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Dear Aaron
- Narrated by: Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Some days, all you need is a message from a stranger.
Ruby Santos knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she signed up to write a soldier overseas. The guidelines were simple: one letter or email a week for the length of his or her deployment. Care packages were optional.
Been there, done that. She thought she knew what to expect.
What she didn't count on was falling in love with the guy.
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- sabson
- 20-05-23
Ruron
loved the start of it, their friendship. very slow at stages. really put out by the change from Teddy Hamiltons voice to Callie Daltons male voice. while I like both separately they did nt fit the image of Aaron as they were so different.
the ending was very abrupt. but I LOVED the characters very much.
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- samantha
- 22-04-20
love it
love it one of the best books I've listened to. I love how most of the chapters have both of them talking especially the last chapter. thankyou for a wonderful story.
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- kimmyjo
- 13-12-17
really good
it got me hooked from the sample so I had to buy..... at first the way it's told by emails I didn't think it was going to work but it dose and I liked that it goes into a proper book I also really enjoyed the story line ...really good narration too
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- Natasha
- 25-04-22
Loved
Mariana Zapata can literally do no wrong!! I have loved every one of her books that I have read, fallen head over heels in love with them, been left with book hangovers that can’t be cured and I am here for it each and every one of them.
Can I also add that not only have I read this book, I listened to it on audiobook ( Callie Dalton and Teddy Hamilton are the BEST narrators ) I’ve done the same for a few of her books and Callie Dalton never fails.
Okay so this is a slow burn, totally filled with banter, cute moments, almost all of the book is letters or emails between them and I totally loveeee that!
Our two leads are Aaron (obviously) and Ruby, they just get each other, perfectly made for each other and no matter how far part they are the chemistry can be felt!
Aaron is in the army, has been for 11 years he didn’t know what he wanted to do with his life he just knew he wanted to be more than the family business. He is down right handsome, so funny, filled with banter and wit. Protective and cute, I couldn’t get enough of him. He doesn’t realise how much he needs Ruby’s letters until they start coming. She makes him smile and laugh more than he ever has. He’s just gotten out of a bad relationship so at first he is unsure if he wants the connection but Ruby can not be denied, she doesn’t quit.
Can he trust enough to open up his heart again?
He thinks he’s done with relationships but will Ruby totally blow that thought away?
Ruby is totally adorable and awkward in the best way! I love her personality so much and to add to that she is beautiful even if she doesn’t believe it (when she thinks her mum and sister are the stunners of the family) she’s ‘Just Ruby’. She is matched with Aaron in the program that sends letters or emails to soldiers over seas. She continues to write even when he isn’t replying, determined not to give up and give him some light from home.
She has had her heart broken by the person she’s been in love with her whole life, everyone knows she loves him but no one knows what happened between them. The classic big brothers best friend..
Her heart was not ready for Aaron.. she is determined not to make the same mistake again, falling in love with someone who can’t love her back.
I swooned, I laughed and I loved!
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- FanaticReader
- 23-05-18
Really good narration
I really enjoyed the narration. I had read this book before so I knew i liked the story.
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- Payana
- 07-08-18
Nice little story
A very enjoyable little story, absolutely worth to hear if you like romance...
Performance of the narrator not bad at all..
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- gail
- 02-03-18
Nice love story
I enjoyed this book, the story was believable and built up into...not going to spoil it for others!
Loved Aaron’s character and felt Teddy Hamilton did it justice. Teddy is a good narrator and his voice was smooth and gave the right amount of humour and as a listener it was easy to listen to.
Callie Dalton also made the character Ruby come alive.
I did get a little irritated with the Ruby character at times as she repeats her insecurities over and over but it was a small irritation and the book was well worth the listen.
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- Susan
- 15-10-21
Another Zapata super slow burn
I have to be honest, if this was not on audible, and I was painting my walls (a lot of walls!) I probably would not have finished. The first half is the emails/letter communication of Ruby, a fairly introverted seamstress who lived with her parents and worked for the family. She was writing to Aaron, a soldier posted in Iraq. They meet up about half way through the book in a wierd house party environment with a group of Aaron's friends, declare their feelings for each other at the end of this holiday and then we have a very brief epilogue.
