Ugly Love

The Myles narrator ruined this whole book for me. His voice made Myles seem so creepy and I genuinely couldn’t finish the book because of this. Too bad because I was enjoying it and the narrator of Tate did a great job but just couldn’t get past the voice of Myles.

The audiobook narration was good. I listen to a lot. The voice of Mike however was entirely annoying!! The way he said “Rachel” was so annoying. I like Colleen’s books very much. They are an enjoyable read (“listen”). I just think they need to find better actors!

I usually love Coleen Hoover’s stories but this one was not my favorite. The male voice was very dorky sounding and kind of drove me crazy so I don’t know if that just ruined the story for me.

"Oh, God Rachel." The most emotionally gripping line from any book I've read within the last decade. This book was amazing. Heartwrenching. Steamy. Tear inducing. But overall a wonderful journey. Would recommend. But also, have tissue and a glass of wine (or bottle) ready.

Love Colleen Hoover, but did NOT love this book. Actually found it to be quite annoying at times. Backstory could have been great, except that it wasn’t talked about much. 75% of the book was centered around their sex, and only 25% backstory. And the number of times the name Rachel is used makes me have a new dislike for the name altogether now.

The slow burn romance, the tragic story that is Myles is so relatable. Maybe it’s the eerily similar emotions from my personal life but this was a well written and beautiful story

Nope. I’m sorry but I’m so disappointed with that ending. It started being at least more “realistic”, but such a happy ever after ending when they had such a toxic relationship during the whole book? Bullshit

I loved the story but my mind immediately thought it would be sinister based on Miles voice. It really felt creepy and the way he said "Rachel" made my skin crawl. I was wrong, of course, but his voice was just... wrong for Miles.

Am I the only one who cares for my romance novels to be the least bit realistic?

I was ok until they started making out in the middle of a department store and every time he touches her she forgets how to breathe. Very “Twilight” to me.

Miles loves making rules. Then literally breaking then twelve seconds later. Too predictable. They didn’t even try. Rolling my eyes.

I’m ok without the pseudo-incest, too. Just done.

Really enjoyed the story but the male narrator was horrible to listen to.

Book is good. Audiobook readers don’t fit this book though.

Haven’t even finished the book yet, but omg the narrator for Miles is pretty much ruining it for me. He sounds like the main character from “You”, he just makes him seem creepy. “Rachel, Rachel, Rachel”, I literally cringed hearing his voice at times ?
Second Colleen Hoover book that everyone seems to just ‘love’ and honestly not understanding the hype!

Is this a multi-part story? No
Does it end in a cliffhanger? No
Genre(s) : Drama Romance Drama Drama
Instalove? Yes on both
Do the MCs act like: HS, YA, NA or Adult: HS to Adult
Was cheating involved? No
Any major triggers to be aware of? Death of a family member (cannot say more as it would be a serious spoiler)
Listening Speed? 1.25

3 Stars for me!
My rating range of this story... 1 - 4.25 Stars
If significant, why? R A C H E L
Biggest deduction? RACHEL - 1 Star (see final notes)

Main Character Ratings...
H (Miles) = 5/10
h (Tate) = 6/10
TSTL Moment(s)?

Narrator Rating(s)
M (Deacon Lee) = 7/10
F (Grace Grant) = 8/10
If below 5/10, why?

If Comedy... Type? N/aa
Funny, Cute, Cringe Inducing, Mixed or Just No!

Angst Level? Extreme Please Stop
Light, Moderate, Heavy or Please Stop

Internal Monolog/Dialog? Please Stop
Light, Moderate, Heavy or Please Stop

Scenes with heat... Yes
When does it start? 40%
How much of the story? 5-10%
Anything beyond M/F? No
If yes, explained

Heat Rating... 6/10
Clean or Fade to Black - 1 or 2
Normal to Descriptive 3-5
Detailed Descriptive Sex - 6-7
Um, Wow, Beyond Descriptive Sex - 8 or above

Was there so much sex or unrealistic sex that you rolled your eyes and/or skipped forward? No

The back story... The MCs meet when the h is moving in to her brother's apartment and she stumbles over the drunken and passed out H in front of her brother's door. He is crying about a person named Rachel (you will hear/listen to that name hundreds of times throughout the story).

Romance or Gist: it builds once they start to get to know each other but the H is being an idiot.

The drama explosion... The H continues his self destructive behavior
Did it feel Real, OK or contrived? A bit too much
Was it OTT? Yes
Separation involved? Yes
Was it resolved properly or rushed? I guess properly

Final Notes... The name Rachel is said so many times throughout the story that I got visibly frustrated. It drove me insane.

HEA or HFN? HEA (alluded to)
Book Source: Scribd

The story was great! My only negative was the male narrator. I found it hard to listen to him.

Loved it! I was in tears with suspense! Needed to know what happened!

Good book, sad at times. Didn’t love the voice reader for miles.

If I can stop being annoyed by the way the Miles says “rachel,” I might like this book but I cannot hardly listen to it anymore without wanting to rip my headphones out

Definitely not one of my favorites. Repetitive, monotonous, frustrating and sappy.

There was much potential throughout the book but the awkward and unnecessary spicy scenes took away from the actual emotions of the book.

Loved the book/story line but wasn't crazy about the male narrator.

The book was so redundant with so many Sex scenes. Not a lot to it other than that.

Could not stand the narrators’ voices…especially the male. So sorry

The book was really good. The male narrator was very hard to listen too. I nearly stopped listening because he was so bad.

1 star review on this AUDIO book because the male narrator (miles voice) did a freaking horrible job omg I had to stop at chapter 3 and finished the ebook instead. The book is a solid 5/5 for me but this guys voice is going into my list of who I don’t want to hear audio books by.

Loved it, it was so sad at times, but such a nice ending!

The story was good. Not amazing like I was expecting after so much hype about Colleen Hoover, but decent enough to give her another try. The voice actor that read Miles though drove me nuts. He may have just ruined the name Rachel for me. I hated it so much I downloaded the book and read the Miles chapters between listening to the Tate chapters. I’ll avoid anything with him in the future.

Loveeed it!! Great book with good story, is catchy my fav from Colleen Hoover

I'm only on chapter 6, but the way Miles says "Ray-Chul" over and over makes me think of John Malkovich impersonating Trump saying "Chy-Na" and it may cause a DNF. Cringe level 10/10

Again Colleen captures the side of the story that makes you think and feel every choice you’ve ever made. Thank you! You’ve become my favorite Author!

I started off the book not expecting anything but towards the end, my mind was blown. My eyes were in tears. Oh my god, great plot Colleen!