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🥰🎧AUDIOBOOK REVIEW🎧🥰(@prhaudio#partner)

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🥰Thank you so much to @putnambooks and @prhaudio for the gifted e-book and audiobook!

📖Title: Four Weekends and a Funeral
✍️Author: Ellie Palmer
📅Pub date: August 6, 2024
⏳Audiobook length: 9hr, 40min
🗣️Narrator: Karissa Vacker

🥰OKAY BUT THIS WAS SO CUTE! I’m so picky about romance books, especially contemporary romance, but I was SO surprised by how much I enjoyed this one! I’m OBSESSED with the fact that this was a debut and also blown away to learn about the similarities between the main character in the book and the author, Ellie Palmer. Both are carriers of the BRCA1 mutation, which is a gene that can increase the risk of developing certain cancers, including breast cancer. This was something I have never heard of before and felt the book did such a great job educating the reader about it.

🧀As a Wisconsinite, I also loved that the book takes place in Minnesota (close enough) and references the Packers and a few other Wisconsin things. The Midwest vibes were strong and I was here for it the whole time.

🥰I think the whole concept of this book is genius. Alison is attending the funeral for her recent ex-boyfriend, Adam, who died shortly after ending their relationship. The only problem is that he failed to tell everyone of their break-up and Alison is forced to play the part of grieving girlfriend at the funeral, what’s it going to hurt? But before she knows it, the lie has gone further than she ever intended and telling the truth now could be potentially harmful and hurtful to many.

📖Oh and did I mention that she is forced to spend A LOT of time with her dead ex-boyfriend’s best friend who she may also be falling for? What could go wrong?

🥰Overall, this was a great read that I thoroughly enjoyed! The only reason it’s 4 stars is because the last little bit seemed to drag on after things were mostly resolving and seemed like forced conflict to me. Definitely still recommend!

🎧The audiobook was narrated by one of the absolute best in the business, @karissavacker! She is so easy to listen to and nails every voice she does. You MUST do this one on audio!

❓How’s your reading life been?