Maybe This Time by Cara Bastone
Genre: Contemporary, Romance
Listening Length: 5h 45m
Published By: Audible Originals on 2nd May, 2024
Format: Audiobook
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Book Synopsis:
Romance can be a little complicated when you get sucked into a wormhole. Just ask high school English teacher June Flint. One little solar flare happens and suddenly you find yourself 85 years in the future. Eighty-five years from your dream job. Your ailing mother whose only companion in this world is you. Your favorite stuffed-crust pizza from DeLucia’s on Sunday nights.
But when June’s cell phone inexplicably picks up a signal, she’s able to call back to the present—more specifically, four weeks before she accidentally time traveled. Problem is, the phone can only call one number: her work nemesis, gym teacher Mikey Shannon.
Now future June must help Mikey befriend present-day June to keep her from disappearing. But present-day June doesn’t even want to be in the same room as Mikey, let alone become besties. And Mikey isn’t exactly…talkie. Yet he’s spending hours a day with future June on the phone, and even more time trying to befriend present-day June. Volunteering with June at school, check. Facing his fear of roller coasters to make June smile, check. Adopting a puppy and letting her name it. Check.
But what does succeeding in the present mean for future June, and for the serious feelings she and Mikey are starting to catch for one another? Stopping time travel is one thing—but can they stop themselves from falling in love?
Book Review
I’d heard of this author from social media before but hadn’t picked up any of their books. I was looking for free audiobooks on Audible (not sure if you need a subscription already) so I thought I’d give this one a try. I will admit that I went into this book without knowing anything about it. This review is going to be quite short as I don’t have too much to say…
This is a full-cast narrated audiobook with sound effects included. I’ve never listened to an audiobook like this before so I did really enjoy this element. I felt more immersed into the story. The story is pretty much all dialogue. Again, I’ve not read a story like this before so it was an interesting change from the norm I read.
I have to be honest and say that I wasn’t really feeling the chemistry between the two main characters… They felt more like friends communicating rather than potential love interests. Out of the main characters, I much prefer the MMC. He’s like an excitable golden retriever which does compliment the shy FMC but I think romantically they weren’t doing it for me.
The plot was interesting and I liked the sci-fi element (time travel/wormhole) but it didn’t feel very well executed. There were times when it felt very repetitive and some parts felt like they had been added as filler. Due to this, I don’t think the audiobook needs to be as long as it is. I listened to it on 1.7x speed and it still felt like it was dragging in parts.
If you want a cute free romance audiobook with a sci-fi element then you may like this. Overall it was an okay/average read but I’m unsure whether I’d read from this author again. I’m glad that this was free to listen to and I didn’t have to waste an Audible credit on it… Maybe I didn’t enjoy this book as much as I thought I would because it was a lot different to my typical audiobooks. Honestly, I think I could be the problem and not the book…
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