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Of Men And Wolves #1

ALC provided by the author and Must Love Audio.

Author: CJ Blaine

Narrators: MK Blackwood and Christian Fox

Thanks @cjblaine and @mustloveaudio for the ALC! 

Remi and Foster/Adams meet in an app where you log in and ‘wander’ around a city with someone online. Soon they’re getting closer and closer even without ever showing their full faces. They finally do and Remi ghosts Foster, crushing him.

Fast forward a few years and Foster is now Adams North, frontman of Of Men and Wolves, a band that blew up after being ‘discovered’ by Sav Loveless of The Hometown Heartless. The label wants a documentary, an ‘on the road, behind the scenes’ real look at the band. They hire a famous director to do it and he sends his assistant – Remi. On a bus together during the tour, secrets will come. They may clean all the festering wounds they both sport or set them apart forever.

The story is told in dual timelines and the curtain is slowly pulled off on how things happened. That’s where I will stop saying anything so that you can discover everything that happened that sent these obviously ‘meant to be’ people apart. I loved CJ Blaine’s style of writing and I can’t wait to follow the series. 

Now let’s talk audio because this one is a masterclass in storytelling through narration. Narrated duet-style by MK Blackwood and Christian Fox in award-deserving performances. MK gives us a very nuanced delivery, showing us incredible range. I’m in awe and I want her to narrate all the things. The Fox is absolutely swoon worthy as the rockstar who carries so much hurt. Foster/Adams is top tier tortured soul, rockstar goodness. And to put a final nail in our coffins… he SINGS. Scrape me from the floor, just saying. 

I absolutely loved this story of people who are meant to be but who have the Universe throw everything it can at them. We have a boy obsessed, a friends to enemies to lovers, forced proximity, ‘secret identity’ , ‘it’s always been you’ and very angsty incredible story. I can’t wait for more! 

Loved the cameo by The Hometown Heartless! 

Content notes: on page: domestic violence, death of loved one, threats of rape and SA, mental illness, drug and alcohol use, addiction, abuse of power. Off page: child abuse, cheating (not MCs), physical assault