My rating for the narration: ( 4/5 rented hearts)

My rating for the book: ( 5/5 rented hearts) Who would I recommend this book to? I’d recommend the Rented Heart e-book or paperback to everyone who wants an emotional, non-mushy romance, and the audio version to less picky listeners.

However, while Dan’s rendition didn’t come off as flat or rushed, the voices were very similar, to the point where I think I would’ve confused some of Liam and Zack’s lines if I hadn’t read the book. I enjoy it when someone reads aloud and surprises me with an even better version than what I’d had in mind. Naturally, I imagined certain voices for each of them and while Dan didn’t sound anything like what I had in mind (especially in the case of Zack’s best friend – Jamie), it wasn’t a bad narration. Their ups and downs make me emotional, their positive relationships are something I root for, the tragedies of their pasts make me want to give them a hug. They pop off the page, making me want to meet them in real life. So the question is: did Dan Calley do one of my all-time favorite books justice?īefore we get to that: a little bit about the book itself and why I love it so much. Needless to say, I was very excited when I heard that the latter will be turned into an audiobook, but since I’m picky about the way my audiobooks are narrated, I was also very nervous. But when trouble comes to Zac’s door, putting his life in danger, Liam must set his grief and anger aside to pick up the pieces of Zac’s shattered heart and his own.Īs you probably know, I’m a huge Garrett Leigh fan as you might also know, my two favorite books by her are Misfits (read my review here) and Rented Heart. Zac owes Jamie the world, and even as Jamie’s drug addiction destroys all they have, Zac won’t leave him behind.īesides, Liam knows nothing of Zac’s home life, too caught up in his own head to think much beyond the crazy heat he and Zac share. Their arrangement quickly becomes too complicated for Zac, who has other things on his mind: namely his BFF and wayward flatmate, Jamie. But Liam proves nicer - and their connection far deeper - than he’d bargained for. When he spots Liam in a club one night, it seems he’s found his mark. Rentboy Zac Payne left London and most of his demons behind, but he still only knows one way to make a living. There’s no room in his broken heart for anything else. Grief and loneliness keep him a solitary figure, and he likes it that way. Themes and genres: Contemporary LGBT Romance, gay, rent boyĮx-surfer-turned-businessman Liam Mallaney moved back to Holkham, Norfolk, to mourn the loss of his husband.

*The two books in the series follow different couples and can easily be read as standalones

Misfits by Garrett Leigh