Ride the Wave

By: Natasha West

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Natalie Silver is painfully single. But that doesn’t mean she’s up for being sent on a lesbian singles cruise by her pushy sister. Damn non-refundable tickets. Still, it’s not all bad. At least she’s got an excuse to get away from work for a week. Away from pressure and long hours, not to mention her beautiful and popular boss, Eden Tyler. It’s not easy being around such a perfect human being, especially when your own imperfections feel so obvious. Natalie’s looking forward to the chance to step out of Eden’s shadow. But there’s one problem. Eden is on the same cruise. Because her life isn’t quite as perfect as Natalie thinks. She’s struggling with finding love too. She can’t believe it when she finds herself sharing a singles cruise with her most intimidating employee, the smart and stoic Natalie. Neither of them are happy about finding themselves pushed together on the cruise, certain they couldn’t possibly share common ground. But between the various dramas of the lesbian singletons aboard the boat, not to mention a few dramas of their own, they’re about to find out that they’re more alike than they could have dreamed. A hilarious and witty romantic comedy from the author of 'The Plus One', 'Just Married?' and 'Lost and Found'.

Assumptions and Lack of Communication Galore

So much miscommunication and redirection between not only the MCs, but a few of the group on the cruise.

At a certain point it kind of became annoying, as did the lack of self-confidence, and jealousy.

Of course having virtual voice narration doesn't help as you don't get to feel the actual emotions, and characters voices very very little.

While there is a little sex going on, it is not steamy sex just the hint of it.

Good

It was a short book which was what I was looking for and it wasn’t bad. There were quite a few funny and interesting scenes. My only issue is that the main couple spent at least 4 hours of this short story avoiding each other and lying about their feelings. I think it would have been sweeter if they had actually gotten together a bit earlier. All the misunderstandings were frustrating. Still, worth a listen since it’s free and the writing is good.