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My Review:Title: Coming Home
Author: Kennedy Ryan
Published by: Audible Originals
Release Date: February 9, 2023
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Wesleigh Siobhan, Jakobi Diem
Length: 2 hours and 40 minutes
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Source: Audible Premium Plus
Reading Challenges: Lenoreo's 2023 Audiobook Challenge, Lenoreo's 2023 COYER Chapter 1, Lenoreo's 2023 Diversity Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:They got everything they wanted...but never had each other.
Touré Wallace and Niomi Spencer were close friends at Finley College, the prestigious HBCU they attended. The attraction that simmered between them every semester was a question they never got to ask or answer before soaring ambitions launched them to opposite corners of the world. Both chased their dreams of grit and glamor as high-profile journalists. They got it all...except a shot at being more than friends.
Years later, Touré is an award-winning investigative journalist and Niomi is America's most popular morning-show host, but they both feel like something’s missing. When their alma mater recruits its most famous alums for an interview during homecoming, every look, every touch is electric. The air hums with what could have been, and they're tempted by what they could have right now, if only for one weekend. Have they traveled the world, chasing something special, when all it took was coming home?
Featuring Southern University’s marching band, Human Jukebox!
4 stars — That’s what I call a solid romance novella. The perfect amount to draw me in, but still leave me satisfied in the end.
These two narrators were new to me, and I must admit I think I have a girl crush on Ms. Siobhan now. I’ll definitely be looking for more from her. Mr. Diem was only okay for me, I had a really hard time distinguishing different voices from him. But the pacing and emotions were all great.
I enjoyed both Touré and Niomi, they were equally passionate, ambitious, driven, but still down to earth somehow. I appreciated how Touré was at a point where he was starting to see how his career affected his relationship with his daughter, and knew he had to put in the work to improve it. And Niomi was just a bright shining star, looking for that something extra in her life.
I loved seeing them hang out and joke around with their friends (especially Janelle), and just the feel of their romance that hadn’t really started, but now finally found its time to shine.
So yeah, it was exactly the little snack of romance I was looking for.
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