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A review by banrions
Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes
4.0
Oof. Nobody is having a good time in this one.
This is not a pleasant read or listen, but not because it’s not well written, or the characters aren’t compelling or the narration is bad, just… it’s sad. Everyone in it is some degree of sad, and everyone in it is trying, and everyone in it loves each other and… that’s not always the cure. Love doesn’t solve things. It helps. But it can’t fix anything magically.
This… was a little hard to get through for me. Some of Sabine’s anxiety and compulsions hit a little close to home to one of my own family members and it was… well, frankly it sucked. I know how it feels to be Rebecca and Jana, trying to help, not sure how, and also… honestly, incapable of doing anything because this is the kind of thing that has to come from the person it’s happening to. It’s a really shitty situation to be in. I’m… sort of still in it, with my person, so this was a hard listen in that respect.
I was DELIGHTED that this was dual povs and we got to have Rebecca’s perspective. Abby Craden’s voice for her is just… so dreamy and sexy and I love it so much. I love Rebecca as a character a lot, and I loved seeing her relationship with Jana!!! (When Jana was just like “bye love you” in the beginning my heart soared!! Found family!!! Sisters!! Ahhhh!!) All in all, this was a hard listen, but a really good one and I really liked getting to have a continuation of these characters. It’s so nice to get established relationships and I wish we had them more often in sapphic fiction, honestly. I love to watch people fall in love as much as the next gal, but it’s also realllllly nice to see people build lives together and work through their issues in a totally different way.
This is not a pleasant read or listen, but not because it’s not well written, or the characters aren’t compelling or the narration is bad, just… it’s sad. Everyone in it is some degree of sad, and everyone in it is trying, and everyone in it loves each other and… that’s not always the cure. Love doesn’t solve things. It helps. But it can’t fix anything magically.
This… was a little hard to get through for me. Some of Sabine’s anxiety and compulsions hit a little close to home to one of my own family members and it was… well, frankly it sucked. I know how it feels to be Rebecca and Jana, trying to help, not sure how, and also… honestly, incapable of doing anything because this is the kind of thing that has to come from the person it’s happening to. It’s a really shitty situation to be in. I’m… sort of still in it, with my person, so this was a hard listen in that respect.
I was DELIGHTED that this was dual povs and we got to have Rebecca’s perspective. Abby Craden’s voice for her is just… so dreamy and sexy and I love it so much. I love Rebecca as a character a lot, and I loved seeing her relationship with Jana!!! (When Jana was just like “bye love you” in the beginning my heart soared!! Found family!!! Sisters!! Ahhhh!!) All in all, this was a hard listen, but a really good one and I really liked getting to have a continuation of these characters. It’s so nice to get established relationships and I wish we had them more often in sapphic fiction, honestly. I love to watch people fall in love as much as the next gal, but it’s also realllllly nice to see people build lives together and work through their issues in a totally different way.