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Narrated by:
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Teddy Hamilton
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Erin Mallon
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Written by:
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Ashley Jade
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From USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ashley Jade comes an edgy, enemies-to-lovers standalone romance about mistakes, forgiveness, and second chances.
He was the talented bad boy everyone wanted. I was the irrelevant geek everyone hated.
He was the sun...drawing all of us in. I was a black hole...taking up space. He was destined to be a star. I was destined to remain an insignificant no one.
Until he made me believe I was special...and then he destroyed me.
I never thought I'd see Phoenix Walker again after he broke my heart, but fate had other plans. One tour. Eight weeks. Forty shows. Countless opportunities to make him pay.
The world thought he was a god...but I know the truth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hunter can hunt me anytime.
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Good!
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 83
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t judge a book by the cover!!!
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Loved this book
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Amazing!
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Excellent performances!
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love, then hate, than love?
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Overall stunning
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So hot
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I was sucked into this story from the very beginning and absolutely devoured this book! I just finished it but I want to re-listen to it already, I loved it that much! There were moments that legit had me laughing out loud, and there were times when I had to wipe tears off my face, but I loved every single second of this book!
And the narrators were both fabulous!! 🙌
This was my first book by Ashley Jade and I’m 1000% going to go looking for other books by her and begin st@lking her socials immediately! 😉😂
Ah-mazing!! 🙌
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Then to see the HOT rockstar be interested in said curvy girl and stand up for her in ways not many have was a good change.
Was pleasantly surprised to how long this book was. I only docked a star from the performance because as mentioned from another review the female narrator did accentuate parts of words that were unnecessary but again overall a GREAT book and loved the story. Definitely had me blushing in more spots than not.
Epic!!
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Top listen of the year!
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The writing is really great however the performance I wasn’t able to really get into it. The characters in the book are young and somehow I didn’t feel the voices matched
The story is heartbreaking
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