Call Me Maybe by Cara Bastone Series: Love Lines #1
Published by Audible Originals on October 20, 2020
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Luci Christian, Neil Hellegers
Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
Genres: Romantic Comedy, Women's Fiction
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True love is on the line in this charming, laugh-out-loud rom-com—created specifically for the audio format!
Paint your toes. Pick up the wrong coffee and bagel order. Drive from Brooklyn to Jersey in traffic so slow you want to tear your hair out. It’s amazing all the useless things I can accomplish while on hold for three hours with customer service. Three hours when I should be getting the Date-in-a-Box website ready to launch at the big business expo in a few days. Except my shiny new website is glitching, and my inner rage-monster is ready to scorch some earth… when he finally picks up. Not the robot voice I expected but a real live human named Cal. He’s surprisingly helpful and really knows his stuff, even if he’s a little awkward…. in an adorable way.
And suddenly I’m flirting with him? And I think he’s flirting back.And suddenly it’s been hours, and we’re still on the phone talking and ordering each other takeout while he trouble shoots my website. And suddenly we’re exchanging numbers and sending texts and DMs every day, leaving voice mails (who even does that anymore?!).
And suddenly I’m wondering if it’s possible for two people fall in love at first talk.
Because I’m falling… hard.
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Vera Hoffman has just days to make sure her website for her new Date-in-a-Box business launches. When the darn thing glitches, she calls her IT company and connects with Cal Kantola. An intense week of phone calls, DMs, voice messages, and texts ensue, and in between troubleshooting, these two start to develop feelings. But will their systems be compatible when they actually meet face-to-face?
Call Me Maybe is the perfect pick-me-up, and it’s presented in the most creative way. This Audible Original audiobook is more like an aural theatrical production than a traditional audiobook—brought to life with fantastic vocal performances by Luci Christian and Neil Hellegers, and with sound effects as well. When Vera is driving, you hear cars whizzing past. A text being composed is followed by the familiar “whoosh” of the text being sent. They’re eating dinner, and you can hear the sound of utensils clinking against dishes. You get the picture.
The story is simply delightful. Vera and Kal “meet” when Kal answers Vera’s call to tech support for help with her startup company’s downed website. Throughout days of troubleshooting and endless hours talking on the phone, the two open up about their personal lives and start to develop feelings for each other.
I love the whole concept that attraction can spark and grow without seeing the other person. Vera is funny, with an exuberant personality that easily draws people to her. Kal’s awkwardness is endearing, as is his supportive nature. Vera’s desperation to prove her potential to her family adds the right amount of urgency and interest to help forward the plot.
This rom-com leans more toward humorous women’s fiction than romance, but it’s refreshing nonetheless. Listening to the audiobook undoubtedly made this story more enjoyable. I’m excited to listen to Sweet Talk by Cara Bastone, which is also an Audible Original.
Recommended for fans of:
Website design
Audiobooks
Long phone conversations
Finicky cats
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i loved this audiobook😄
It was fun to read this review. I need to try this author at some point this year.
Thanks! She’s a new-to-me author.