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When you spend your life at the top, there's only one direction you can go.
Pro alpine skier Aspen Archer's downfall happened in the worst possible way - a career-ending crash on a gold medal run at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Aspen packed up her broken life, picked up her broken body, and now hides in comfortable obscurity at ski resorts around the world, coaching tourists and ignoring her problems.
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- ClaireLJS
- 07-01-20
Gold star
Another triumphant collaboration of E. J. Noyes’ fabulous storytelling with Abby Craden’s genius narration. It’s not just the voice work that makes this so good, but the pauses, breathes and sighs combined to create the whole immersive experience. I am in total awe, as always, in the deftness of Abby Craden’s performance, which lifts E. J. Noyes’ work even higher in my estimation. There is one sequence towards the end that had me laughing out loud and is arguably my favourite piece of Abby narration ever! I will be re-listening to this for a long time.
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- treeblackburn
- 15-01-20
Wow!
Simply amazing sobed my way through this alternatively with sadness and joy! The struggle with injury mental health and love is so real. nothing is easily accomplished but it can still be accomplished.
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- M. A. Mccormack
- 23-08-20
Good character development
I know there are no murders etc which is usually how lesbian romances play out, but in this story, it is about the characters themselves, their development, and frustrations with their lives, and that was interesting.
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- F MILLER
- 05-07-20
Great
Yet another great book by E.J.Noyes & well read. Emotional book really enjoyed it.
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- Sarah
- 10-12-20
Relaxed Listen 10/10
loved it! Easy to follow and a beautiful story. I was sad for it to come to the end.
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- Foxy
- 12-05-20
Brilliant!
The story was great with Aspen being a ski instructor and has some issues due to injuries, and Cate who was badly hurt by a past relationship and is also a mum to Gemma. It was nice how their relationship developed throughout the book. The only thing I would have said I would have liked is Cate to have met Hayley, which is Aspens sister, as Aspen was meant to be close with her sister, and I think it would have made sense for Cate to have met Hayley as she was a major part of Aspens life. Really enjoyed Abby Craden’s narration as always. This is the second book of E.J.Noyes work that I have read and I was not disappointed, I really enjoyed it and will definitely be buying another book from this author.
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- Chris Stoica
- 05-01-20
A bit too long for me, but a good book over all!
A bit too long, could have ended about 3-4 chapters earlier for me. Also not a big fan of back-and-forth romances. I personally liked much better “Alone”. Abby Craden is a great narrator as always. Definitely a listen worth, but I won’t be listening to it again as I do with my favourites.
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- Salome
- 23-05-20
This book does NOT disappoint
I have been binging on all the audiobooks I can find by Noyes and Craden and so far I have not found one book that is not close to spectacular. In my opinion, Noyes is one of the best authors in this genre and Abby just adds magic ;)
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- MissLynn
- 12-01-20
Great book - fabulous narration!
After a relatively short time in publishing lesfic, E.J. Noyes has quickly become a go-to favorite of mine. From the Ask, Tell series to Alone, to Turbulence, to this work, her subject matters vary widely - keeping things interesting - and her first person narrative pulls me deeply into her stories. Of all her books so far, I probably considered Gold my least favorite. Like in the way when you have a plate of your favorite delicious cheesecake options and you have to choose which one you are going to devour first. Then she releases this audiobook performed by Abby Craden and DAMN - it's SO GOOD - and you have to re-think that! Abby just has a way of elevating an already good story into a great one, or an excellent story into a fabulous one. What a talent! She makes me melt, swoon, cry, laugh and exclaim, "JEEEZUS!" during deliciously intimate love scenes and God knows E.J. excels at writing them! I think I'm going to have to start considering my feelings about E.J.'s books like I would my own children (if I had any - lol) where they're all my favorites for various reasons. My God - how can you choose?? If you could only get one format of this book, I would go with the audio. It's just fantastic!
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- kris
- 15-07-20
Simply amazing!
I have read several books by the author and just finished “Gold”. The story is brilliant, leaving you with a feeling of fulfillment.
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- Becca B
- 02-05-20
good story
loved the narration. good story. the narrator brings life to the story with different voices.
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- Jude
- 02-05-20
Excellent!!!!
When I read this book a year ago, I rated it 5*. I wish I had more stars to give the audiobook version. E. J. Noyes is an incredible writer, Abby Craden is an incredible narrator, and the combination of the two works perfectly every time. After an accident brought an end to her career as an Alpine skier, Aspen Archer became a ski instructor, losing herself in the sports she loves despite not being able to compete anymore. On holidays in Australia, Cate Tierney hires Aspen to give lessons to her daughter Gemma, then for herself. The attraction between the two women is instant. Cate is everything Aspen wants in a woman: smart, beautiful, kind, and a mother to a clever and sweet kid. Cate’s feelings are just as strong but she comes with baggage (who doesn’t?) and is wary of asking too much from Aspen, who is a few years younger than her. Pain, whether physical or mental, is a recurring theme is E. J. Noyes’ books, or, more specifically, the way her characters deal or do not deal with that pain. How they grow from it, with it, away from it. How they conquer it. In Gold, Aspen is living with physical pain from her accident and with anxiety and panic attacks that probably go back to way before that. Cate is recovering from an abusive relationship. Both are scared of themselves, of not being strong enough, and of not being able to be there for the other. What makes Noyes such a great writer (among other things) is her ability to always hint at hope, making the reader root passionately for her characters, feel optimistic even in the darkest times. E. J. Noyes is also one of those writers who completely stump me and my review-writing skills. Nothing I write will do her books justice. I have so much respect and love (yes, love) for her words that mine fade, as if they weren’t worthy of coming so close to the sun. So I’ll leave it at what I wrote in my first review: read (or listen to) this book. It’s good. It’ll make you feel good.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-20
Great storyline
Abby Craden does an awesome job so many different voices now accents really talented The storyline was awesome and the fact that it was different -exciting all the way through in more ways than one!
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- JK
- 14-01-20
Beyond topnotch
One of EJ Noyes' best. So many emotions. The avalanche segment was outstanding. I had to stop for a minute and catch my breath because it is so real. Oh and the passion and sensuality....off the charts. Work of art. Ms. Crayden's talent is limitless.
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- Karen L. Kelley
- 24-12-20
Gold is romantic Gold!
Very well written and the audio book is very well done. I hope you try it as I highly recommend!!
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- Julie Finocchiaro
- 22-12-20
Fantastic all around!
Doesn't get better than this! Perfectly written and narrated. What an amazing voice. My new favorite book. Please keep them coming!
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- Pj Reviews
- 22-12-20
Enjoyed this quite a bit
This story was engaging, with good emotional depth for the characters, a fun background of high performance skiing and good plotting. I have only two quibbles. One is that early in the book, it seems almost as if a (small) section was removed, we missed a beat between two of their meet ups. I had a 'how did we get here?' moment. It was small enough that I could interpret my way to it, but it did pull me out of the story. The second is, and I know I'm not the norm here, but there were too many sex scenes. They were well written, but they also weren't necessary. Those two bits aside, I did greatly enjoy this book, and consider it one of my better lesbian fiction listens. Ms. Craden was her usual excellent self.