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Butterface

Written by: Avery Flynn
Narrated by: Brian Pallino, Savannah Peachwood
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Publisher's Summary

It’s true. I’m not what most people would call “pretty” and, well, high school was rough. Fast forward ten years and life is good....

Until a bunch of jerks think it’s hilarious to put the “butterface” (AKA me) on a wedding Kiss Cam with the hottest guy ever - and that old humiliation hits hard.

I recognize him immediately. The hottest cop in Waterbury and totally out of my league.

But then he kisses me.

And we totally forget the room, the crowd, everything.

Then he tells everyone we’ve been dating for months.

Soon everything starts to feel too real, from adorable fights over “necessary” tools to fix my broken porch to surviving a free-for-all dinner with his six siblings to picking up where our last kiss left off.

But there’s something he’s not telling me about why he’s really hanging around, and I’m pretty sure it has to do with my mob-connected brothers.

Because this is not a make-over story, and Cinderella is only a fairy tale....

©2018 Avery Flynn (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc. This edition is made possible under a license arrangement with Entangled Publishing, Inc.

Editorial Review

Gina Luca is a wedding planner, business owner, and self-described “butterface”—knock-out body, lacklustre face. But Gina has genuinely accepted her lot and knows never to expect to turn heads—that is, until she turns the head of the most exquisite specimen of a man in the room.

Butterface is a feel-good, heartwarming romantic comedy that’s equal parts fun and sexy, and will bring listeners to tears, but will bring them to laughter even more. Best-selling romance author Avery Flynn introduces our heroine Gina Luca, a smart and driven wedding planner who is quietly confident about her “10” body, yet painfully aware of her “not-10” face. She is genuinely happy with her friends, life, and career—even when that career abruptly thrusts her into the spotlight of a Kiss Cam with one of the sexiest men she has ever seen. And he’s looking at more than just her body.

Two narrators, Savannah Peachwood and Brian Pallino, share the credits for this fast-paced audiobook. Savannah’s natural, flowing voice is a spiced with a touch of snark that’s perfect for Gina’s dry humour and sassy attitude, and Brian’s emphatic, masculine voice offers a sharp symmetry to the narration.

The debut novel in Flynn’s beloved The Hartigans series, this lighthearted romance is followed by Muffin Top and Tomboy, both of which are just as fun, flirty, and unpausable as the first.

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Butterface

This book was so unrealistic. Gina, who is apparently ugly, has the hottest cop fall for her because he just finds her so IRRESISTIBLY sexy. He doesn’t fall in love with her gradually, because of her personality - he just sees the ugly swan and wants to have kids with her. It just seems like a completely unrealistic fantasy.

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I thought a romantic comedy would be fun...

It was PAINFUL. I held on for as long as I could —which ended up being not long at all. This must be a book for pre-teens, it was incredibly juvenile. Suffice it to say that the guy was “hot” and the meeting was “awkward”.

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Great Listen!

I enjoyed the plot of this story, the characters were fairly believable and it was easy to relate to them. I literally laughed out loud multiple times (which doesn’t happen often)

The Narrators performances were great and went together well with the personalities of both the FMC and MMC.

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Meh

Savannah Peachwood was as usual amazing.
Brian Pallino was Meh.

Not a fan of stories in a third party narrative.

Ford was spineless. No man at all. He needed to grow a pair of balls.

Jeanna was annoying. She needed to grow up. Sure she didn’t think she was worthy.

Both characters needed to grow up. Sure that was what was supposed to be, it’s just nothing I’m interested in.
I don’t like martyrs or woe is me people.

Good thing it was free.

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Hard to like Gina

She was just very annoying with how ugly she kept saying she was. I have never met anyone who was so ugly they talked about it all day long let alone dating a sexy 6’2 fit detective. The story could have been good if she wasn’t so obsessed with being ugly. And people being this mean in life. I don’t know. It’s not believable. I know it’s a book. But still. This all seemed horrible for grown men especially officers to be this hurtful to someone they don’t even know. I don’t know. I didn’t like it that much. Still listened to it all and that was more to do with the narration

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love it when there are 2 narrators - one for each main character. Pallino and Peachwood are a great pairing.

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Enjoyed the story

I really enjoyed the story and the characters. It was nice to see that it’s not always about physical appearance. Overall I was happy with the story.

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The narrators were great.

The story was meh.

The writing and dialogue were super cringey.

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Cheesy but easy listen

This was no doubt one of the cheesiest books I’ve listened to but the story was light and it was something to listen to while doing the dishes.The male narrator reading some of the steamier scenes gave me quite a chuckle.

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Love the book. Hate the title

I understand why the book is named the way it is, but the insult is half the problem people with body image issues have. I love that the author kept it real. She did an excejob of showing how rude and obnoxious people can be and how it not only affects children, but what it can do to a person even in their adult years. When you find a person who looks beyond the outside and sees a person for who they are on the inside, hold on to then. This is a good story for both teenagers as well as adults. It can give hope and understanding for people who may be going through similar issues in their lives.

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