Your French Kisses (Boyfriend Material #5) / Too Good to Be True

This was such a sweet short story. Marley is in Paris with her friends and while they go do all the height attractions on their last day, she explores, bumping into the charming Reid, a Brit who is spending his last day in Paris too. The way they met was one of the sweetest meet-cutes ever, who wouldn't bond over chocolate? Spending time with them in Paris almost felt like we were there with them. And their chemistry was palpable, I was sad when they went their separate ways leaving it to serendipity as to if they ever meet again, and spoiler alert - not really, this is a Lauren Blakely romance, they do meet again and it was just perfect. Lauren Blakely manages to capture so much romance, not just for the couple but the city in this story and it's beautiful to listen to.

Performed brilliantly by Erin Mallon and Shane East. Not really much I can add to that, they are both top-notch performers and that comes through in this story. They put so much heart into the performance it was easy to get lost in the romance.

The audio also includes Too Good to be True, performed by Andi Arndt and Joe Arden.

This is such an adorable short story about a blind date and what comes after. Olivia has been hurt in the past and because of it is prone to self-sabotage, so when she's set up with Herb, she's sure it'll be a disaster. Lucky for her, Herb feels the same way. Lucky for us listeners, they're both wrong and hit it off instantly and go on what might be the best date ever. They so cute together and they have so much chemistry. I loved how Lauren packed such a punch with a short story, she really knows how to deliver the feels.

I had listened to this story previously, where Herb was performed by RC Bray. Andi Arndt sounds great as always, and her voice worked well with both narrators. Joe Arden was fantastic as Herb, different to Bray, of course, but it still kept the integrity of the character and the performance. I'm not a huge fan of re-casting mainly because reviews look weird when the named narrator is different, not to mention, if you loved it, it feels like your story has been changed, for this though, Joe is so good and there voices have the same sort of tone, that is worked well.