Good out-for-you, new adult story.

This is the first audiobook I’ve listened to by either of the narrators and it’s also the first book I’ve read by Duckie Mack. Both narrators did a good job but I did enjoy Kevin’s narration a bit more than Cole’s.

I thought this was a good friends-to-lovers story (one of my favorite romance tropes). Rider did a lot of pining for Cam but Cam finally woke up and realized that he had feelings for Rider. This was an engaging story and I’m glad that I listened to it.

A complimentary copy of this audiobook was provided to me at my request but my review was voluntary and not influenced by the author and/or narrator.

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They Can Count On Each Other.

MM, Friends to Lovers, First time, Contemporary Romance. Easy to listen to story with some light angst. Neither of the main characters have had any successful romantic relationships, the longest and most successful relationship they've both had is their friendship. An enjoyable story to listen to, great dual narration by Cole Michael Kurcz and Kevin Earlywine.

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Sweet story with best-friends-to-lovers/GFY

I liked this sweet, fairly low-angst best-friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening story, but for me there really wasn't anything that made it different or stand out. Rider has loved his best friend Cameron since they met, and this is the reason he only does hook-ups. He hopes that someday Cameron will look at him and realize he loves him, too. In the meantime, it doesn't keep him from fulfilling his needs elsewhere. Then, one night changes everything and their friendship has to evolve to accommodate the new reality. There is no manufactured drama or miscommunication or break-up. All-in-all, it's a sweet story, with good-hearted characters, it just didn't light a fire for me. YMMV.

The narration was good, although I honestly had trouble telling the MCs apart based on their voices.

I received a free copy of this audiobook and am voluntarily leaving this honest review.

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Sweet wonderful story with great narration

Rider and Cam are best friends. Rider would like more, but he's always assumed Cam is straight even though Cam has never had a long-term girlfriend. Both have "settled" for hooking up with the wrong people when the right one was in front of them all the time. This is a lovely story of friends to lovers and about the power of being honest about how you feel - taking that risk. The narration captured all the emotions of the story perfectly, especially the joy when things fell into place in these guys romantic lives.

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Wonderful story

Story = 5 stars
Audio = 4.5 stars

This had a YA feel which I don't normally read but I love friends to lovers so I decided to read it and it did not disappoint. This was a fairly quick read that was sweet, low angst, low heat but had all the amazing chemisty and all the feels. Once I started I couldn't stop listening til it was over. I didn't even mind that it was younger characters, it was very mature sounding and a wonderful story about friends self discovery and falling in love. I would absolutely recommend this.

The narrators both had pleasant sounding and age appropriate voices. They expressed the emotions well and made it an enjoyable listening experience bringing the story to life. They didn't do different voices for the different characters but with the dual narration for each characters different pov, I still really enjoyed it and found it easy to follow.

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Sweet!

This was such a sweet almoat YA contemporary romance.

The chat were likeable and well fleshed out.

The storyline was engaging and the plot was well executed


This was a fun listen overall.
Definitely recommend

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sweet!

I didn't know the author, Duckie Mack, or the two narrators of this audiobook and was very excited to hear the content.
It is about a friends-to-lovers story that is really well done. It was easy to empathize with the protagonists and from the beginning you could feel the strong friendship that Cameron and Rider share. But Rider is interested in more than just Cameron's friendship and therefore can't get involved with anyone else. As for Camoron's interest in Rider, it was little things that seemed odd to him, but in retrospect make sense. The author portrayed that well and also believably.
I liked Cameron and Rider, they are two likeable characters. But not only are the main protagonists interesting, there is also a great secondary protagonist that I would love to hear or read more about.
Rider and Cameron have great chemistry, and I liked this slowly developing sweet romance with wonderful moments.

The audiobook was entertaining, helped by the two narrators, Cole Michael Kurcz and Kevin Earlywine. The two were both good and their voices totally suited the teenage protagonists. The pace of speech and intonations were great and I'm happy to listen to more audiobooks with these two as narrators.

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So sweet!

This was a really sweet and romantic friends to lovers romance. I really liked both of the main characters and I loved how their relationship evolved and how they also grew as individuals. I also thought that Cameron's sexual awakening was beautifully written. The narrators did a brilliant job bringing this great love story to life.

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All the Stars

This was a good, sweet story. Interesting characters that I could see developing into more. It felt like a first in series listen/read to me, but a pretty good one that I’d stick around for the next story. I did have a little struggle with the narration and I did speed it up which usually helps me. Not sure if the rating would have been boosted with alternate narrations but it’s possible.

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