Beautiful and Snarky Romance

Lily Morton is the queen of snark and banter. This is only the second book I’ve read by her, and it had me laughing out loud and completely wrapped up in the story. This is the second book in the Finding Home series, and although it can be read as a standalone, I highly suggest reading “Oz” first since there are overlapping characters.

Milo is a shy and soft-spoken young man with a painful past. Living and working at the Chi an Mor estate has given him the stability he’s needed to overcome the abuse he suffered at his ex-boyfriend’s hands. Niall, one of the estate managers at Ch an Mor, and a family friend of Milo’s, knows there is so much more to the timid, young man. When an unfortunate accident takes Oz and Silas away from Chi an Mor, Milo and Niall find themselves rooming together while taking care of a baby. This closeness is exactly what they need for a romance to begin to bloom between the two of them.

There were a few plot lines in this book, but they were all well done and interlaced with each other seamlessly. The pacing was well done, and all the events of the book moved naturally from moment to moment. I absolutely adored the character growth that Milo and Niall experienced, and the magnetic attraction they had for each other. There was plenty of snark, clever banter, and really hot and sexy bedroom scenes. There was honestly not one part of this book that I did not look and did not enjoy.

Joel Leslie narrated the audiobook and did superb job, like always. His English accents are incredibly sexy, and each character’s voice was unique and consistent. I’m an American listener, and I had absolutely no trouble following along. The audiobook production was high quality and there were no quality issues that would jar a listener out of the story. In fact, I could barely stop listening to this audiobook because I was so engrossed in the story.

I can’t recommend this book—heck, this entire series—enough. If you want witty dialogue, sexy characters, and tender, heart-melting romance, then this is definitely the book for you.

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Love makes one braver and stronger

I fell in love with Milo and Niall, the MC, when they were first introduced in OZ , book 1 of Finding Home series. Their personal growth, relationship development and journey to HEA was a satisfying and enjoyable tale to listen/read.

MILO it's filled with wonderfully and vividly detailed descriptions of Cornwall , the surrounding English countryside and the enchanting of Chi an Mor manor.

Moving, enthralling, humorous, provocative, stirring witty , snarky , emotional , hot AF, heartfelt, comes to mind when I think about this book.

Joel Leslie delivered an animated and passionate narration. And as always his comedic timing is perfect.

Re-listen/read: Yes
Recommend: Yes

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Perfection

MILO!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Lily has become one of my favorite authors to read. Not only do I fall so hard for her characters she has their setting in a beautiful place. Each story I keep loving more and more

I could not be happier to have Milo and Niall finally find their happiness and home within each other. They are perfect.

Niall is such a loving and supportive guy. He is exactly what Milo needed but didn’t see as fast as we did.

I love the banter. I love the banter with Oz and Silas and no one is cuter than Cora Bora. LOL.


Go read this book. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry, I sure did and you’ll fall in love with them all. Let’s just say they are truly a family.

Being on the next book. I don’t want to wait. Lol

Joel Leslie does a perfect performance with accents and distinction between characters. PERFECTION

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Love it!!

I couldn’t wait till this book came out on Audible. I loved reading it and couldn’t wait to listen to Joel narrate it. Love Milo. Comes in broken and brings himself back to full life with the love of Niall and Oz and the rest of their crazy family. This series will be one of those I will listen to over and over again.

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lovely

Milo's story is very different than Oz's, but a good one nonetheless, and Joel Leslie voices both Milo and Niles well. Solid HEA.

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And another brilliant one!

Milo and Niall are the stuff of dreams together. The way they find this out for themselves is put down in this wonderful book, brilliantly narrated by Joel Leslie. I can't recommend this series enough. Now I'm eagerly awaiting the story of Gideon, Milo's actor brother.

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Perfection

I fell in love with Milo is Oz’s book. I was so happy to get his backstory. It was not what I thought it was going to be at all. There were lots of surprises in this book including Milo’s brother Gideon. I laughed and well I cried too but over all, I smiled so much my face hurt.
I love Lily Morton’s words. Her books are always clever,sexy and funny.
Joel Leslie really brought this book to life for me and it was an amazing take on Milo. Loved it!

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Great!

Loved the audio version of Milo from Lily Morton! This is one of my favorite Lily Morton books and Joel brought these characters to life in a whole new way! Great job!

