Easier to follow than the book - Christian fiction

I bought the combination Kindle and Audiobook. The story is told in first-person POV from 3 viewpoints. The Kindle version was very hard to follow since the author doesn't use the word "said" and you have to keep a close eye on who's turn it is to speak. The readers perform their person's POV and change their voice to perform the voice of the other characters so the lack of "said" is not an issue. I returned the Kindle version since it was so hard to read. I wasn't expecting Christian fiction and Luke being a Tele Evangelist was not included in the description. The story even includes a portion of a sermon. I would not have purchased it if I'd known. I did not read the first book in the series and the second doesn't stand alone well. There is a ton of angst and it sounds like there was even more in the first half. Between the excessive angst and the style choices, I would not read anything else by Ella James. Her intended readers are probably New Adults and that doesn't include me. I enjoyed Aiden Snow's performance. Iggy Toma was a little nasal for Vance but he did a good job switching to Luke's persona. Rebecca Gibel was fine for the female character but her male voices were lacking.

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Best Duet of the year

5 Blue Roses 4 Blue Flames Dual Narrators Charlie Thurston and Aiden Snow gave an extraordinarily good performance, delivering the Best Audiobook of the year. Their voices fit the characters perfectly. Listeners will be pleasantly surprised by the amount of emotional investment into the unexpected, but the most appreciated tension and drama. Both narrators possess dangerously sexy deep baritone voices, they know just how to wield them. Knees will buckle, hearts will palpitate and endorphins will over productively pump. Never have I ever felt like jumping and screaming like a “Beatles crazed hooligan”, but the perfect cadence of their voices, the total absence of any irritating weird shit makes me want to scream “come listen here, this is what an audiobook should sound like”. I review both audiobooks as one because let’s face it, it is one story. The second book follows exactly where the first one ended. I am extremely glad they were released together. Another ugly hooligan scream from myself: “hello everyone, here is how you release audiobooks chopped up into two books” If they were not, the effect would have been so much more watered down. Who goes to the movies and are told halfway through, that’s it everybody, take your shit and go, we will let you know when the rest will be playing. Because you are all idiots and we treat you as such. I don’t want to spoil anything, for my fellow listeners. My review is general in nature. The protagonists meet by accident and they are thrown together for an unavoidable hot and wild night. Due to their life’s circumstances, they can’t be together, but just as a compass leaf with a needle on top, floats to point north, so do they magnetically float in each other’s direction. It’s so fucking beautiful I want to cry all over again. Yip, another hooligan cry! Kudo’s to the author for expanding the depth just a little deeper, for making the plotline that little bit more interesting. It was almost like riding on a Ferris wheel, without being told to get off. I am now a fan of Ella James. I do recommend this audiobook. Happy Listening

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Wow.. Just Wow!!!!!!

This book was amazing, such a great follow up to the first and love between this men just warmed my heart the writing is do in-depth ,just profound in the details about how much they love each other and it’s not a perfect love it’s the sacrifice and loyalty to the others happiness... this was a great book

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Sex and Drama

Vance and Luke are one passionate couple ! These two have sex on the bed, on the floor, on the shower, on the kitchen counter, entrance door , at the garage, against doors, in cars , at the paint shed -inside the church compound, where Luke is the pastor and Vance is the sculptor and painter doing a mural - they do it everywhere with a stamina of super humans. They're definitely hot for each other. So , the storyline goes like this: Luke and Vance have sex , some OW drama happens , it gets blown out of proportion. So , they have more sex to forget about it then some church drama happens and they have more sex . Drama and Sex . Sex and Drama makes the world go around and around, and Adore , book 2 of the On My Knees duet NAILS IT ...just like the Vance and Luke . Iggy Toma and Aiden Snow performances were dramatic , over the top , very passionate and intense... Soap- Opera like . These two narrators delivered their lines with conviction and gusto. Rebecca Gibel did great when she voiced her female character. She had the right tone , cheerful and supportive just like the character is described but her male voices were pretty bad. In conclusion , I was entertained.

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5*****

Whoa! I really loved this book. So much heart, love, and tears. Loved the three part narration, each did an excellent job. Highly recommend!

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Intensely addictive!

One of the best pair of audiobooks I've listened to in a very long time. I was so engrossed in it that my 10 mile walk flew by. Really enjoyed the story line and the narrators were spot on. Of course, I could listen to Aiden's sexy voice nonstop. Although I'm not a fan of duet audiobooks with a continued story line, I was glad these were released on the same day. I understand it's additional money for the author, etc but it's annoying especially when one of them is under 5 hours. I hope to see a lot more M/M audiobooks from this author preferably all in one audiobook please.

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Perfect ending to this series.

I really enjoyed these two characters. So not flawless. Vance as an artist and so free and knowing what he wanted from Luke. Luke somewhat a lost soul but in the end pulled himself up by his bootstraps. Love ever flowing even with the gaps of time. Finding out how Luke wasn’t really handling the divide he put up between them but coming out in the end.” Hoping there will be a follow up for this story.

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Brilliant

I read the book multiple times. The audiobook was amazing. The artists really brought the characters to life for me. I could close my eyes and see the books being played out in front of me. Well done!

Loved this book.

I loved how both of these books together, showed how much these two men were able to come together and grow to love each other so much. I also loved how each one helped the other when no one else would or could.

An unusual story

Definitely read/listen to the first book of the duet before this one! I struggled a bit with this duet. I enjoyed the characters, mostly, and increasingly as the story developed. But I did have a hard time with PL, finding much of his behavior early on rather disturbing. It becomes more understandable as things go along, but it bothered me. The pairing is unusual and unexpected but does seem to work. It was definitely dramatic, and I often like things a bit lighter, but it was not overdone. I did find the sex games to be a bit over the top and not to my taste, which is highly unusual as I enjoy all sorts of writing including extra steamy, m/m, and bdsm stories. I don’t want to spoil the story because it is so unexpected, so some of this may seem a bit vague. All in all, an enjoyable duet that is never quite what you expect.