This Hawaiian no can deal!

I just couldn't finish this book. I think it's just being Hawaiian and the portrayal of us was, was, well so wrong! I almost didn't get out of the airport. I almost threw my Kindle when it was brudda instead of brah. Yeah dat's right brah, not bra, not brudda. (Oh yeah dat's is pronounced das.) I put the Kindle down and walked away for the day after my next rant. "The lei is a plumeria, we call it frangipani." Uh, no! I always called it plumeria. I never heard of it as frangipani till a few years ago, and had to look it up. So for 50 years we nevah wen call it frangipani. I'm starting to see why people have such a misconception of how we live and talk in Hawaii. Be warned we don't talk Hawaiian Pigeon English like this book depicts. And as far as the way we live I couldn't deal so I neveh got far enough in da book. Sorry I sound so harsh but it really grated me the wrong way.

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Pele in a Christian book

Being from Hawaii, made this book very difficult to listen to. The mispronounced words, & the way too many clichés was bad enough but the references to Pele (the goddess of the volcanoes,  fire and said to be the creator of the Hawaiian Islands) made my skin cringe the most being a Christian. It would have been a cute story even with the clichés and wrong pronunciation of the Hawaiian language, why add idolatry as a cliché. I want to add though that the overall message of Christ was beautiful!

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meh.

Didn't like the narrator's performance. Too "breathy" and slow. The story didn't hold my attention at all.

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Beautiful story

Such a sweet, sweet love story. Things always are better when you follow God’s lead. Great reading and lovely writing.

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ok book

this book was okay... it is a chrisian book, but I got lost in the hawaian lingo and customs for the islands. had a nice ending...and no illicit sex. I will listen to one more by this author to give her another chance.....but this one does not rank as a favorite of mine.

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Loved It!

Great story, well-written. Loved the setting and the characters!

The narrator improved much over the last book. There is still room for improvement with the characters' voices, particularly mens', and her acting could have been more intense during the most dramatic parts.

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Not what I was expecting

Having lived in Hawai’i, this story really intrigued me. It sounded like it would be a fun read. It started out fairly promising, but the more I listened, the more disappointed I got.

First of all, I REALLY wish they’d taken the time to find a narrator who was native to Hawai’i. The narrator tried, and didn’t do a bad job, per se—Hawaiian is, after all, a very challenging language to speak and read—but there were so many mispronunciations so often that I couldn’t help but be very distracted.
Pro tips:

Pikake is pronounced “pee-KAH-kay” not “PEE-kah-kee”
BROO-duh? No. It’s BRUH-duh (bruddah)
Nobody calls plumeria frangipani in Hawaii. It’s plumeria or pua plumeria.
Israel Kamakawiaole is pronounced “Kah-MAH-kuh-VEE-vah-OH-lay” not “kah-mah-ka-wee-wah-olay”.
Mahalo is “mah-HAH-low” not mah-hay-low or mah-HO-low
Mana is pronounced “MAH-nuh”, not MAN-uh
Ukulele is pronounced “OO-koo-leh-leh” not “yuke-uh-layl-ee”
And don’t get me started on humuhumunukunukuapua’a

The more the book progressed, the more conservative & preachy it got. I didn’t realize that this would be such an overly-conservative, Christian book. As such, there’s also zero spice whatsoever, just fyi.

I enjoyed the story, but would have enjoyed it much more with a native narrator, and/or less of a preachy vibe. The combination was just too much for me to get past.

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Cute story

I thought this story was cute. It’s a light read. I liked learning a bit about the Hawaiian culture.

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Good story overall…

I could relate
To the story so it was pretty relevant. I heard a
Couple word mispronunciations but the narrator was so much better than many that I still gave her five stars. Will be recommending this one.

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Overdone bit fun

I enjoyed the setting and the romance because I lived on the big island.(and had at least on similar experience jumping off a cliff..)
Note: there is no black sand beach near Waimea,

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