’s characters, storytelling style, and be still my heart some of the best “she’s mine” swoontastic moments I’ve ever read. I was constantly on the edge of my seat, waiting to hear what these characters would do/say next. I held my breath a few times. And oh.my.goodness, the spice! Oof, Prince/Drake was hot AF! I don’t usually choose love triangle or cheating tropes, but the way Charlene wove this story, it totally worked for me.
I FLOVE Aiden Snow’s rough, growly voice and he was perfectly cast as Drake. Intoxication was the most passionate performance and one of my favorite narrations of his yet. Connor Hayes and Yami Habibi were new-to-me narrators. I loved their performances! Yami was a force, she carried listeners through Sianna’s character arc with a flawless performance. Connor Hayes was delightful and moving in his performance as Rayden. I loved these three; Yami & Aiden were deliciously well matched, Yami and Connor were a lovely balance together, and Aiden and Connor’s father and son dynamic was perfect.
lynard69's review against another edition
4.0
For a romance, it is hard to reach the 4 or 5 star level in my book. Intoxication is a hard exception. I love the writing, the characters, the tension, the flow and on... My heart broke with Sia and then again with Drake and all over again with Rayden. They are a beautiful family who made some mistakes and one woman took advantage of all of them to break them down. I am only happy that it ended in an HEA or I would have crumbled too. I was not sure how much more I could withstand.
Just to clarify, it was tension that lingered throughout the story. Not angst, not drama but a lingering tension from bad choices made from desperation and longing which caused more tension. It did explode, but from that explosion came a peace and calm once the dust settled.
This is a beautiful story of love, longing, family and forgiveness with a bit of amazing smexy times thrown in. I highly recommend this book and author, you will not be disappointed.
Just to clarify, it was tension that lingered throughout the story. Not angst, not drama but a lingering tension from bad choices made from desperation and longing which caused more tension. It did explode, but from that explosion came a peace and calm once the dust settled.
This is a beautiful story of love, longing, family and forgiveness with a bit of amazing smexy times thrown in. I highly recommend this book and author, you will not be disappointed.
xavierprice's review against another edition
1.0
Intoxication is not meant for me. Love is not an excuse for lusting after your son's fiance. If the reader believes in their love, it is one thing, but it reads as nothing but lust.
glitzcrunch's review
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
I'm shocked at the high ratings for a book so poorly written. The dialogue is unbearable and tonally makes frequent logical and mood jumps. The concept is fun but the execution makes the entire thing so awkward, unsexy, and flat.
librarian_lady's review against another edition
4.0
AUDIOBOOK REVIEW!
First off, I was gifted this audiobook and went in totally blind. I legit had no information on what the book was about, I just dove in and prayed it wasn't bad. I'm happy to report that it wasn't! The story starts with our MFC, she's at the airport running to her terminal and on the way she falls. She is so f*cking dejected that she just sat there crying (I felt her, I would have done the same thing for sure), when this beautiful, delicious, well f*cking dressed older man helps her off the floor. Throughout the book they meet in serendipitous situations. In one of those meets, he asked her to stay with him for one night, and she agrees, but immediately leaves the next day when she finds out something about our mysterious sexy as sh*t gentleman. A sh*t tons of things happen and after a few years she meets this very nice, sometimes infuriating, cocky and also f*cking delicious man, who after dating for a while, proposes and wants her to meet his family. She agrees and then all hell breaks loose..you know where I'm going with this right? I'm gonna leave it at that, because I actually do want you to listen to this book.
It was so angsty, the sexual tension between the characters was intense, the sm*t was f*cking on point and daddy Drake's dirty talk was panty melting! Heads up, it's a love triangle and one of the tropes is cheating. I am not in to the cheating trope, but will make the exception if the significant other that is being cheated on is a gigantic piece of sh*t and total a**hole. Unfortunately this wasn't the case, which make me feel horrible because you become complicit to this horrible thing! I had all of the anxiety every time something sexy happened behind the SO's back, where he could potentially walk in on them doing something! Last, I felt upset for the character on how everything was wrapped up in the end with acceptance. I would have been so p*ssed if that happened to me.
