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Charlie Sunshine
- Close Proximity, Book 2
- Narrated by: Joel Leslie
- Series: Close Proximity, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
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- Categories: Romance, Contemporary
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Publisher's Summary
Sometimes love is a lot closer to home than you think.
Charlie Burroughs can’t keep a man. All he wants is a good relationship like the ones he sees his friends having, but none of the men he picks ever work out. Despite him trying to be the perfect boyfriend, the men are either threatened by his looks or his epilepsy or a combination of the two. It’s lucky that he has his best friend, Misha, to turn to. The two of them are closer than peas in a pod and fiercely loyal to each other. He can’t imagine his life without Misha in it.
Misha Lebedinsky is the complete opposite of his best friend. Being the support system for his mum and twin sisters leaves Misha with neither the time nor the inclination for a relationship. Quick and frequent hookups are his favorite means of communication, and any other pesky emotional needs he has are met by Charlie, whom he’s devoted to. He lives a life of happy compartmentalization with no intention of ever changing.
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From best-selling author Lily Morton comes a love story about a sunny librarian who has relationship written all over him and a cynical banker who doesn’t even have it in his blurb.
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- kjkw
- 16-01-2022
friends to lovers
Both Charlie and Misha suffered from head in the sand syndrome, refusing to see what was in front of them. It was so hard to see Charlie struggle to be the sunshiniest perfect boyfriend, convinced that it was the only way to keep one. I really empathized with his feelings of frustration and inadequacy from his chronic health condition. And Misha, bless his heart. His lack of relationship experience want he often lead with flippant when honesty and emotion were needed. They had a rocky road, but finally found their way. Joel Leslie is a Rockstar narrator and this book is no exception. I read the ebook previously and am so glad to experience the story in audio. Another outstanding performance by both author and narrator.
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- Queen of Halloween
- 27-04-2022
All The Stars!
Absolutely love this series! This book os hilariously funny, sexy, sweet, romantic and has all the feels. Expertly narrated. Highly recommend!
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- Sue 🎧
- 07-04-2022
enjoyed it
Would I listen to it again: yes
Did the story keep me engaged: yes
Was I invested in the characters: yes
📖 Story comment: Good pace, likeable characters, nice flow.
I liked the way Charlie's character was written, I've had no experience with someone with epilepsy, but I like the way it was handled with no "magic fix".
🎧 Narrator comment: Joel Leslie doing what he does best, nailed the characters and their personalities and bought the story to life. Overall an enjoyable performance
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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 7
• 1 not my thing • 2 didn't like the narration • 3 didn't keep my attention • 4 was good, but once was enough • 5 enjoyed it • 6 will listen again if i'm in the mood for the narrator [4⭐] • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list [4⭐] • 8 kept me up past bed-time [4.5⭐] • 9 recommended to family/friends [4.75⭐] • 10 own it in all formats [5⭐] • 11 keep a copy with me at all times [5⭐]
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- T. Anderson
- 18-03-2022
Perfection!
The combination of Lily Morton’s words and Joel Leslie’s narration is perfection! Charlie and Misha are so good together. Their snarky banter had me smiling and laughing out loud! Yet, underneath it all is a truly beautiful friendship that evolves into the love of a lifetime. I also adored the secondary characters. I can honestly say there wasn’t one thing that I didn’t love about this audiobook. If you are looking for a funny, steamy, love story this is it.
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- booknerdsunite
- 15-03-2022
Brillantly Performed!
I enjoyed this book. It's not my favorite from Morton, but it's got all of the terrific dynamics and fantastic witty & biting banter that makes her so well-loved. The forever oblivious ongoing state of these two friends grew a little long for me when I'd read it in the past. However, after recently listening to Joel Leslie's brilliant narration those small grumbles easily fell away and I simply became immersed in the story. Leslie's performance really breathes life into these characters and helped to evoke a connection that I was missing before. Loads of fun to listen to - highly recommend the audio!
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- Reading*Renee
- 15-03-2022
Friendship Shines in Sweet Best Friends Love Story
This sweet, steamy, and angst-free best friends-to-lovers romance between "relentlessly cheerful" librarian Charlie and his grumpy flatmate Misha is an easy and enjoyable listen.
The snarky banter and genuine caring and affection between the two as friends first really shines. Misha is wonderfully defensive of Charlie (the red knickers...) and once they've coupled up, they're refreshingly open with their emotions and talking things out.
The deepening of their relationship from longtime friends to boyfriends is deliciously steamy and without complication, and watching Misha fumble through dating for the first time is pretty adorable. Charlie's health (he has epilepsy) is presented respectfully and as an aspect of his life rather than a central focus of the story.
Narrator Joel Leslie delivers a solid performance here, with convincing British accents and female voices. The fairly subtle difference between Charlie's and Misha's voices was enough to differentiate.
