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Wicked Love by Willow Aster
4.5

4.5⭐️ 2.5🌶️ 5🎧

Relationship dynamic: MF
Tropes/Microtropes/Vibes/Reps:
🏡 Small town
🏈 Football
🎀 Single dad
🌤️ Grumpy x sunshine
🔗 Found family 
🛏️ One night stand
🤰🏼 Accidental pregnancy 
💞 Disability rep

Producer: Lyric Audiobooks
Narrators: Samantha Brentmoor + JF Harding, with special guest Lily D Moore
Narration type: dual (with all Becca’s lines read by Lily D Moore)
Writing perspective: first person, dual POV
Standard length (pages): 398p
Standard length (time): 8:53
Listening speed: 2.5x
Listened via: BookFunnel
Read via: Kindle
ARC/ALC provided by: VPR + MLA

📖 This story was oh so sweet. Becca, Martha, Poppy, and Bowie stole my heart! Becca and Martha started the job and Poppy and Bowie just carried it on home. Becca, Bowie’s sweet as pie daughter with Down syndrome, fell in love with Poppy first, and really put her dad in some awkward (for him) situations, which I loved! Let me just say that Willow did such an exceptional job with this story from a disability perspective, not focusing heavily on it as a plot point, but showcasing Becca’s amazing personality and infectious joy. Poppy’s lack of filter had me absolutely cracking up throughout, she was so honest with Bowie! And Bowie, poor dude, thought he was over the whole “love thing” lol… he just never saw it coming. And I loved how he pretty quickly even fell for Martha… anything for Becca! 

🎧 This audio was everything!! Samantha and JF are incredible and I love everything they do, this was no exception. They slayed as Poppy and Bowie! But I want to really focus on Lily D Moore. I LOVE that Willie and Lyric prioritized representation for this audiobook. And Lily was absolutely incredible in this performance! Her sunshine personality and smiling face came right through with her performance and she completely brought Becca to life. This audiobook would not have been nearly as amazing without her stellar performance! Keep casting Lily!!! 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