Iris is More than Okay

De: Natalie Cooper

Narrado por: Jenna Coleman

Duración: 9 h y 49 m

Resumen del Editor

A dazzling Audible Original written by Natalie Cooper, performed by Jenna Coleman (Victoria, The Cry)

Iris Nightingale is more than okay. She has her life planned out to a perfect schedule. Work, run, sleep, repeat. She spends her quiet Friday nights sitting alone on a bench in the park, trying to push back the memories that no amount of running can help her escape.

But one evening, there’s someone else on her bench - Hunter. Tall, wry and infuriating: everything about him gets under Iris’s skin. Little does she know that he's about to upset more than just her routines...

Hired as a consultant at the firm where Iris works as engineering manager, Hunter has a knack for knowing just what to say to irritate her, and Iris can’t help rising to the spark in his eyes each time.

Sent away on a work trip together, Iris is taken out of her comfort zone. As their connection deepens, will Iris finally be able to face the memories that have been haunting her for years? Can her blossoming relationship with Hunter survive some brutal truths?

Only one thing is certain: The spark between them is beyond Iris’s expertise, and there's no running away from it.

©2024 Natalie Cooper (P)2024 Audible Ltd.

great story with excellent narration

loved this book but found myself getting frustrated with Iris. Her stubbornness made her unlikeable at times but in the end she redeemed herself.

Cute Story with Fantastic Narration

First, let me say that Jenna Coleman was fantastic at narrating this story. We all knew where this story was going and at times it was infuriating how Iris caused so many of issues through her unhealthy mindset. Hunter, was wise enough to get therapy when he needed it, and she needed it so much more. But aside from that, there is a twist that I never saw coming, and it is a doozy. Was this the perfect romance story? No. But was it a pretty darn good one with an amazing narrator? Yes!

Hang in there!

Both a running theme and advice to the reader: hang in there! It’s hard to understand Iris’ perspective (and sometimes lack thereof) when she responds so defensively to Hunter both externally and internally. But hang in there! There’s much to learn about both characters and the way their relationship and the story plays out is SO satisfying.

Definitely a story to pin for re-listening.

A sweet story

Ok, sure, it’s a love story, we know what will happen….but it was lovely, and a fun light read. Just what I needed this week, so I give it a thumbs up! If you need a little something to get your mind off things, this was a winner for me!

The banter between the two characters was great.

I enjoyed the book from beginning to end!!! It was a great story with great characters.

Just what I needed

Loved the story. Loved the vulnerability of the characters. Made me re-evaluate some of my choices and had a positive impact on me. Thank you.

Great story of loss and love

A well read, unique story that was surprisingly predictable! you will get caught up in twists of fate.

Always Take a Chance on Happiness

I was looking through the plus catalog and this caught my eye. I went in without reading the synopsis and overall it was an entertaining listen. The more serious moments were balanced well with humor and the romantic subplot was very cute. I loved the banter between Iris and Hunter and their slow burn build up was well done. Hunter's small gestures of care throughout were so sweet and I appreciated how he gave Iris time to reconcile her feelings. The book falls more into women's fiction than romance though, since the heart of the story is about Iris and her journey.

Iris's history is revealed slowly over the course of the book, but it was hinted at pretty heavily and I figured out the twists early on. This unfortunately made the book drag for me especially in the second half, since I was waiting for the official reveal. It was an intriguing twist for sure, but it lost some of the impact because of this. I also felt the ending was very rushed in an effort to pull everything together and I'm never a fan of the miscommunication/refusal to communicate tropes. I still appreciated the conversations about complicated grief, forgiveness, and chasing happiness though. The narration by Jenna Coleman was great, but I do wish that she would have had a bit more variation in the voices she used.

Overall 4 stars
Performance 4 stars
Story 3.5 stars

CW: divorce, complicated grief, dementia (secondary character), alcoholism (past), anxiety, suicide (past), embezzlement, death of loved ones (past), gambling addiction, depression

Good story line

Good story, I enjoyed the female narrator but wished Hunter had a different voice, at times it was hard to follow who was speaking.

This was truly excellent

I read/listen to a lot of romance. This was truly excellent. The writing is clever and fun and as others have mentioned, the banter between them is great. But it has many twists that I never saw coming and issues that added a LOT of depth to this book. Will def check out more by this author.