Never Been Kissed

by Timothy Janovsky

🎧Audiobook narrated by Mark Sanderlin

⭐⭐⭐⭐ /5

After twenty-something Wren Roland celebrates his birthday a little too hard, he gets morose thinking about all the kisses that never were (he is still awaiting his first kiss)… and wakes up to find that he drunk emailed 4 people he had almost kiss experiences in the past…

This is the set up for our twenty-something virgin and his 4 almost kiss situations… now at this point I had thought that the love interest of the story would be his roommate, but I was wrong. I also thought that this book would take us through exploring his relationships with all past near kiss companions… wrong again.

After this, I was thrown for a look as we amp up the importance of Wren’s summer job running the local drive-in and his attempts to keep the business afloat. This also forces one of the near kiss finds back into Wren’s life as he takes on an internship for the drive-in as their social media person. And this is were the story really starts and we get a cute and sweet second chance romance as the team up to create a special event to save the drive-in.

🎧I was fortunate to receive an audiobook arc and even though it took me a little while to hit my stride with the book from the above mentioned plot set ups, the narration fit the characters and made me what to continue on even when I was unsure of where the book was going in the beginning. Mark Sanderlin had a good grasp on the character of Wren and voiced him authentically, expressing his excitement and worry in a tangible way.

Overall, this was a slow burn sweet second chance romance with a YA feel. The characters were fun and their work to save the drive-in was compelling.

Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky was released May 3rd, 2022.

I received a complimentary copy of this audiobook from Dreamscape Media through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

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