How to Catch a Bodyguard (Chester Falls #3)

A wonderful story of a second chance at love. James and Connor were best friends in school but haven’t seen one another in years. Now someone is after Connor and James will do anything to keep him safe. I love watching these two wade through their feelings and see them not only rebuild their friendship but become so much more. A beautiful story portrayed by a great narrator who does a great job with the story and the characters. I voluntarily reviewed a gifted copy of this audio book.

How to Catch a Bodyguard is the third book in the Chester Falls series. The series consists of interconnected standalones; you can read them in any order – this one was the first one in the series I had read – but you will definitely have better context if you read them in order (and it\’s slightly spoilery if you read them out of order, but not enough to really hamper your reading or enjoyment of the book). This story focuses on Connor and James, teenage BFFs who were separated when James’ mother unexpectedly picked up and moved away with James, without giving James a chance to explain or say goodbye to Connor. Of course, this coincided with an ill-timed kiss that sent Connor running away in sexual confusion, and then the two never had a chance to clear the air in the intervening years. In this book, Connor and James are reunited – although apparently there was a prior meeting a year before which took place in Book 1, and did not go so well. James is a bodyguard, and although detailed as head of security for Prince Kris, who is engaged to Connor’s brother, he ends up protecting Connor when a stalker threatens Connor’s life. There’s angst, drama, suspense, action, steamy scenes, hurt/comfort, bisexual awakening, and some great family dynamics, all rolled up in a neat package with two really hot (and very tall!) MCs who are so obviously in love, but need some help finding their way back to each other. Honestly, the best part of the story is Connor’s absolutely adorable pet turtle-with-an-attitude. When listening to an audiobook, you’re most of the way there with a great story – which this is – so the narration can literally make it or break it. A great story can be transformed into something amazing by a talented narrator, or made unbearable if the narration is poor. Happily, here we have the fantastic Nick Hudson on duty with the vocals and wow does he do a great job. This is the first time I’ve listened to Mr. Hudson’s narration and I was admittedly thrown at first by his unusual cadence. He has this stop/start quality to his narration – think of a car at a stop light, flooring it when the light turns green and then stopping again seconds later at the next red light and pausing until the light turns green. That’s not the way I talk and that’s not the typical narrator cadence, at least not with the pool of narrators that I’ve listened to. All of this is to say, you may experience an adjustment period, acclimating to his style. I actually listened to it on 1.1x speed because it smoothed it out a bit and made the pauses less pronounced. It is absolutely worth it to adjust to his style (if you even need to) because his intonations and delivery are so spot-on. He is one of the best I have heard at exclamations, and he is very authentic in conveying the feeling behind the words. Nothing is flat; nothing seems fake. He takes these characters right off the page so you feel like you are looking at and hearing them IRL. I highly recommend the story, but definitely read it and listen because Mr. Hudson elevates the story beyond what you\’d expect.

I’ve been waiting for this story since I finished book one and I was not disappointed. Great characters, awesome plot and superb narration.

I love this book because in so many ways everyone had that simple Crush but for gay people like myself and maybe for the person that might be reading this next I hope that you will find out that it kind of makes you wonder if that Crush would have given you the second chance or the chance to be with them who knows but this book is one of my favorites because it\’s book of honestly hope and wonder but also Redemption I think you will enjoy this book a lot because of all of the quirkiness and fun of a certain something in this book that I think you will enjoy so please give this chance this whole series a chance I can\’t wait for the third for the fourth book so I hope hope you enjoy this and please give this whole series a chance

I love all the books in this series so far! This one is also amazing! The narrator does a splendid job bringing these characters to life. It brought even more to the story with the emotions the narrator put into their words. There was a misunderstanding and a lot of meddling friends to get these guys together but it was all worth it and such a joy to listen to! I can’t wait to see what else the author and narrator combo have for us!

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