The Baller
Written by Vi Keeland
Narrated by Sean Crisden and Mackenzie Cartwright
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
The Super Bowl MVP quickly adopted a new hobby-screwing with me. When I pushed back, he shifted from wanting to screw with me to wanting to screw me. But I don't date players. And it's not because I'm one of the few women working in the world of professional football. I'd date an athlete. It's the other kind of player I don't date. You know the type. Good looking, strong, cocky, always looking to get laid.
Brody Easton was the ultimate player. Every woman wanted to be the one to change him. But the truth was, all he needed was a girl worth changing for. Turned out, I was that girl. Simple right? Let's face it. It never is.
There's a story between once upon a time and happily ever after . . . and this one is ours.Contains mature themes.
Vi Keeland
Vi Keeland is a #1 New York Times, #1 Wall Street Journal, and USA TODAY bestselling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty-six languages and have appeared on bestseller lists in the US, Germany, Brazil, Bulgaria, Israel, and Hungary. Three of her short stories have been turned into films by Passionflix, and two of her books are currently optioned for movies. She resides in New York with her husband and their three children where she is living out her own happily ever after with the boy she met at age six. Find out more at ViKeeland.com.
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Readers find this title to be a mix of positive and negative. Some reviewers loved the story and found it emotional, funny, and engaging. They enjoyed the twists and turns in the plot and the complex love triangle. However, there were also negative reviews about the male narrator's voice, the resolution of the tension between characters, and the confusion caused by multiple points of view. Overall, readers found this book to be a good read with some flaws."
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The book is great, but the male narrator has a strange tone of voice...
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Loved this story. The male narrator voice is horrible!! Also didn’t like the 3 POV’s, got confusing at a point
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Super cute audiobook! Loved every minute! I do have to admit that wanting to know how it ended got the best of me so I scoped out the last chapter of the book. It was still worth it even knowing the ending before hand.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The story was Ok but the male narrator was horrible. His voice was flat and had a weird cadence. I won’t be listening to any books with him. The only reason I continued to listen was the female narrator was pretty
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well, it was a really really good story. It has a story, and really really nice one!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow! This book is amazing!!! I was so hooked omg!
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very nice story. Enjoyed very much. Just wish was little more details for closing.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved it. Great book. So funny and sad and I didn't want it to end.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5really great read. didn’t care about the ex coming back for so long but eh…real life.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love all of Vi Keeland’s books. They are easy and witty to listen to. I loved it!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great story. Interesting twists in the story with how life changes is for our future
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Baller brings together a sexy pro football quarterback and a feisty sportscaster....a story that begins with intense chemistry and develops into a strong and poignant romance to curl your toes.The Baller is another single title by Vi Keeland, although I am crossing my fingers that she will continue more with books like this one because she does great SPORT romances. I mean I was definitely hooked on this book from beginning to end. I am beginning to get addicted to the style of Vi Keeland. Her writing is so sassy and fun and gives me hoots of entertainment from the first page to the very end. Our featured key players in this wonderful book are:Brody Easton, our shameful playboy, Brody is the Quarterback for a Pro Football team. He seems to have everything: A successful career, playing a sport he loves, women dropping at his feet and more than enough money to suit him for the rest of his life. But Brody has a painful past, and has been hurt and keeps things casual even though he earns for love in a place that no one can seeDelilah Maddox is a Football TV presenter and reporter and has worked herself to the bone for YEARS to get to where she is. She can name any stat of any player in the league in a heartbeat. She is the daughter of an infamous football pro player herself and understands the passion for the sport.I have to say how impressed I was with this story, and I honestly didn't think that I would enjoy this one as much as I did. I have no clue how Vi Keeland does it, but her books SO work for me especially her audio books. She has the best narrators and these narrators ROCKED MY WORLD!! Their voices are beyond sexy and sultry and I just wanted to listen more and more. The lady narrator I believe I have listened to before: Mackenzie Cartright...I really loved her voice. It was very engaging and I felt she implemented the tones of the book very well. And our male narrator: Sean Crisden ---has such a swoony voice. And he totally worked for this book, he had such a rough and deep voice that matches the hero so well.A great aspect of this book that I really enjoyed that you don't always see in dual POV, is that we just about get the hero's perspective as much as the heroine and that was SO awesome. Too many times we get too much heroine and not enough of the hero's side of things, so I found it quite refreshing to see his side of things and although I would have loved to see more of him, what we get to see is pretty stellar.Our story