When You Make It Home
Written by: Claire Ashby
Narrated by: Piper Brown
Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:09-17-15
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC
This was one of the most emotional read I have ever listened
to from an unexpected pregnant women to her many different men. One man is from
her past, another is one she saw no future with and broke it off, the last is a
soldier of war. One has no time for her,
one never said good-bye just never came back, the other has so many issues your
heart just breaks for him and all he goes through. One of these men is the father
of her baby, one hopes he is, one wants no part of it and the last wishes he
was but will gladly take her and the baby any way he can get them.
For me this started out very slow and at times picked up and
slowed down again as you close in on the middle of the book you are very hooked
and need to know just how this plays out. Meg is just an emotional mess in more
ways than one. She doesn’t want anyone to know she is expecting just yet with
one wicked step mother who sees no good in her, a father she adores and doesn’t
want to let down to her brother who has always been her anchor what will he
think, let’s not forget the women who gave birth to her and left them at a very
young age. She knows she is expecting
but as long as a doctor doesn’t say so than she can almost make herself believe
she is not. Her secret won’t be a secret for long as fast as she is growing she
won’t have to tell anyone they will know for their selves real soon. She will
do this, she can do this alone, she just needs more time and to be able to work
out all the issues over the baby’s father, her birth mother who never wanted
her, what if she can’t be a mother and turns out like her mother. So many
issues and question that needs to be worked out before she can be the person
and mother she wants to be.
Theo he is an emotional mess his self he just got home and
is badly wounded with his emotions all over the place. He doesn’t want anyone
to feel sorry for him he is doing a wonderful job of that his self. When he and
Meg cross swords as they have a self pity party they meet head on as words fly
they soon find together they make a great team and a relationship is born. That
is until ex’s walk back into their lives along with issues they each have that
may tear them apart.
I really loved Ms. Brown’s narration with only a few things
that makes this a 4 star and not a 5 star listen. There is one place where she
over talks herself, I even went back to make sure I heard what I did. The story
is going well and then there is a place where she is speaking twice in one
place. It is almost like it was rewind and talked over but it has two different
sentences spoken at once. There is also a few chapters where her volume changes
when she said each chapter, such as Chapter 5, Chapter 7, Chapter 10. (I do not remember which one they were but
there were a few where the volume changed.) Not a major big deal just enough
that you notice. Beside the above the volume never changes and is even throughout.
Her character voices were outstanding,
her characters tones were filled with emotion hitting everyone right on the
money. You always knew who was talking and just what they were feeling. Her
male voices were just as great as her female ones, I really thought each voice
fit the character making me really understand each one better. There is no
background noise just a smooth clean listen but for the one issue I already
stated. I have not listened to any of her work but really look forward to
listening to more of it. For me she really pulled me in making me believe all
she was staying. I had no trouble picturing in vivid detail of each scene as it
unfolds. I believe I would not have gotten the same effect had I read and not
listened. She really brought this story alive for me.
The characters of this story are normal people with normal
issues, there is a lot of drama so most of our lives are filled with it. Just
when you think you know where the author is going she changes it and throws a
twist in it. Some of them I saw coming and others I was very shocked but it
didn’t turn out as I thought they would. The author takes the bad and turns it
into good as she twists your emotions all over the place. There is a little mystery
between these pages as well as lots of secret that could tear a family apart as
well as some that will draw people closer together. Theo just about had me in
tears at the emotional psychical and mental issues he went through. I doubt you
can read this and not be touched by his story. Meg there were times I really liked
her and others where I would loved to have slapped her. I do have to admit when
it came to the part about her mother it really tore me up there is one place
maybe two when I really just wanted to cry with her. Her father has his own
issues with his marriage and life. Her brother has a secret he is hiding as
well as dealing with Meg issues trying so much to help her but at times can be
a pain. Her step mother wow what can one say about her, she is something else
but does learn what is important. Jason now he is someone who really needs to grow
up. Her ex I never really got a handle on him he is in and out but seems to be
controlling. There are the friends who you will just love and some others that
will surprise you along the way.
All in all this was a great story that I really liked. The
author brings characters in a way that she might be thinking of giving them
their own story. There are a few I would love to learn more about and I feel
deserve to have their story told. If you are looking for an emotional audio or
even book that really grabs you leaving you in an emotional mess but also makes
you smile and laugh I recommend you pick this up it is well worth your time.
I requested the audio from audiobookboom.com
I thought it would be a great audio and found I was right. Great story as well
as narration that really pulls you in.
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Summary
Meg Michaels, a bookstore owner, has already walked away
from two cheating exes. She’s learned her lesson and has her mind set on
success—until she gets knocked up. Embarrassed and unwilling to discuss her
situation with friends and family, she wears layers to hide the pregnancy.
When Meg gets sick at a party, she’s mortified. Even worse, Theo Taylor, the
guest of honor, discovers her secret. Theo, an Army medic wounded in the war,
agrees not to reveal her condition, and the two forge a bond of friendship that
blossoms into love.
Theo is soon filling all of Meg’s late-night cravings—and not just the
pregnancy-induced ones. But can their love overcome all the obstacles that
stand between them and creating a happy family
