Recent Release Audiobook Review: American Christmas by Adriana Herrera, Performed by Sean Crisden

17 November of 2020 by ButtonsMom2003

American Christmas By Adriana Herrera Performed By Sean Crisden

Genre: Contemporary Romance, GLBTQ, MM

Released: November 2, 2020

Publisher: Carina Press

Series: Dreamers, Book 5

Length: 92 pages / 2 hrs, 8 mins

Synopsis

Denpo Myint “Yin” Thuta is living the dream. His dream. A good job, higher education, supportive community and, best of all, his live-in boyfriend, Ari. Yin has his happily-ever-after…if only he and Ari could take the time to actually enjoy it. With the holidays fast approaching, Yin’s determined to change all that and surprise Ari with an over-the-top gift that will leave him in no doubt how much he’s loved – even though they agreed to keep things simple this year.

Like Yin, Aristide “Ari” Douniama worked so hard to secure his future that he may have forgotten how to enjoy his present. Despite there being plenty to be thankful for in the moment. With big plans of his own in the works to surprise Yin, Ari may or may not have gone overboard. Or forgotten to check their respective schedules.

’Tis the season of giving, and in their quest to celebrate the “perfect” American Christmas – and failing – Ari and Yin get a much-needed reminder that they already have the greatest gift of all: each other.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

A great bonus story for fans of this series!

From nearly the beginning of this story I could tell what was going to happen but that absolutely didn’t matter at all; it didn’t change how much I loved this book. You could probably read/listen to American Christmas without having read any of the others in the series but I think you would enjoy it more if you read them in order.

I absolutely love listening to the audiobooks of this series and there are a couple reasons. One: I love Sean Criden’s audio performances, and two: I love hearing how words that I’m unfamiliar with are pronounced. So, while I started out reading this story, I switched to listening to it – I actually started from the beginning – when I got a copy of the audiobook. I really think Sean outdid himself with the different voices he used in this book.

Despite knowing how parts of this story were going to go, I didn’t know how Ms. Herrera would work things out for Ari and Yin. She gave them a wonderful outcome and brought things together with help from the main characters from the other books in this series.

The love between Ari and Yin radiated off of the pages. I am so happy that I got another chance to visit with the characters from this fantastic series.

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

Adriana Herrera

Adriana was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last fifteen years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings.

When she’s not dreaming up love stories, planning logistically complex vacations with her family or hunting for discount Broadway tickets, she’s a trauma therapist in New York City, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

Her Dreamers series has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and Booklist and has been featured in The TODAY Show on NBC, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Library Journal and The Washington Post. Her debut, American Dreamer, was selected as one of Booklist’s Best Romance Debuts of 2019, and one of the Top 10 Romances of 2019 by Entertainment Weekly. Her third novel, American Love Story, was one of the winners in the first annual Ripped Bodice Award for Excellence in Romantic Fiction. Adriana is an outspoken advocate for diversity in romance and has written for Remezcla and Bustle about Own Voices in the genre. She’s one of the co-creators of the Queer Romance PoC Collective. Represented by Taylor Haggerty at Root Literary.

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