A Shared Range

Probably Andrew Grey's Best

I loved this book! After reading almost all of Andrew Grey's "Love Means..." series, which all follow a similar storyline and the same setting, it is a refreshing change. The characters are likeable and the story is easy to follow. I can't wait to listen again!

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Can two men be in love in on a Wyoming ranch?

Dakota moves back home after a year in medical school to take care of the ranch and his father who has MS. He loves his father and will do anything for him. Once a year he allows himself to take a vacation and get away and enjoy himself. On his last trip he met Phillip and had a great time. When Phillip comes to visit bringing along a friend who know what will happen next. I enjoyed the characters and story very much but was very disappointed in the narrator's voice he selected for Dakota. The voice did not fit the character making Dakota sound feminine rather the hulking cowboy he is.

Needs a reader...

The story is good, but the read is inconsistent with his voices, which makes listening to the story next to impossible. The forced country over tones are ridiculous and make the main character sound like a 12 year old kid instead of an adult that was in medical school. The narratation needs revamping to give the book credit.

Pretty good story. Poor narration

The story is sweet, but uneven. For example two of the main characters are in the car heading west on vacation. They run into a huge tornado large enough to level houses and move cars and they are caught in the middle of it under an overpass. You'd think something that horrific would be part of the plot, or part of the character development, but it never went anywhere. It was never mentioned again except to say to their friends that they were in a tornado on their way out west.

The worst of the book is the narration. I feel Mr. Gelder never read the book before he narrated it. It is very clear the author expected the main character, Dakota to have a "deep, raspy voice". It's actually part of the story line. But Mr Gelder decided on a high, whiny voice instead. Dakota is a muscular ranch owner. I really didn't want to have his voice be wimpy. Major disappointment. The object of Dakota's affection is a slight, young man. Gelder decided to give him the deeper voice. The women's voices and Dakota's voices are indistinguishable. And most everyone has some odd accent that I can't quite place.

I think this may be a book better read than listened to.

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Missed Many Marks For Me

Where do I begin? Well, the story felt unnatural, kind of contrived. I finally stopped listening when out of the blue, a very minor character suddenly announces his homosexuality out of nowhere for really no good reason that has anything to do with anything in a strange attempt to add drama, where none was really needed. I had great sympathy for the protagonist wanting to take care of his sick father, but by dropping out of medical school? Really?? Does the author know how incredibly difficult it is to get into medical school and how incredibly proud his father would be to have his son complete that arduous journey not to mention he deprived some poor soul of that spot in his class? Disgusting actually.

The narration was confusing to me, trying to add accents and inflections that never made any sense to me not to mention his attempts to do female voices was very poor. Then there's the road trip with the sudden appearance of Wally with Phillip. The details of their trip out west was pointless and boring, just as it would be pointless and boring for me to go on. I might try one more Andrew Grey story in the future, but with no expectations.

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Sweet Story but just OK narration

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Maybe

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I did not like the narrator's interpretation of Dakota. He made him sound like a 10 year old girl. Dakota is suppose to be a 200+lb cowboy, WTF? On the other hand Wally has a deep baritone voice. It was weird.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really.

Any additional comments?

If you enjoy sweet cowboy stories, you'll like this book. Just try to ignore the high pitched voice of Dakota.

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