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Playing with Fire
- Narrated by: Desireé Ketchum, Christian Fox
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Categories: Romance, Contemporary
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A broken boy on the path to destruction. A scarred girl without direction. A love story carved in secrets, inked with pain, and sealed with a lie.
Grace Shaw and West St. Claire are arctic opposites. She is the strange girl from the food truck. He is the mysterious underground fighter who stormed into her sleepy Texan college town on his motorcycle one day and has been wreaking havoc since. She is invisible to the world. He is the town’s beloved bad boy. She is a reject. He is trouble.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2020-11-10
Just wow
I wasn't sure at first and then i went for it. the audiobook is just Great ! the story, the narration and everything about it. totally recommend. touches hard topic, but worh it.
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- Sancat71
- 2020-10-02
Magnificent & Beautiful!!
This is the most magnificent and beautiful romance novel that I have ever listened to. This was such an impressive work of fiction with stunning prose, carefully crafted with so much heart and wisdom. Two broken characters damaged by great tragedy, but rising above the ashes to find themselves and discover true love. I am so impressed with L.J. Shen!
The casting of Christian Fox was phenomenal! He is always a class act, but the height of vivid emotions that he took this book to is Audie worthy. Christian Fox deserves an Audie for this work! I have always been a fan with his Shayla Black novel narrations, but this was altogether a whole new level.
Desiree Ketchum was also so amazing with her subtle southern nuances. I was so entranced with Desiree’s narration and her male voice was perfect! I loved how she showed us how strong a female character can remain even when crushed by life’s unfairness.
I feel so very sad that my time with “Playing with Fire” has concluded. I hope that I’ll be able to come across such a fine work of art in the future.
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- Shirley
- 2020-10-05
L.J Shen is in my head
I discovered this author a couple of weeks ago and since that discovery I have listened to EVERYTHING she has written. I didn't think I could love anything more than I loved Vicious or Sparrow but here she is giving me a book that has crawled inside my heart and my head.
This is a really beautiful love story about two people who can't trust and believe that are not valuable enough to love. West is the best alpha male. He is cocky, he is is broody, he is a ladies man, he is beautiful, but he is also broken. But underneath the surface he is compassionate, selfless and is driven by a secret past that is ruled by guilt. Grace will forever be one of my favorite heroines. She is broken (both physically and emotionally) but she still stands up for herself.
This is worth ALL your credits.
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- being_ericamarie
- 2020-10-07
LJ Shen always pulls me in
I loved this story. West and Grace are more opposite but the attraction and their story is beautiful. They both have their demons to battle and form a friendship and love with each other. I have not once been disappointed in any story of LJ Shen's that I have read/listened too. She picks the best narrators and writes an awesome story line.
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- Lauren Gibson
- 2020-10-18
It’s ok
Not bad, just..not great either? Some of L.J.s most recent releases haven’t worked too well for me, mostly because the plot is so wildly out there and the characters unlikeable (In the Unlikely Event, I’m talking about you...). BUT! This book was believable and both characters likable. The H was a little grumpy and damaged, however I appreciated the h’s imperfect and damaged storyline and finding her confidence. The only thing I’ll say is it’s a tad boring? It might just be because the underground fighting trope has been done so many times so I feel like from that perspective I’ve already read it.
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- AB
- 2020-09-22
The other side of LJ Shen
I absolutely loved this - so different from her other books in that it made you feel all the warm and fuzzies with less anxiety, but just as wonderful. Also loved the deeper messages throughout. Definitely worth a credit (and more!)
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- MommaFly
- 2020-11-15
Why was this story so well reviewed???
I could tell after one minute this was corny and highschoolish. Weak storyline, predictable characters.
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- KH~
- 2020-10-30
Mixed feelings
This story started out really well, caught my attention, but then it seemed to fall apart. The characters are in college but then start becoming really immature and cheesy. Seemed more like high schoolers. Weak ending.
Love the narrators, Christian Fox is a favorite!
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-10-13
Predictable and Immature
I really wanted to like this book. I can’t quite figure out how it got such good reviews. The story is immature, at best. It couldn’t be more predictable. I was actually shocked by the misogynistic turn the book took especially in the second half. The objectification of the female characters is blatant and sickening. There are parts of the book that literally read as pornography. This could’ve been a tender love story of two damaged individuals who find one another and learn to forgive themselves as they expose their flaws to another human being for the first time. This is the first book I’ve read by L.J. Shen so i can’t really speak to her ability as a writer based on this book alone. I should take the venture to read another one of her bestselling novels but the jury is still out on that.
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- Fosterkit50
- 2020-10-03
Expected Better
I've listened to or read all of LJ Shen's books and while they all have some darkness, this one was downright depressing.
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- Jackie
- 2020-09-17
All the Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Oh how I LOVE L.J. Shen’s words.... ALL of the words!!🔥❤️🥰
I loved the narrators as well!
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