As for the performance, it was on point! Aiden Snow's voice is perfection, makes a lot of women quiver in their bodice! I've never listened to anything from Connor Hayes, butI throughly f*cking enjoyed his performance, will definitely search his catalog of other stuff he has narrated. I'm not sure what to say about Yami, her narration was good, but there were some times that her voice felt too monotone in heated situations that required more emotion. I know narrating is not easy, so this is by no means a bad review of the narrator! Anyways, throughly enjoyed this b*tch, highly recommend and can't wait to dive in to the next one. So go ahead and listen to this b*tch!
First off, I was gifted this audiobook and went in totally blind. I legit had no information on what the book was about, I just dove in and prayed it wasn't bad. I'm happy to report that it wasn't! The story starts with our MFC, she's at the airport running to her terminal and on the way she falls. She is so f*cking dejected that she just sat there crying (I felt her, I would have done the same thing for sure), when this beautiful, delicious, well f*cking dressed older man helps her off the floor. Throughout the book they meet in serendipitous situations. In one of those meets, he asked her to stay with him for one night, and she agrees, but immediately leaves the next day when she finds out something about our mysterious sexy as sh*t gentleman. A sh*t tons of things happen and after a few years she meets this very nice, sometimes infuriating, cocky and also f*cking delicious man, who after dating for a while, proposes and wants her to meet his family. She agrees and then all hell breaks loose..you know where I'm going with this right? I'm gonna leave it at that, because I actually do want you to listen to this book.
It was so angsty, the sexual tension between the characters was intense, the sm*t was f*cking on point and daddy Drake's dirty talk was panty melting! Heads up, it's a love triangle and one of the tropes is cheating. I am not in to the cheating trope, but will make the exception if the significant other that is being cheated on is a gigantic piece of sh*t and total a**hole. Unfortunately this wasn't the case, which make me feel horrible because you become complicit to this horrible thing! I had all of the anxiety every time something sexy happened behind the SO's back, where he could potentially walk in on them doing something! Last, I felt upset for the character on how everything was wrapped up in the end with acceptance. I would have been so p*ssed if that happened to me.
As for the performance, it was on point! Aiden Snow's voice is perfection, makes a lot of women quiver in their bodice! I've never listened to anything from Connor Hayes, butI throughly f*cking enjoyed his performance, will definitely search his catalog of other stuff he has narrated. I'm not sure what to say about Yami, her narration was good, but there were some times that her voice felt too monotone in heated situations that required more emotion. I know narrating is not easy, so this is by no means a bad review of the narrator! Anyways, throughly enjoyed this b*tch, highly recommend and can't wait to dive in to the next one. So go ahead and listen to this b*tch!
scole2220's review against another edition
5.0
Audiobook Review
5 Star
This is the first book in the Serendipity series. This series is full of stand-alone books that are best read in order to really get the most from them. This book starts off when Sianna’s life just keeps trying to bring her down. While she is experiencing some of the worst luck, she meets a gentleman who completely takes her breath away. Prince is mid forties’ and should not me so intrigued by such a young woman like Sianna. They cross paths several times when he finally makes her an offer. They spend an incredible night together. She leaves never to be seen again. Then three years later Sianna starts dating a man closer to her age and goes home over the holidays to meet his family. That is when everything changes. This book does deal with cheating and a few other TW. This book is so much more than just and age gap/ second chance romance. I loved it and can’t wait for more. Yami Habibi, Aiden Snow, and Connor Hayes all did a fantastic job narrating this book.
5 Star
This is the first book in the Serendipity series. This series is full of stand-alone books that are best read in order to really get the most from them. This book starts off when Sianna’s life just keeps trying to bring her down. While she is experiencing some of the worst luck, she meets a gentleman who completely takes her breath away. Prince is mid forties’ and should not me so intrigued by such a young woman like Sianna. They cross paths several times when he finally makes her an offer. They spend an incredible night together. She leaves never to be seen again. Then three years later Sianna starts dating a man closer to her age and goes home over the holidays to meet his family. That is when everything changes. This book does deal with cheating and a few other TW. This book is so much more than just and age gap/ second chance romance. I loved it and can’t wait for more. Yami Habibi, Aiden Snow, and Connor Hayes all did a fantastic job narrating this book.
winesandbooks_'s review against another edition
4.0
A story with Cinderella sparks, highly entertaining with some LOL moments
ronnie16's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed the idea of the book. Loved the whole triangle and how this family was able to overcome it.