Book: Merry Kismet

Author: Anneka R. Walker

Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Select for an advanced audio copy.

Merry Kismet is a second-chance romance story that is a great holiday read. Brie makes a few Christmas wishes, one being for her ex-boyfriend Rockwell. Rockwell broke Brie’s heart in high school and Brie never knew why.

Rockwell comes back home and he ends up renting the house right next to Brie. When he arrived he knocked on Brie’s door to get the key. Brie thought this could be her Christmas wish come true. I am not a big fan of second chance romance but this one was great. The whole story I just wanted Brie and Rockwell to get back together.

This is a holiday romance that I recommend but I don’t recommend the audio version. Both Elise Taff and Sean Yves Lessard do a great job at narrating Brie and Rockwell but there was such a severe difference in audio quality. Taff was loud and clear while Lessard was very muffled and much lower. Constantly having to change the volume every time the narrator switched took me out of the story at times. I understand this is an early copy and I hope this is fixed by release because Lessard’s narration would have been great if the audio was cleaned up.

Final score: 4/5