Narrator: Patti Murin
Publisher: MacMillan Audio
Special thanks to St. Martin's Press & MacMillan Audio for a complimentary arc of this title for review. Opinions expressed are my own.
One of the hottest, fastest-rising rom-com stars delivers her latest swoon-worthy novel about a destination wedding on a cruise ship.
Review:
The Shippers is a delightful, often hilarious, always heartfelt romcom featuring two childhood best friends who reunite on a cruise ship and share in a goal to get JoJo romanced by a fellow childhood friend/crush on the cruise. At least that's the goal of JoJo. Cooper's motives are questionable. Did I mention that only six weeks prior JoJo fake fainted to get out of her own wedding and escaped with Cooper? Yes, the girl has commitment issues, and strong, steady, faithful Cooper is just the man to help her move on if he can convince her to see what's right in front of her. The story that unfolds is sweet, touching, chaotic, and funny while brimming over with a large dose of miscommunication. All it would take is one honest conversation between JoJo and Cooper to clear things up, but it doesn't happen until the end. And that's okay because the journey getting there is worth the ride.
I listened to the audiobook of The Shippers and highly recommend it. Narrator Patti Murin does an awesome job bringing the personalities of each character to life and distinguishing between each of them. Her performance is flawless, upbeat, and reflective of the personalities of both main characters taking this story to another level.
The Shippers is highly entertaining, funny and heart touching. The secondary plotline involving JoJo's parents added debt and emotional turmoil. The chemistry between the main characters is intense as it evolves throughout the story. I enjoyed the note by the author talking about romance and happy ever after's. Highly recommended to fans of fake dating and friends-to-lovers romance with a heavy side of humor.
Synopsis:
After a whole lifetime of being bad at love, JoJo Burton decides to solve her intimacy issues once and for all at her sister’s destination wedding on a cruise ship. With the help of a little pop psychology, she diagnoses herself with a fixation on the neighborhood guy who was her her first crush and first kiss (and who just happens to be a newly-divorced wedding guest ), and she decides to woo him during the cruise for some long-delayed closure. Only problem is, her sister’s a little busy being a bride at the moment—so JoJo ropes in her childhood bestie, Cooper Watts, to be her wing man. Cooper: who RSVPed no, but then showed up, anyway. Cooper: who left town without a word four years earlier and moved to London. Cooper: who was, if she’s honest, the worst heartbreak of JoJo’s life. It’s bliss for her to see him again, and it’s agony, too—and the more they team up for Project Conquest, the more she obsesses over questions she can’t bring herself to ask.
Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.
No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center. THE SHIPPERS will take readers on the cruise of a lifetime in a story awash with romantic longing, top-notch banter, long-held secrets . . . and true love rediscovered.
Shipboard antics ensue in this witty, heart-tugging, childhood-friends-to-lovers romance—as JoJo and Cooper fake flirt, slow dance, share a cabin, sing duets, treat sunburns, get jealous, rescue each other over and over, and finally, at last, figure it all out in the most blissful, swoony, romantic way.
No one does summer romance quite like Katherine Center. THE SHIPPERS will take readers on the cruise of a lifetime in a story awash with romantic longing, top-notch banter, long-held secrets . . . and true love rediscovered.
