Main Character Energy

By: Jamie Varon

Narrated by: Tara Sands

“Poppy is bright and complicated and utterly enchanting in Jamie Varon’s debut.”
—Ashley Poston, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Dead Romantics

Poppy Banks would rather be writing mysteries than writing listicles for her dead-end job at Thought Buzz. But after a series of rejections, she’s ready to accept life on the sidelines as a plus-size woman. Her aunt Margot is the one person unwilling to give up on her niece’s dreams and tells her so at their secret yearly lunches.

But all of Poppy’s beliefs about herself are challenged when her beloved aunt dies and leaves her niece a grand surprise—a trip to her villa in the French Riviera. There, she learns her aunt intends to leave her stunning villa and secretive writer's residency to Poppy—if she can finish her novel in six months.

When the writing countdown begins, Poppy realizes she has more to confront than her writer’s block. Family drama, complicated romances and self-doubt all threaten to throw her off course. In this fun and heartwarming debut, Poppy must decide if she can live up to her aunt’s—and her own—desire to be the main character in her own life.

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Entertaining and inspiring

I enjoyed listening to this novel. The narrator could definitely have been better, but the characters and their stories made the novel fun and inspiring to my own life.

Story was cute enough but the narration

I gritted my teeth through the narration for a few of the male characters but especially Oliver. The stilted affected cadence they used made an attractive passionate love interest sound old, stodgy and unsexy. I wish they’d used the voice for the older brother character for Oliver instead. That voiced seemed a bit younger and lively.

Predictable, but sweet

It was nice to “read” a predictable story that provided a sweet storyline. The narration, however, was tedious and so hard to listen to. It felt overly dramatic and often whiny. I think the story would have been better served with a softer voice, and less over-dramatizing.

what A Amazing Story

This is why I go to Library every week. i Wouldnt have every seen this story. To love yourself is Priceless To walk in confidence Is priceless. Poppy is me in so many ways. What a heart moving Book

Ooof

I wanted to love this bc I love Jamie Varnon’s other work but the book was predictable and the narration was some of the worst I’ve ever heard. I had to listen on 1.7 speed to not totally give up on the narrator.