Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Newton’s Law of Attraction 
SERIES: Newton’s Law of Attraction #1
AUTHOR: M.J. O’Shea
NARRATOR: George Somerset
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2015
LENGTH: 4 hours, 57 minutes
BLURB:
Rory was Ben’s oldest and best friend until senior year of high school, when they confessed they’d harbored feelings for each other all along. They enjoyed only a few months of happiness until Ben chose closeted popularity over true love… and he’s regretted it ever since.
Eight years later, Ben is out and proud and teaching art at the same high school he graduated from. When he learns the chemistry teacher is retiring, he’s excited to meet her replacement until he finds out the brand new teacher is none other than Rory Newton—the first love he’s never quite gotten over. Despite a painfully awkward start, it doesn’t take Ben long to realize he’ll do whatever it takes to win Rory back. But it’s starting to look like even his best might not be enough.
REVIEW:
When Ben was in high school he fell in love with the boy next door, his best friend, and the guy he spent all waking (and many sleeping) hours with. They were joined at the hip and one was rarely seen without the other. When he realized that Rory felt the same way he was over the moon. But say the happiness that lasts, peer pressure and a wish to fit in with the popular kids made him turn his back on Rory and all the love they shared. Now, eight years later that’s still his biggest regret, he’s also still very much in love with Rory Newton. When Rory is hired on as the new chemistry teacher at the school where he teaches he hopes that they can mend what was broken and start again.
When they meet again, there are a lot of feelings bubbling to the surface – on both sides. The hurt but also the love. They still loved each other even if the trust wasn’t there anymore – mostly from Rory’s side. I can understand that, I mean Ben truly broke his heart back when they were seventeen. So I get that there would be some back and forth between Ben and Rory, at least in the beginning. But I still feel like Rory took advantage of the situation, stringing Ben along and not really giving him a fair shot. Never noticing or caring really, how much the situation hurt Ben. And rubbing his other relationships in Ben’s face was just cruel. So yeah, this book has some angst to it, and more than once I wanted to hit Rory over the head, wanted them to truly talk and figure things out.
It was a pleasure to listen to George Somerset. I enjoyed his voice, it had a pleasant ring to it. I think my favourite part was when he narrated Ben and Rory as boys, the intensity of falling in love for the first time, the first kiss. He handled it beautifully. You could feel the happiness coming from the boys. It was all very innocent back then, so sweet. It was always easy to follow along as he had distinct voices for the characters. There was one thing with this audio that was a bit distracting, and that was the background noise. Throughout there was this buzzing sound that you could hear when there was a bit of silence. It took a while for me to notice it, but when I did, I couldn’t not hear it anymore.
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