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Fluffy feels, supportive partners

Despite starting off with an abusive situation, and coping with the aftermath throughout, this story is mostly feel good fluffiness. Relatively low angst. Niall & Milo get good support & advice from friends, which is always pleasant. It’s a nice way to spend a few hours.

Where it fell out for me was the brother situation. I don’t even think it was squicky, I just didn’t think it was handled all that well. I thought Niall waking up to Milo as a love interest was fine. But the timing wrt the brother was not cool. First, your bff should be a bigger factor in your life, or thoughts, than the neighbors are. We didn’t see that friendship in POV or in action much, if at all, until Niall did a 180 in merely one month & finally noticed Milo. The brothers as lovers didn’t overlap, only by a mere hair’s breadth. Gideon shows up thinking he’s a FWB & walks in to surprise denial of services. Awkward. A bff with bennies who reverts to just bff should get a warning.

Then, I think not enough later focus was on the fact that Milo had loved Niall for many years. Specifically the line “I’ve only just found [true love]” should have been “I’ve only just got him to realize he loves me too” or some such line that acknowledged the extent of their history. Make the lines & thoughts fit the timeline. Smallish details like this made Milo’s characterization feel generic despite most of the book being focused on him.

Not to mention, there’s a whole ski vacation that was a toxic mess. And while it absolutely sounds like the kind of battleground nastiness one might find with entitled rich brats, and was a little funny, it was a lot of time spent with jerks. Why prolong readers seeing that whole mess when Milo could call up Oz and be “I hate it here but refuse to surrender ground” so we get more time with sane characters? Yeah, he kind of talks to his brother at the chalet, but again, I didn’t find how it was handled satisfactory. Ymmv, but we have brother Gideon who has been a casual bed buddy for 15(?) years getting tossed over for his brother in a month. Gideon goes from being kind of ok with the change to rather possessive to okayish/not-ok, sorry/not-sorry. He oscillated back and forth making him an unpredictable meanie or sympathetic friend with no warning or context to predict which mood Milo would confront. And I get that Gideon was hurt, and that’s fair, because even casual flings of long standing are important emotionally, but I didn’t see anyone helping him deal, they only focused on how it affected Milo, then expected Gideon to just drop it on command. That wasn’t really very kind. And what I like about these stories is that they prioritize kindness, so this brother dynamic was out of place. It didn’t need a lot to fix what bothered me, another editing pass might have done it. Maybe it was left in flux because the next book is Gideon’s? But I became less invested in the characters and story after the real housewives ski trip nonsense. (And Thomas’s poor date needed to be given a warning & the details for the WholeManDisposalService, should he want out.)

Story arc wise, Milo grew a lot, Niall merely flipped a switch, and both did Milos’s brother a little dirty. There was good detail arcing with Dotty the cat, the fun run, the living space transition, Milo’s job & growth, and Cora, so the arc with the bff not having the same finesse as the cat stood out. Niall put no work into extricating himself from Gideon or growing as a person. He was a good guy for Milo and kind of a blank otherwise. But the guys do love and support each other, have friends and skills, and get their groove on, so it’s not a bad time. Book 2 was not as good/engaging as book 1 but I’ll still get book 3.

Steam: Medium. Milo needs to get over past shaming, and whatever his faults, critically, Niall never fails Milo emotionally in the boudoir. It’s safe all the way. M/M discovery/recovery sexytimes worked pretty well, even when starting out accompanied by grim shadows. (The ghosts were busy elsewhere :)

Narration: Same narrator as last book. Good emoting, Didn’t try so hard for specific regional accents this time which made the narration a little smoother. Didn’t stand out for wrong reasons this time. Sound quality was good.

The ending had me....

“Milo” is another great audiobook by Lily Morton - best read after her book, “Oz.” It immediately picks up where Oz and Silas are in the series, but it goes a bit further by exploring Milo’s brief history with relationships and the negative effect his has on his life. Fortunately, Milo finds solace in his childhood crush - a man that unknowingly admires (and actually loves) him. The book takes a bizarre twist in the last 50 minutes that will leave you experiencing a plethora of emotions all at one time. However, Morton brings it all together and you’ll be smiling and maybe crying (with joy) at the end. It’s definitely in my ‘top ten list’ of books; I know you’ll enjoy it, too!