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Jilted: Jaren was a wonderful sweet story about second chances and growth. It was a great introduction to The Foster Brothers series, and really started the series off strong. Jaren easily held my heart from the first page - from the broken engagement to the discovery of self - Jaren's journey was a beautiful adventure.

The audiobook was narrated by John Solo and was a joy to listen to. John does a fabulous job and his performance was fantastic.

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sweet and heartwarming

A great start to a new series, I loved volume one and listened to the audiobook in two days.
Jaren and his three brothers are interesting characters with a messy childhood. They met in foster care, support each other and are there for each other.
Just before his wedding, Jared thought he was happy, only to find that everything turns out quite differently. The bride's brother brings him the cancellation of the wedding and Jaren is left with nothing.
Reid ask Jaren to move in with him and the two getting to know each other was totally sweet. Reid had been in love with Jaren for a while and Jaren is comfortable in Reid's company. It's a slow burn romance with lots of emotion and honest communication. Reid, Jaren and his brothers were very likable to me. The story is told alternately from Jaren's and Reid's points of view, allowing the listener a deep insight into their emotional world.

The story is well written: it is about trust, about love and friendship, about bi-awakening, but also about a difficult past and about deep feelings. Lovely and heartwarming.

John Solo did a good job bringing the characters to life. He conveyed the emotions well and he found the appropriate voices for the different characters.

I can't wait to listen to the next volume in this series!

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Sweet romance with great narration

Nora Phoenix has given fans a really wonderful intro to this new series starting with Jaren and his ex-fiancee's brother, Reid, who just happens to have been admiring Jaren from afar for years. The day before the wedding Jaren is left with no fiancee, no home and no money so Reid steps up and offers him somewhere to stay.
It's a forced proxiity, bi-awakening romance between to sweet men. It's a friendship that grows strong quite quickly with Jaren showing more of himself to Reid than he did to his finacee and he quickly realizes that there is more to his comfort and friendship. Reid is quick to be honest with Jaren, though, telling him how he feels for the younger man but also making sure that he knows there is no pressure for anything considering all the recent changes and Jaren never being with another man.
Jaren's foster brothers are an interesting group. We don't find out much about them but they are a really close group having survived foster care together and I think they'll make for some good stories in the rest of the series.
This made for an easy listen as the character and relationship development slowly progresses through the book. John Solo's narration brings a good about of emotion and individuality to all involved in the story.

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Jaren and Reed

Jaren was always considered the straight boy of their bunch. The four of them grew up in foster care and always had eachother's back. And now, all grown up, they still do. Jaren has been in a 4 year long relationship with Bridget, and is about to get wed. But just before the big day Bridget calls it off by sending her big brother Reed to tell Jaren. And that's how it all started and Jaren might not be as straight as he and his brothers thought. Reed offers him a room since he's got nothing to go back to and some more. But Jaren needs time and Reed is determined to give him all the time he needs. He's the ultimate boyfriend and slowly Jaren comes to believe it. The author creates a world where you get sucked into the story. John Solo is at his best and I just love his giggles. Looking forward to the next instalment.

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Such as good story!

I read this series out of order and didn't feel lost listening to any of them. I love the connection between the brothers by choice (vs by blood). They all really rallied around Jaren when he was left at the alter. I can highly recommend all of the books in this series.

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A beautiful start

I love this series about found family! Four brothers who love and support each other unconditionally in a way none of them ever had in their original families.
This first book is about Jaren and how during the most humiliating time of his life finds his HEA!
It’s really a sweet story! And John as usual makes every character unique!

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Lovely

I loved the story, I loved all the characters, who were brought perfectly to life by John Solo, and I'm so looking forward to the stories of the other brothers

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Jaren 💙

Jaren is left at the altar. Reid is the bearer of the bad news. Jaren should be enraged but he is a very forgiving man. I like that in him, plus his heart being in the right place. I enjoyed the closeness with his foster brothers, that is thicker than blood. Reid gets what he has been longing for. It’s a sweet romance with a little heartbreak and a too forgiving accountant. I can’t wait to listen to the rest of the series. Great narration by Mr Solo.

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Loved

I loved this new series and I really felt for both Jaren and Reid as we get to follow them through their change in relationship and chemistry. I can’t wait for the next book.
John did a brill job in narrating.

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loving this new series

I enjoyed the characters and story. I love the reflection Jaren had after being left at the alter.

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