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A review by okiecozyreader
First-Time Caller by B.K. Borison
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
Lucie Stone works as a mechanic and a somewhat single mom of a 12 year old daughter Maya. One night Lucie hears her daughter talking to someone on the phone and realizes that she is on air, talking to a radio host about her mom’s lack of a love life. When Lucie goes on air and the episode goes viral, the failing radio show wants Lucie to find the love of her life on the radio.
I thought the romance was cute and I enjoyed it. It gets pretty spicy in a few scenes (which I skipped, so I don’t know how spicy it got).
The audio was fantastic with two narrators (male and female) and some radio sounds. Thank you libro.fm for providing audio copies to librarians!
Kind of reminded me of Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon.
“I don’t want to try. All I do is try. All day long, I’m trying and I’m so tired. Why can’t this be the one thing I don’t have to try at? Why can’t it be a thing that just…happens? I don’t want—I don’t want to think about what I should say or how I should act or…or have talking points in the notes app of my phone for a dinner date at a restaurant that I don’t really like.” Ch 3
“I wish there was a guidebook for this. An instruction manual that could tell me how to take myself apart and put everything back together so l'm good as new. I wish I knew how to make sense of my pieces.” Ch 4
“Well, this is embarrassing.
"It's really not. It's lovely, actually. It's honest in a way most things aren't." Ch 20
“Isn't that how it goes? The most precious, delicate things wedge themselves between the plans you've made for yourself.” Ch 29
I thought the romance was cute and I enjoyed it. It gets pretty spicy in a few scenes (which I skipped, so I don’t know how spicy it got).
The audio was fantastic with two narrators (male and female) and some radio sounds. Thank you libro.fm for providing audio copies to librarians!
Kind of reminded me of Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon.
“I don’t want to try. All I do is try. All day long, I’m trying and I’m so tired. Why can’t this be the one thing I don’t have to try at? Why can’t it be a thing that just…happens? I don’t want—I don’t want to think about what I should say or how I should act or…or have talking points in the notes app of my phone for a dinner date at a restaurant that I don’t really like.” Ch 3
“I wish there was a guidebook for this. An instruction manual that could tell me how to take myself apart and put everything back together so l'm good as new. I wish I knew how to make sense of my pieces.” Ch 4
“Well, this is embarrassing.
"It's really not. It's lovely, actually. It's honest in a way most things aren't." Ch 20
“Isn't that how it goes? The most precious, delicate things wedge themselves between the plans you've made for yourself.” Ch 29
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer