Recent Release Audiobook Review: Better to Believe by Andy Gallo, Performed by Nick J. Russo

Better to Believe By Andy Gallo, Performed By Nick J. Russo

Genre: Contemporary Romance, New Adult, GLBTQ, MM

Tropes: Brother’s-best-friend

Released: audio-July 13, 2021, ebook-April 19, 2021

Publisher: Self-Published

Series: Harrison Campus, Book 4

Length: 5 hrs, 50 mins / 207 pages

Synopsis

Fall for your best friend’s brother, just don’t break his heart.

Coury Henderson has wanted to play professional baseball since he threw his first pitch. If he’s drafted, he’s off to Tiny Town, USA to earn his ticket to the majors. But a freak injury threatens to derail his dream. If that weren’t enough, his graduation is in jeopardy. Physical therapy might solve the first hurdle, but he’ll need a tutor who is aces in science to solve the second. A tutor like Liam, his best friend’s little brother.

But when did Liam grow up to be such a hottie?

Liam Wright has crushed on his brother’s best friend since he was twelve. He jumps at the chance to tutor Coury and spend time alone together.

Not that anything could happen between them . . . as nice as Coury is to him, jocks don’t go for nerds.

So why does everything they do feel like a date?

“Better to Believe” is a best friend’s brother-to-lovers, nerd-jock, slow-burn M/M romance with a guaranteed HEA. This new adult, college age novel can be read as a standalone. The Harrison Campus series can be read in any order.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Loved the story, loved the audio performance!

I loved this book when I read it with my eyes and I loved it all over again when I listened to the audiobook. Nick J. Russo is a great audiobook performer and he did another fantastic job on this one.

I can’t think of anything more to say from what I wrote when I read the book so below is my review from back then.

Better to Believe is the last book in the Harrison Campus series and the first one that Andy Gallo wrote without Anyta Sunday. I love Anyta Sunday’s writing but I have to say that I think Andy Gallo did a very fine job on his own with this one. It had the same flavor and feel as the other books in this series and I loved it.

I seem to be reading a lot of “best-friend” stories lately and I’ve really been enjoying them. This one is brother’s best friend but there isn’t a great age different here like in some books; Coury is only a couple of years older than Liam. They’ve known each other for years and Liam tagged along with his brother, Beckett and Coury at various times while they were growing up.

Coury is struggling to keep his grades up in college so Liam agrees to tutor him in a course that he loves and knows he can help. As their sessions go on, Coury finally begins to see Liam in a different light from that of Beckett’s brother. Liam is overjoyed that his long-time crush on Coury may actually turn into something more.

This was a very easy, primarily sweet and low angst read. I loved Liam and Beckett’s “Pop.” Liam went to live with him after some homophobic stuff went down for him on campus. Liam was grateful that his Pop was available to take him in but Pop was also grateful to Liam for helping him get back into life again after his wife died.

The one major stumbling block in Liam and Coury’s relationship was Coury’s dream of playing major league baseball. I loved how that was all resolved. I also loved, loved, loved the epilogue that takes place four years after the end of the main story. This is often my favorite part of a book and Andy didn’t disappoint me with this one; I thought it was wonderful.

I’m looking forward to the spin-off series that Andy is writing next. I’ve found a new author to follow and add to my favorites list. ❤

Story: ♥♥♥♥♥

Narration: ♥♥♥♥♥

O Factor: Spicy

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About Author

Andy Gallo

Andy Gallo’s stories capture how he wished he’d spent his formative years, instead of how it really happened. Unfortunately for his characters, they find themselves infused with some of Andy’s less noble qualities.

A hopeless romantic, Andy writes seated next to a hundred year old Smith Brothers typewriter he inherited from his grandfather. He also dreams of superheroes and wizards and sees no reason why two men with superpowers can’t fall in love just like everyone else. Although not all his stories have a paranormal bent, a touch of the supernatural never derailed a good read in his mind.

Married and living his happy every after, Andy helps others find their happy endings in the pages of his stories. He and his husband of more than twenty-five years spend their days rubbing elbows with other parents as they raise their daughter. Embracing his status as the gay dad, Andy sometimes has to remind others that one does want a hint of color even when chasing after their child.

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