This was a cute listen, and the narrators Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers did a great job bringing the story with its relatability, emotion and humour to life. The story revolves around Vera, a small business owner who calls tech support when she has problems with her business website. Cal answers her call and for the next several hours, tries to help her figure out the problem and a sweet romance ensues.
This is a predictable but enjoyable story that is a nice balance of charm, funny banter, and lovable awkwardness. Sure, listeners will have to suspend disbelief about the 10-hour customer service call and I thought the fairly benign conflict dragged out a bit, but the production was well done and I enjoy the 'radio play' vibe. It didn't quite measure up to the third book in the series, but it's good to know the series keeps getting better!
I think audiobook listeners will enjoy this audio performance with its innocent romance, humour, down-to-earth characters, and a bit of cheesiness for good measure.
My Rating: 3 stars
Author: Cara Bastone
Genre: RomCom
Type and Source: eAudiobook from Audible.ca
Publisher: Audible Originals
Series: #1 in the Love Lines series
Narrators: Luci Christian, Neil Hellegers
Run Time: 6 hours
First Published: October 20, 2020
Book Description from GoodReads: True love is on the line in this charming, laugh-out-loud rom-com—created specifically for the audio format!
Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth… when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Cal. He’s surprisingly helpful and really knows his stuff, even if he’s a little awkward…. in an adorable way.
And suddenly I’m flirting with him? And I think he’s flirting back.
And suddenly it’s been hours, and we’re still on the phone talking and ordering each other takeout while he trouble shoots my website.
And suddenly we’re exchanging numbers and sending texts and DMs every day, leaving voice mails (who even does that anymore?!).
And suddenly I’m wondering if it’s possible for two people fall in love at first talk.
Because I’m falling… hard.
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Vera Hoffman has just days to make sure her website for her new Date-in-a-Box business launches. When the darn thing glitches, she calls her IT company and connects with Cal Kantola. An intense week of phone calls, DMs, voice messages, and texts ensue, and in between troubleshooting, these two start to develop feelings. But will their systems be compatible when they actually meet face-to-face?
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