This book totally works as a standalone. The cover is striking but I'm still not sure who it's supposed to be given the character descriptions (a slight pet peeve). I received this free review copy audio book by request and have left this honest review voluntarily.
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- AJ Paps
- 15-03-2022
Just like the first time.
I read Charlie Sunshine when it was first released a few years ago and have loved this book ever since. However, I recently had the opportunity to listen to the audio version and it was like experiencing the Charlie Sunshine for the first time all over again. Joel Leslie is a true talent with the great ability to bring to life every character from the page. Charlie Sunshine is a heartwarming, friends to lovers romance with all the sweet and steam that romance readers love. Whether you are listening or reading, I'm sure all readers will fall in love with this book, just like I did.
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- FHR
- 14-03-2022
Right in front of each other
Charlie has a Sunshine persona. One he displays as he feels needs to be just so in order to be in a relationship.
Misha is his best friend who is a grump compared to him.
When life forces them to live together, they slowly come to realsise what has been right in front of them all along.
This being a best friends to lovers story, the plot is low angst but full of feels, care and passion.
I love how Misha grew as a character and was the perfect support system to Charlie.
The narration was done amazingly well and each character was brought to life splendidly.
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- Alyssa P.
- 08-03-2022
Such A Cute Book!
#ARC received from GRR reviews
This book was so much fun! The main characters, Charlie and Misha, are two best friends that don't realize they have a deeper connection than friendship. I loved Charlie because he feels relatable. Charlie, unfortunately, deals with epilepsy, but he puts on a happy front to pretend he isn't struggling. I appreciated Charlie's struggle and how he learned to cope with it. When Misha and Charlie get involved, I loved seeing both of them grow individually; and Charlie's acceptance that Misha wants him for him despite his epilepsy. The love Charlie and Misha find in each other is beautiful. I've read many of Lily Morton's books before, so I'm not surprised I enjoyed this book so much! As always, Joel Leslie did a great job narrating! I'm going to purchase the previous book in this series for Zeb and Jesse's love story.
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- RinPet
- 17-02-2022
Perfection
Lily and Joel are the perfect pair. I adore this book, and now I REALLY adore it on audio. Charlie and Misha are so fun and so sweet and so sexy. Will be re-listening.
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- Lesetiger
- 18-03-2022
Brilliant friends-to-lovers story
Charlie Sunshine is my first book by Lily Morton and it will not be my last book by this author.
I fell in love with Misha. He is a great character who supports his best friend Charlie in all things, has a loving way with him and just accepts Charlie's illness.
Charlie's relationships always fall apart, but he has Misha who is always there for him. The relationship of the two is great described. You could directly feel how deep their affection and love for each other is, long before they realize it themselves. The secondary characters were also absolutely adorable.
I love how the author built up Charlie and Misha's friendship. The story was totally sweet and romantic, entertaining and funny in between. I had entertaining listening hours.
The audiobook was narrated by Joel Leslie, who absolutely nailed it. He brought the characters to life, gave everyone a voice to match and he conveyed the emotions well.
If you like romantic and sweet friends-to-lovers stories, you should definitely listen to Charlie Sunshine.
I requested a free copy of the audiobook and this is my honest opinion that I am volunteering.
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- Erryn Barratt
- 10-05-2022
He’s been the one all along
He’s been the one all along (an audio review)
First of all, this book is classic Lily Morton. Just the right combination of low angst, high snark, and all love. The book begins with best friends Charlie and Misha moving in together. From the beginning, it’s an odd pairing. Charlie works for a council library and barely scrapes by. Misha is a high-powered executive in finance who can afford some pretty nice digs. If I’d been Charlie, I’d have been intimidated. And I think he was – wondering why Misha would install bookcases for him even though this arrangement is supposed to be temporary. And pondering Misha’s willingness to buy an orange (yes, orange) sofa just to please him. But they’ve been friends forever, so it just works.
Misha’s relationship-phobic. He’s got a busy life and doesn’t have time for boyfriends. Charlie is always seeking the one and has chosen some real w*nkers along the way. The current one is particularly irritating. When Charlie’s epilepsy makes an appearance, the guy is useless. But not Misha. Misha is always supportive. Always caring. And worried that Charlie’s health seems to be deteriorating and the damn man won’t do anything about it.
Now, this book has a whole cast of characters who made me laugh – Charlie’s co-worker being one. I also laughed so hard I nearly cried during the book club scene. OMG.
But what permeated the book was love. Two men who care so deeply about each other that it’s inevitable love follows. Or was always there. And they need time away from each other to see just how important each man is to the other. To realize what they have transcends friendship and moves into romantic love. (Although having friendship as a foundation of any relationship is brilliant as far as I’m concerned.)
Another lovely book. Made all the better with Joel Leslie’s dazzling narration – he and Ms. Morton are made in snark heaven and this book is one of their snark babies. More to come, and I’m off to book three in the series. I’ve loved the first two, so I have high hopes.
