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Rise and Fall

Vanguard Towers, Book 5

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Rise and Fall

By: Aiden Bates
Narrated by: Guillaume Dubois
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Summary

One night will never be enough.

I'm never letting a shrink in my head again. My pants, though? Dr. Scott Howard has been there, done that, and left an imprint on my soul.

It was supposed to be a one-night stand, but I can't get Howie out of my mind. He's my brother's shrink. Nothing else can happen between us. So why can't I stop kissing him?

Howie's not like any shrink I've ever met. One kiss leads to another and before I know it, he doesn't just know my mind...he has my heart.

But will he want to stick around when he finds out just how messed up I really am?

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This is the fifth audiobook in the series, and I have dearly loved every one of them, but this one dug a little deeper into my heart. Owen’s past and his current struggles broke my heart. I felt each sob as he finally spoke to his brothers. It was a powerful moment in the story.

The author did a great job with a sensitive subject. I appreciated the lack of details, though, and don’t feel like it took away from anything by choosing not to go in-depth with the traumatic event. With each brother having been in the system, they have all experienced a painful past. So, bringing up my opinion, without giving too many details, is not a spoiler. We’ve spent time with Owen in previous books. He’s made comment after comment regarding ‘shrinks’. So, we knew we would be finding out why when his story came around.

I loved Owen and Howie together. They are both such sweet, lovable guys. Howie was exactly the kind of man Owen deserves. He’s so patient, sweet, and kind. They’re chemistry isn’t too shabby either. Nope.

This was another well written book in a wonderful series. Aiden Bates has done a tremendous job with the storyline, characters, and how interconnected each book is to the one that follows, as well as keeping in step with the ones that came before. There’s no misstep. I cannot wait to read Sean’s book. I have my suspicions who his love interest is. I could be wrong—but I hope not.

Guillaume Dubois is a fairly new to me author. I was sad to see that the same narrator wasn’t used for the whole series, but as soon as I heard Dubois’ voice and his style of narration, I quickly cheered up. He did a great job with this story and the characters. He kept me feeling the story as I listened along.

Another Entertaining Series

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The Vanguard Brothers are back.

Owen and Howie's story is the fifth book in this series, and it has everything for you. Guilt, Angst, Love, Hurt, Anger, Shame and hatred of shrinks.

These two should never be together, it can't work out, but they have chemistry. As always, all the Vanguard brothers turn up as cameos, well, some of them more than cameos. We do get a HEA.

A good book and great narration. I did listen at 1.25 speed on Audible.

Rise and Fall
Vanguard Towers, Book 5
By: Aiden Bates
Narrated by: Guillaume Dubois
Series: Vanguard Towers, Book 5
Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 06-05-21


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🎧🎧🎧🎧 Narration
📚📚📚📚 Story
Read at 1.25 speed on Audibles

The Vanguard Brothers are back.

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This is a brill book though it is full of hurt/comfort as Owen has a painful past which comes out due to his chemistry with Howie. Can they make it.

Brill

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Howie and Owen's romance was much more emotional than I expected, and I really enjoyed listening to their journey. It wasn't exactly a secret that Owen had something against shrinks, but I was somehow still not prepared to find out the reason behind his hatred. It was difficult to listen to him battle with his emotional trauma while trying to make a relationship with Howie work, but I'm really glad he didn't give up. Owen and Howie had fantastic chemistry together, and it was so much fun to listen to them spend time together. It did make my heart ache a little to see how wide open and in love Howie was when Owen remained guarded, but luckily Owen managed to get there in the end. Sure, it took a disastrous and terrifying set of events for him to come to terms with his past, but Owen proved in the end that he was 100% committed to Howie. The main thing that confused me about this story was the epilogue. Throughout the story, the author appeared to be setting up potential storylines for the other brothers, but then the tone of the big wedding at the end made everything feel so conclusive and final. I was actually looking forward to seeing how those last straggler brothers would fall in love, but now I'm not even sure I'll get to hear their stories at all? 

**I voluntarily listened to a free copy of this book. This review expresses my honest thoughts and opinions.   

A sweet romance with a confusing ending

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Book five in the Vanguard Towers Series, this is Owen's story and it is full of emotion, angst, sadness, regret, shame, anger, low self worth, passion and love. Owen must accept and share events from his past to allow him a full and love filled life now. Guillaume Dubois really did a great job narrating this book and voicing all the emotions.

One Night Becomes More.

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