𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗽 by Christine Riccio

Thank you to @macmillanaudio and netgalley for this gifted ALC!

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆
First off, I LOVE Survivor and The Bachelor so this was a must read for me. You guys, it was SO GOOD. I don't think I've laughed this much from a book in SO long. There were survivor competitions and love interests, and I was not bored for a single second. This was my first Christine Riccio book and I am definitely going to check out more of her books!

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸
Brittany Pressley is one of my favorite narrators and she delivered this one so well! She captured every characters personality and had my laughing so hard with her delivery. I listened at 1.3x speed and the pacing was clear and easy to understand. I highly, highly recommend this on audio!

I don't think I've enjoyed a YA/New Adult romcom more than I did this one in a long time!! Survivor meets The bachelor in this reality show, forced proximity romance that sees Influencer Orley competing in a remote island competition for $1 million dollars and falling for two of the finalists. Twisty, exciting, fast-paced and AMAZING on audio narrated by my very fav, Brittany Pressley. I can't recommend this book enough! Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early audio and digital copy in exchange for my honest revivew!

Steam level: kissing only

I enjoyed every minute of this! A Survival and Bachelor in Paradise premises in book form was so fun. I thought the narrator was perfect in the delivery of the story and each of the characters. The drama had me constantly saying OPE 👀, I thought that tv show drama carried over to the book very well. I am already planning to re-listen to this because it was that good for me, Also the “AP Chem” line was wow, iconic and one that I will always remember in a book!

Audiobooks can be a hit or miss for me because it’s easy for me to get distracted and miss stuff, but when an audiobook can keep me locked in and engaged, I can only give it 5 stars! So kudos to the author for creating a fun story and to the narrator for delivering that story so well.

I do not think CR’s writing is for me. This book was okay but I would not go out of my way to recommend it.

3.25 out of 5 stars

I have never watched survivor before. The only experience I've had with survivor is my friend explaining pieces of the show to me when I asked. I thought that this was a good glimpse into how the game, modified of course, would work. I really enjoyed reading about the characters in this story. I do think that Orie was a bit too quick with the relationship aspect of the story. I am not personally a huge fan of pop culture references in books, even though most of these worked well I still found myself pulled out of the story from time to time. I have really enjoyed the books that Christine has written so far, I do think that she has a character self insert in her stories at times. I do think that Orie was a self insert character for her, which isn't a bad thing, it just shows that she has characters that share her personality. I did enjoy reading the story and I hope to see another book from Christine soon. I also thoroughly enjoyed the narrator for this book. This narrator also did Better Together, also by Christine and I felt like her narration helped enhance the story.

Thank you to Macmillan and NetGalley for a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.