See Me After Class

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To start off, any story that references Pride & Prejudice is a winner in my book.

I loved this audio so much. Full disclosure, I didn't know a lot about this book when I asked to review it. I just knew that the narrators are in my top tier, and my good friend, Hayley, had read the book and said how good it was. She wasn't wrong. I was hooked early on. I loved that Arlo was this grumpy strict teacher who had to endure Greer, a sort of new age teacher, who is sassy and quirky. It's everything he doesn't understand. Whereas Greer is wildly attracted to Arlo, even though he's stuck up and arrogant. Their enemies to lovers relationship was some of the best buildup and tension I've ever read and it reminded me why I love that trope so much.

Although I was loving it, I was also torn a little, some of the behaviours seems really immature but then I found myself laughing too. It was like a push and pull—I don't understand why they are they doing this? And, Oh, this is so funny. See? Torn! Overall, the laughter won out. And right now, in these times, don't we all need a little laughter in our lives?

The girl crew in this book is fantastic. I loved their dynamic and their book club reminded me so much of my own, only mine isn't in person. The way they supported and learned and accepted each other was just beautiful. The guy crew was pretty awesome too.

Back to being torn. The breakup, it's a romance, so you know it has to happen. I understood why she was so mad, so I was totally on board for that. But I struggled a little with how it came about. I don't want to spoil anything, so let's just say, I felt it was extreme and unrealistic, I know, it's fiction! And part of it could be because I'm in a different country so maybe my knowledge and understanding is lacking. But again, I was also in love with the grovel, so much so that I had tears and was cheering out loud. It was one of the best I've ever read. Soooo, that totally made up for that one tiny thing.

This is a long book and a good portion of it was them not getting along. The sexual tension was palpable and every time, I'd be sat there thinking, this is it, this is where it's going to combust. Once they finally get together, holy smokes, somebody pass me a fan, talk about super-charged sexiness. I loved that Greer knew what she wanted and deserved and wasn't afraid to go after it. The notes, sigh, the notes. I swooned hard.

Erin Mallon and Zachary Webber were pure perfection in this book. Their comedic timing was spot on and they really elevated this story and these characters. Zachary as the strict teacher was something I didn't know I needed in my ears. And Erin as the sweet and sassy woman that brings him to his knees was brilliant. The transition from male to female and vice versa was smooth and seamless. Both Erin and Zachary have believable opposite gender voices and that really helps the listener get lost in the story and made the POV switches less jarring. Casting was spot on for this audiobook. And the production was fab with no issues to note.

The audio also contains a novella. Date Night. Performed by Connor Crais.
It was cute and a different change of pace from a typical romance. It's a date night gasp shocker right there, right? Haha. For a married couple and it was fun seeing their dynamic and trying to have sexy time. Having listened to Three Blind Dates it was fun to see familiar characters.
Connor Crais was good, I've only listened to one other book by him and enjoyed it. He's being used a lot more in romance, so I'm sure his name will be showing up in reviews frequently going forward. I'm assuming the accent during the role play scenes was supposed to be humorous, in which case, he nailed it. Production was good, with no issues to note.