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Yanni's Story

Spencer Cohen Series, Book 4

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Yanni's Story

By: N.R. Walker
Narrated by: Joel Leslie
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When Yanni Tomaras is kicked out of his family home, his parents' final words are religious insults and an order to never return. Homeless and desperate, he's lured in by Lance - charming on the outside, an evil predator underneath - who abuses Yanni until he finds the courage to leave. Yanni should feel free. But by the time Spencer Cohen finds him, he's resigned to being handed back to Lance and once again being caged by fear.

Starting school and a part-time job, Yanni begins to reclaim his life. But a love for silent films leads him to Peter Hannikov, a man with a kind heart but who's twice his age. An unlikely friendship between them blooms into so much more. Neither man knows what he wants, at first. Finding out exactly what he needs is Yanni's story.

"I'd spent years as a bird, caged with my wings clipped, tormented and beaten. I thought I'd escaped when I'd left my abuser, but in hindsight, I could see that I was still caged, this time by fear and self-doubt. Spencer and Andrew, and Andrew's parents, opened the door to the cage that confined me. But it was Peter who taught me how to fly."

Contains mature themes.

©2017 N. R. Walker (P)2018 Tantor Literature & Fiction Romance Heartfelt
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A very well written story of healing, growing and finding friendship, family and love. A great way to finish off the Spencer Cohen series
Narration was excellent!

An intense but great read

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Although part of a series this could be read as a standalone, but I think you would be missing some major points.
Yanni, who we meet with Spencer gets his own story. We do find out more about his past but the story starts where Spencer’s story left off. We find out more about his abuse but we do not relive it with him.
We follow Yanni as he and Peter develop their relationship, as he moves on with his life and learns to live again.
My favourite part is the very end where we hat a “where are they now” segment!

A wonderful story full of hope

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Joel Leslie easily jumps between characters and accents to tell a beautiful story of gut-wrenching lows and enduring hope. Joel Leslie is the only non-Australian narrator I’ve ever listened to who can actually nail an Australian accent.

Yanni’s story picks up after Spencer’s ends. Yanni is a fragile but powerful character and his slow burn relationship with Peter is thoughtfully crafted by NR Walker.

Highly recommend reading/listening to the Spencer Cohen series first for context. I only wish there were more books in the series.

A beautiful story

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In general I loved the performance. The characters are really well done. The only thing that bothered me, and it really really bothered me, was that like a lot of overseas narrators place names are mispronounced. I thought Bondi Beach was pretty well known, but if you have never heard of it wouldn’t you google how to pronounce it?

Great

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I loved, loved this story. After reading the rest of the Spencer Cohen stories I was a bit reluctant to take on an audiobook this long but I’m so glad I did. It was my favourite of the series. And as always, Joel gave a perfect performance. He really is the best narrator of all. Such a wonderful story, and so beautifully told. ❤️🌈

A story of hope

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