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    It Sounded Better in My Head
    It Sounded Better in My Head
    It Sounded Better in My Head
    Audiobook7 hours

    It Sounded Better in My Head

    Written by Nina Kenwood

    Narrated by Katherine Littrell

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    About this audiobook

    From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender and funny audiobook about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance.

    When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two best friends, hook up, leaving her feeling slightly miffed and decidedly awkward. She’d always imagined she would end up with Zach one day—in the version of her life that played out like a TV show, with just the right amount of banter, pining, and meaningful looks. Now everything has changed, and nothing is quite making sense. Until an unexpected romance comes along and shakes things up even further.

    It Sounded Better in My Head is a compulsively listenable love letter to teenage romance in all of its awkward glory, perfect for fans To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Emergency Contact.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

    "With candor and affection, It Sounded Better in My Head captures a teenager navigating the final moments of one stage of life and the first moments of the next." — BookPage

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateApr 7, 2020
    ISBN9781250227829
    Author

    Nina Kenwood

    Nina Kenwood is an award-winning author living in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut novel, It Sounded Better in My Head, was a finalist for the American Library Association’s William C. Morris Debut Award, has been published in six languages, and was optioned for film. Unnecessary Drama is her second novel.

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    • 4/5
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      I really enjoyed this book. after many books have let me down recently.
      this book was about Natalie and her puberty problems, her divorce parents and her friendship between two best friends that become a couple. I feel connected to her so many ways. she was insecure, childish and honest and lovable character.

      It Sounded Better in My Head was engaging. it picked up right away and easy to get through. I like the ideas that we have bad skin protagonists and how hard we have to get through it.

      the romance was super cute though the relationship development was a bit lacking. I want them to get to know each other more. it feel rush with everything happens that way.

      Overall I enjoyed being in her head and this was super fun to read.

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