Great story but...

I'll cut to the chase. If you've read other Licking Thicket stories you know exactly what you'll get with this one, and enjoy the heck out of the story! It's wonderful.

What's not so wonderful? Michael Dean's poor attempt at accents. His Spanish accent was only slightly better than his attempt to speak the Spanish dialogue from the book. His pronunciation was flat-out WRONG and cringeworthy. It might have been written off as the American characters not speaking Spanish, and therefore, not pronouncing words properly, but even the Mexican characters mispronounced words! My second-hand embarrassment was HIGH. He also kept drifting in and out of a southern accent for the main characters, Carter and Riggs. Overall, I've enjoyed his narration of the rest of the Thicket stories, but this one was painful to listen to. My suggestion? Buy the book and enjoy this wonderful visit with our Licking Thicket friends!

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Sweet and Hilarious

This is a spin off from the Licking Thicket series and was even better than expected.

This was such a wholesome, fun and sweet opposites attract romance.


The world building was descriptive, engaging and compelling.

The chemistry between the characters was hot, sinful and palpable.

I'm super glad that the Authors decided to do a spin off of this series.

As usual Michael Dean performed an amazing audio delivery and narration.

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Too slapstick for the premise

The plot holes in this novel are big enough to drive planes through - several, abreast. I like the thicket books and the like 4 chapters that happen in town are fine - but the tongue-in-cheek ridiculousness comes off as stupid and disjointed in a situation that's supposed to be dangerous. It absolutely destroyed any tension (sexual or otherwise). It also felt like the authors did absolutely ZERO research into doctors, much less doctors without borders (which they knockoff in this book). I finished it, but it took nearly a week (part of which I slept through and didn't care) because I kept thinking I should get my money back, but I LOVED the other thicket books and kept hoping this would give up it's miniscule effort towards action or intrigue. I know these authors CAN do action and intrigue. This book, unfortunately, read like they wrote it drunk or high.

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Not what I expected

This wasn’t the story I’d imagined for Carter, but I stayed with it and wasn’t disappointed. Riggs is hired as the personal security detail for Carter’s trip to Venezuela for a Doctors Without Borders type of mission. And what results is a playful, close-proximity, enemies to lovers, crazy-making in captivity, adventure.

Not a lot of ‘The Thicket’ is present in this story, so if you want small town shenanigans, you’ll probably want to skip this one.

If you’re open to a spin-off and the start of a new series, you might enjoy this one.

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Hijacked

"You're unexpected in the best way. On paper, we have nothing in common, but you fill up a part of me I didn't know was empty until we met. You challenge me. You're adventurous and wild, but you're also sweet and thoughtful."

A laugh-out-loud, twisting story that will have you glued to the pages.

Riggs has messed up at work, yet again, and is put on what he sees as a babysitting job accompanying Cater on his trip to Venezuela. While helping the people of Venezuela, Riggs and Carter are captured and must find a way to get home safely all while trying to remain professional.

Riggs and Carter's story is highly entertaining with a twist of suspense that kept me interested right from the very beginning. The story was different than I expected but could not seem to put it down and found myself laughing out loud multiple times. This was my first book by both of these authors and I will definitely be reading more from both in the future.

Audio... Michael Dean did a good job of bringing all of the characters and the story to life.

4 Maple Leafs... Hijacked is a m/m, bodyguard, medical, romantic comedy that is told in the dual first-person point of view.

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Good book. Narrator could use Spanish lessons.

While I enjoyed the story, I was very perturbed by the narrator‘s inability to pronounce simple Spanish words properly. He would be much better if those three cents. I’ve never heard such horrible pronunciations of such simple Spanish words.

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I was expecting more from carters book

I didn't care for Riggs at all. I did not fall in love with him.

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enjoyed it

Would I listen to it again: probably
Did the story keep me engaged: reasonably
Was I invested in the characters: mostly

📖 Story comment: Good pace, likeable characters, entertaining story.
Enjoyed the story and I was reasonably entertained. I didn't connect with Carter's character in this one as much as I did in 'Fools' - his character didn't have the same kind of charm (which was disappointing).

🎧 Narrator comment: I enjoyed Michael Dean's narration, he suits the characters, has good cadence, inflections and intonations and it's easy to distinguish the characters from each other. Overall an enjoyable performance.

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📌 Where does it fall on my personal scale? 5
• 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 • 7 goes on the "re-listen" list • 8 kept me up past bed-time • 9 recommended to family/friends • 10 own it in multiple formats • 11 keep a copy with me at all times
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All the feels!

Riggs and Carter's story has all the feels for me as well as the humor I've come to expect from these authors. These two are lots of fun and their relationship is super steamy. This is a spin-off series from Licking Thicket that you can fully enjoy without reading the Licking Thicket series. Both series are lots of fun so I would recommend them.

DNF

I greatly enjoyed Licking Thicket Series so I was excited about the spin off. I was disappointed. Didn’t really like anything about this book. Couldn’t finish the audiobook. I was bored. The narrator was fine, so it wasn’t Michael Dean’s fault. Just don’t think that this spin off of the small town series lived up to the first three books.