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How to End a Love Story

By: Yulin Kuang
Narrated by: Andrew Eiden, Katharine Chin
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GOODREADS READERS' FAVOURITE DEBUT NOVEL 2024

A 2024 REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK!

'One of the sexiest, smartest, funniest, and most effective novels I've read in a long time . . . I'll read anything she writes' EMILY HENRY

'Utterly compelling . . . emotional, relatable and binge-worth' TESSA BAILEY

'Absurdly delicious . . . the chemistry between Helen and Grant is pure magic, as is Yulin's gorgeous writing' CARLEY FORTUNE

'Without doubt one of my favourite romance novels of the year . . . smart, rich and emotional' BETH O'LEARY

Helen Zhang is the bestselling author who can't write her own happy-ever-after.


Grant Shepard is the screenwriter with the movie-star looks who can't afford his therapist.

When the two of them are put together to adapt Helen's books for television, it should be a dream come true. Helen can start a new life in Hollywood. Grant can pay his mortgage.

Only, Grant Shepard is the last person that Helen wanted to see again. She's never forgiven him for what happened thirteen years ago. So no one is more surprised than her when sparks begin to fly between them in the writers' room.

Their history is messy. Their attraction is inescapable. And soon, they're both in too deep . . .

This wasn't meant to be a love story.

But aren't the best endings the ones you never saw coming?

©2024 Yulin Kuang (P)2024 Harper Audio Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romantic Comedy Women's Voices
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Narrators were so good, coupled with the story line, it kept me intrigued the whole way through. Spice was 🔥🌶! This book is melancholy in the best way.

Amazing Story/Narration

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I could not stand the male narrator in this book. He EMPASISED nearly EVERY WORD in the SENTENCE. I also did not enjoy the misogynistic vibes in some of the sex scenes of making the female character beg or plead. I normally love rom coms but I can’t understand how this got 5 stars from all the previous reviewers. I thought maybe it would have a clever plot twist or something to make up for its shortcomings, but no, the ending was just as predictable as you’d expect of a rom com.

Awful male narration

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Predictable love story. Way too pornographic for my listening taste. Male narrator’s voice was obnoxious, tried too hard to sound “sexy”

Predictable

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This was a lovely read. I followed Yulin’s work as a director and a screenwriter years ago, and unsurprisingly, a novel from her is just as wonderful. I laughed, I teared up, I felt my heart race with every romantic moment. Definitely a keeper ❤️

Enemies to lovers perfection

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I really loved this story, it had so much yearning and pining which are my favourite things. but I ended up reading the book instead of finishing the audio because the male narrator was just terrible. He sounds angry or intense in every scene, and Grant isn't an angry or intense character. Such a shame because the female narrator is doing a beautiful job and this story is so lovely

Terrible male narration ruined a great story

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A beautiful love story that had me laughing and crying along the journey to the happy ending .

Captivating

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I’m writing this review as I wish I had read a review like this before purchasing.
This book had potential. But rather than exploring and developing the characters, their predicaments and their evolving relationship, it didn’t. So the book is missing that journey of emotions that characters and plot can take you on.
Instead, this book went from story development to sex scenes, which felt like a substitute for story development, about 1/3 of the way through. It felt as though the author had a list of steamy plays they had written in their head they wanted to include in the book, so took out some of the plot and character development. By the time the lead was writing on the other leads leg, I was cheering for Greg from casting, as the leads’ relationship wasn’t making sense.
I stopped listening and decided to return the book somewhere between 5-6 hours of listening.

DNF

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Lots and lots of sex not much substance Did not expect as much raw sex

Climaxes enough already

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