begins when Delilah, has been promoted and is starting to settle into her new job. She still has to deal with rude male workers who try to make everything about sex. Delilah has had to work so hard for the position she got. And now she is the living the dream. When she goes to interview the star MVP quarterback, Brody Easton, chemistry is off the charts between them. Even though she tries to be professional....Brody is shameful when he likes a woman and drops his towel for the WHOLE world to see. Yeah....you bet that the start of this book is unconventional and I was curious to see how these two would get along because on the surface they are so different from each other. The hero is playful and carefree and our heroine is a bit too serious. But once you get to the inner cores of the characters you begin to see how they balance each other out especially in their quirks. “... You’re hot as fuck. And I like you.” “Oh really? You have a funny way of showing that you like me. Every time I see you, you try to sabotage my interview.” “Every time I see you, I expose myself to you.” He flashed me his trademark smile. “That’s how we show girls we like them where I’m from.” “Where are you from, the jungle?” “Brooklyn.” I truly adored both Delilah and Brody in different ways. However, I will say that Brody was a hero that I soon fell in love with. Because yeah he is silly at times, but he has such HEART and depth to him and I love seeing him being "peeled" like an onion and what great layers he has that you just fall so quickly into.There is one aspect of the story that drove me a bit crazy was the ex-girlfriend of Brody's. It does add a sense of conflict to the story, so I can see why the author put this aspect in, it just got a bit frustrating toward the end. But in all honesty, it didn't take away at all of my enjoyment of this story. And it was very unique, much different from what I was expecting especially when we get to see her POV on occasion.Overall The Baller was a fantastic and thrilling story that had me feeling...ALL THE FEELS!! A story that is engaging, endearing and empowering.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wow, this story really had me emotional, as it had past loves, new loves, confused feelings, conflicted feelings.. And even an ex had a voice in the story, which made the love triangle evwn more complicated.
The story felt like a movie, and if it does become one, it should be a mini-series. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Need more audiobooks written by Vi keeland. She's one of my favorite authors. Am not surprised this audiobook is terrific.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5So good! I did not expect it to be this good !
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The premise was promising, but the tension between the characters was resolved so quickly that I was ready for the book to be over halfway through. The female narrator was okay, but the male was pretty awful. This was my first book by the author, and I’m not really interested in listening to any more after this.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lived this book. Annoyed me at times, kept me listening on and on.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5OMW!! This was most def one of my favourite books!!! I Loved the story! And I absolutely Loved #Brody and #Delilah! Love Love Love!
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Every year I try to read some football inspired smut leading up to the superbowl. This had been sitting on my shelf begging to be read. Delilah is a female sports reporter trying to prove herself in a man's world - when she is sent to do the locker room interviews with the New York Steel she is ready for anything - that is until star quarterback, Brody, takes his towel off mid-interview. She somehow manages to finish the interview but she is pissed. And of course as the New York Steel start to dominate she finds herself over at the football field, facing that sexy QB more and more often. Will the two fall for each other (you know they will). But as Delilah is letting go of her past, something from Brody's is entering his present. Can they make it work? Steamy and improbable.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I expected smut, and got a sweet modern romance that was also a paean to chosen family and to the value of even the worst experiences in making us the people we become. Nothing deep, pure junk food, but really satisfying. This is self-published so I overlooked the fact that one time they fished Willow out of the East River, and the other time out of the Hudson and that "bye-week" references were in there as "bi-week." There were a few other editing fails, but nothing that destroyed the fun.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5AudiobookSexy, funny, heartbreaking and heartwarming, with wonderful characters, a lovely spring read brilliantly.I love this author's talent for writing such likable characters and giving them the funniest sexy banter. I laughed out many times and even saved a few lines for later use. ;p The story deals with second loves in a mature honest manner while remaining fun and sexy.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I didn't even read the synopsis for this book, the cover had me hooked from the start. And when I started reading, well I couldn't put it down, Brody just cracked me up. He's so sure of himself, a real sex magnet and he knows it, but he doesn't really care, and if he can get a blush by flashing his naked package at the new female sports reporter, hey! that will make his day. Delilah is a bit tougher than that though, and she and Brody soon start seeing each other in a closer relationship. Brody truly is an enigma, he's a star player, women love him but he's not a playboy, and he has love and respect for an elderly woman who he visits regularly in her group home. He's an all round good guy and Delilah soon realizes that.If you like sports romance you'll love this book. Brody and Delilah are an amazing couple once they get together. I loved this book, the story was fun, sexy and also heart warming. A great read, I highly recommend it! 5/5