I enjoyed listening. Sort of. It just left me with so many questions and loose ends. I feel like this is half a book (a very long book!). We get so many hints about Ruby's family, but never meet any of them, and never find out their reactions to her romance with someone she knew only through letters for a year. Aaron's family is a complete mystery. A strange subplot of a friend's sister's accident, problems with his mother, siblings mentioned but never explained and a father who apparently was very wealthy and unhappy that Aaron would not join the family business. Aaron is 29, has been in the army for years but apparently still cannot decided what he wants to "do' with his life. We never get a really clear idea of his army experience, even though we get a vague hint of PTSD that is never referred to again. He seems to be very ambiviant about his army career, but at the end of the book he reenlists? The books ends abruptly. They get together as a couple at the very end, have a tearful parting at the airport at the end of the holiday and then bam, we are in the epilogue where they are apparently living their 'happy ever after'. How this happened, what they are both doing, where they are living (in the same house, state, country???) what their plans are for the future, how they get on with their respective families, we have no clear explanation. Zapata is a brilliant writer, and even though this is not the best of her books, it is still way better than 90% of the offerings in this genre on Kindle and Audible. Unfortunately, as with Kulti, there is "slow burn' and there is 'no burn'.
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I think I understand the hype about MZ😍
I'll start by saying that I've never read a Mariana Zapata book before, I was always afraid to try because everyone said she was the queen of slow burn, that she would make me want to pull out all my hair from ꯱ׁׅ֒tׁׅꭈׁׅꫀׁׅܻ꯱ׁׅ֒꯱ׁׅ֒ and other ꫀ᥊ꪖᧁᧁꫀ𝕣ꪖ𝕥ⅈꪮꪀડ of all kinds.
And if there's something I have a hard time with, it's slow-burn, I avoided it in every possible way until I remembered the list I wrote for myself for the new year.
One of the challenges on my list was to "try books I avoided reading", and from there I tried this book and I'm here to tell how the challenge go 🤫
The book opens with a letter from Ruby, who signed up for the a program called "Adopt a Soldier" association.
At first she doesn't get a response to her letter, but Ruby is determined and decides to continue writing letter after letter in the hope of an answer.
And indeed, her determination finally pays off because she receives an answer from a soldier named Aaron.
They have been corresponding like this back and forth for 9 months but I felt that time flew by...
I was shocked that 9 months passed so quickly 🤯
The lovely exchange of letters between Ruby and Aaron made me smile a lot and casual giggles throughout the book😁
Started as pen pals and from there the feelings built slowly but at a perfect pace!
And throughout this whole period they didn't see what the other looked like (crazy, isn't it?) It only strengthened my thought that looks are just an outer shell and how much the inside is much more beautiful than the outside, and that you don't need a look in the eyes to make the heart fall in love ❤️
Aaron is an ꪱׁׅꪀׁׅ꯱ׁׅ֒ɑׁׅ֮ꪀׁׅꫀׁׅܻᥣׁׅ֪ᨮ꫶ׁׅ֮ charming MMC (really, 𝕜ⅈꪶꪶ ꪑꫀ, ⅈ'ꪑ 𝕣ꪊⅈꪀꫀᦔ for any other man), Ruby's character is amazing on a ᥴ𝕣ꪖ𝕫ꪗ scale! Her way of expressing herself, including the stories and jokes she sent were ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴘᴛɪᴠᴀᴛɪɴɢ, such a colorful character, I enjoyed her a lot.
I fell in love with this stunning couple slowly but surely💘💘
I couldn't believe I finished the book I enjoyed it so much!
I feel like re-listening all over again😍
Mrs. Zapata has 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅 me for good, if I thought my standards didn't exist now it must be with a final stamp😭😍
Where do I duplicate such a man???
The letters are so amazing, I enjoyed listening to the audio of their exchange of messages so much
I can't believe I was ɑׁׅ֮⨍ꭈׁׅɑׁׅ֮ꪱׁׅժׁׅ݊ to try her books, after this book I'm totally going to try more because I found a new treasure😍
🥺"You are so ᧁׁᨵׁׅժׁׅ݊ժׁׅ݊ɑׁׅ֮ ꩇׁׅ݊ꪀׁׅ special, Ruby. I’ll tell you every day if I have to"🥺
🦋"You’re my Ruby, and you have been for a long time."🦋
😂“I was a goner from the first time you gave me hell.”😂
💘"Aaron: Have I told you today how happy I am you got stuck with me? And how could I be sad after that?"💘
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- Jovanna
- 20-10-21
Cute story…
Absolutely adored Ruby and Aaron’s love story and how well Mariana Zapata developed the characters and their relationship but somehow I felt there was something missing which is why I’m rating it 4 instead of 5. However, it is still a very good book.
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