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- Magnus
- 02-05-2022
Fantastically sweet
Super addition to the series by Lily Morton. Charlie and Misha are fantastic characters to get to now better and have a super sweet story to their hea. Joel Leslie did a great job with the narration.
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- Escape Artist
- 24-04-2022
I’m over the snark
Lily Morton has always been a firm favourite of mine, but to be honest I’m over the snark now, people just don’t speak to each other like that, All THE TIME and I hate to say it, but Joel Leslie has narrated that many MM books, it’s starting to get difficult to tell stories apart, I’ve been put off buying books because he’s the narrator, it’s just all a bit samey
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- 18-03-2022
Great characters
Charlie is such a sweetie in this book, but it was Misha who really held my attention. I love a character who is convinced love isn't for him and who then slowly but surely realizes he's found Mr. Right. Here, the fact that Charlie and Misha are already best friends made Misha's falling even better. I thought it was interesting that the author chose to show us with Charlie that there can be drawbacks to falling for your bestie who knows you inside and out. That's great for a friend, but Charlie really has to think about what it means for a lover to be that close. Interesting conundrum. Joel Leslie seems to know both these men inside and out and he gives and amazingly layered performance. He also captures all the secondary characters distinctively and superbly as always.
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- L.D.
- 18-03-2022
Fantastic
Charlie Sunshine is the second book in the Close Proximity series. It can be read as a standalone, but I personally believe the best enjoyment comes from reading this series in order. This is a slow burn, best friends to lovers romance that had a nice balance between fluff and angst. I’m a big fan of sweet romance mixed with fluff and humor, so this book was right up my alley. Charlie is a character that’s easy to adore. He’s a sweet man who has his own flaws, and that’s what really resonated with me.
The audiobook was narrated by Joel Leslie who does an amazing job. I loved how he voiced each character and brought the story to life. The audiobook production was also well done.
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- Trio
- 18-03-2022
Absolutely Lovely!
I had a hunch when we met Charlie in Best Man he'd have a great story, and he does! What an absolute sweetheart... There's nobody more deserving of a happily ever after than Charlie Sunshine. And thankfully Lily Morton spares most of the angst in this one. It's beautifully paced, and hits all the right notes.
Misha is a great guy, and I loved the life-long besties angle. The two families are filled with interesting characters, and I could have listened to their banter for hours.
This romance is just as lovely as I knew it would be...
Audio perfectly performed Joel Leslie.
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- Anne M
- 17-03-2022
A new favorite
M/M
Friends to lovers
Hurt/comfort
Epilepsy rep
Uk slang
This story was so sweet and heartwarming and yes steamy. I loved every minute of it and couldn't put it down. I thoroughly enjoyed the funny quick wit banter and hilarious snarky sarcasm. This was definitely the kind of book I love. It is a nice slow burn but there was plenty of steamy scenes in the 2nd half. I love friend to lovers stories and this one just might be my new favorite. It was really well written and enjoyed the addition of Charlie suffering from epilepsy and his friend helping him. I don't know anything about it but I think the author did a great job explaining it and was respectful. The characters were fabulous and so perfect together. I also really enjoyed all the side characters.
This can be read as a standalone. Though I also really loved the first book and recommend both. I am definitely eager for more in this series.
I really enjoy Joel's voice/accent and it fit the English characters perfectly. He expressed the emotions perfectly and brought the story to life. It was a joy to listen to. He does great with making side character stand out and can do female voices great however I couldn't really tell a difference between the 2 MCs voices so that's the only disappointing aspect.
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- Gwen
- 17-03-2022
Charlie and his best friend!
Charlie is a great character, living with a debilitating condition and yet never losing his sunny disposition. His best friend Misha is now his roommate, one who is very protective and loving. They are perfect for each other but Misha is a commitment fobe and Charlie has a bf. They are so entertaining, good friends with funny and awesome banter. I laugh, smiled widely and cursed a few times. This book gave me all the good feelings. There’s also friends and family that makes it that much interesting. Loved it, loved the narration too.
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- SC
- 15-03-2022
Fab 5 stars
Another wonderful book by Lily Morton, I adored Misha and Charlie such great best friends who were completely oblivious to what was right in front of them.
The amazing wit and banter we come to expect from Lily is packed in this book and a great set of side characters, Zeb and Jessie from Book 1 and Max and Felix who I hope will be the focus of the next book in the series. Special mention to Doug who was absolutely hilarious.
I really love the relationship building in Lily’s books, makes me swoon every time. The love is so genuine and real, you can’t help fall in love with each couple.
Although fairly low angst there is some tough topics which are handled very well, Misha might just be my favourite book boyfriend for his support and tenderness towards Charlie before they even get together.
Fab 5 stars
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