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I'll Be Your Blue Sky

By: Marisa de los Santos
Narrated by: Angela Dawe, Erin Bennett
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Publisher's summary

The New York Times best-selling author revisits the characters from her beloved novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me in this captivating, beautifully written drama involving family, friendship, secrets, sacrifice, courage, and true love, for fans of Jojo Moyes, Elin Hilderbrand, and Nancy Thayer.

On the weekend of her wedding, Clare Hobbes meets an elderly woman named Edith Herron. During the course of a single conversation, Edith gives Clare the courage to do what she should have done months earlier: break off her engagement to her charming - yet overly possessive - fiancé.

Three weeks later Clare learns that Edith has died - and has given her another gift. Nestled in crepe myrtle and hydrangea and perched at the marshy edge of a bay in a small seaside town in Delaware, Blue Sky House now belongs to Clare. Though the former guesthouse has been empty for years, Clare feels a deep connection to Edith inside its walls, which are decorated with old photographs taken by Edith and her beloved husband, Joseph.

Exploring the house, Clare finds two mysterious ledgers hidden beneath the kitchen sink. Edith, it seems, was no ordinary woman - and Blue Sky House no ordinary place. With the help of her mother, Viviana, her surrogate mother, Cornelia Brown, and her former boyfriend and best friend, Dev Tremain, Clare begins to piece together the story of Blue Sky House - a decades-old mystery more complex and tangled than she could have imagined. As she peels back the layers of Edith's life, Clare discovers a story of dark secrets, passionate love, heartbreaking sacrifice, and incredible courage. She also makes startling discoveries about herself: where she's come from, where she's going, and what - and who - she loves.

Shifting between the 1950s and the present and told in the alternating voices of Edith and Clare, I'll Be Your Blue Sky is vintage Marisa de los Santos - an emotionally evocative novel that probes the deepest recesses of the human heart and illuminates the tender connections that bind our lives.

©2018 Marisa de los Santos (P)2018 HarperCollins Publishers

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A Well-Built Novel with an Inspiring Heroine

What made the experience of listening to I'll Be Your Blue Sky the most enjoyable?

While I truly loved this novel, I think perhaps it would have been better read on paper rather than listened to. De los Santos has a very descriptive writing style that I think would have been beautiful to read on paper. As a result of that, many sentences seemed to have dragged on and I would need to replay others to "get" what was being said.

Normally, I never have an issue with audiobooks and find them easy to follow along with. But with this novel, there were some tricky moments. Especially in the case of the ledgers which featured shorthand, the narration of them got so repetitive, I found myself utterly lost in the nonsensical words. I'm sure when being read, though, it made much more sense.

But again, don't let that dissuade you from listening to this audiobook. It's worth the listen! If possible, I think it would be great to own a hard copy or ebook version I'll Be Your Blue Sky to read along with the audio simultaneously.

What was one of the most memorable moments of I'll Be Your Blue Sky?

The way the story came together, to me, was the most memorable aspect of the novel. I really wasn't sure what to expect with this story but it ended up being far more impactful than I had anticipated. The story is so beautiful and has a powerful message. It really made me want to give back in some way like Edith did throughout her life.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narration in this story, unfortunately, was not my favorite. I did prefer the narrator of Clare as opposed to that of Edith's because she read with more enthusiasm and spoke in a way that helped keep me engrossed. While I did appreciate Edith's narrator infusing the character in her voice, it was a little too calming and therefore, made me feel a bit drowsy when listening.

If you could take any character from I'll Be Your Blue Sky out to dinner, who would it be and why?

I would most certainly take Edith to dinner out of all the characters in I'll Be Your Blue Sky because I would love to hear her story firsthand. Her character is so selfless and giving to others, I would really appreciate getting more insight into what made her that way.

Any additional comments?

I really did love this story overall! It's slow to start but well worth the read. Even though the audio version is not perhaps ideal, it doesn't take away from the story. I will definitely be recommending this book to others and will hopefully re-listen at some point.

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Beautiful love story that shared the love and lives of several people. The story going back and forth in time was done very smoothly and easy to follow. Loved the
twist in the end. Narrator was perfect!

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Really enjoyable dual narration

Both narrators created protagonists who were believable and resonant. I read this first (though it's last in the trilogy) and ended up going back to read the other two. While I did enjoy them (in print), I think the audio make the books and characters really come alive.

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Redeemed itself in last quarter

I really liked Marisa De Los Santo's first couple of books, but haven't really gotten into the most recent ones. This took a very long time to get into and I had a hard time relating to the main character and her relationship with an abusive guy. The storyline from 50 years previous was actually more interesting and the character was more inttiguing and really proved to be the better part of the book. The author should have spent more time on that character...OR made the younger one more likable. The last 25% of the book picked up in pace and the ending had a nice twist. As for the audio performance, the narrators were good, but their voices were much too similar. It would have been better to have the voices of the two female characters be more distinguishable.

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Wonderful Story with a Twist

I enjoyed this story immensely. The book is gentle, in the sense that it doesn't hook you with immediate dramatics. But the storyline is so good! I love the mystery that comes along, and I didn't see the ending coming. I would suggest that you read one of her other books, Love Walked In, first. It introduces you to some of the characters, who are so endearing. My only regret was that the book wasn't longer, because I could have easily listened to another 10 hours!!

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Oh my goodness, did I love this story!

This book kept my attention and I couldn't stop listening. I stole every minute I could. Dev was perfect. Great mystery. I loved the story told from two viewpoints.

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Slow starter

I liked the book, but it is a slow starter to say the least. I was on my fourth attempt when I about turned it in for refund, but changed my mind.
The first two chapters are slow and stressful.
It perks up.

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Sweet and a little mysterious

This is a great vacation book-when you can just sit back and read away the day. There’s a mystery, unrequited love, deep unwavering love and activism; what more could you want?!

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Beautiful

After listening to this book, I went back and got basically every book this woman has ever written. It so makes sense that Marisa de los Santos is also a poet. The prose in here is lovely, almost sing-song but in the best of ways. The way everything is revealed and fits together is absolutely perfect. The narrators are flawless (I actually thought it was just one narrator who was gifted at voices!) and put just the right sense of feeling into each character. As I was listening to this book, I'd alternately stop to tell my friends how much I loved it and how much they needed to read it! I also really appreciated a very in-depth look at what abusive male behavior can look like.

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Touching

This story was touching. I cant give it a 5 star rating, being that in the middle of the story, the narrator switch between claire's voice, starting out, Claire's voice was mature and relatable, then went into an over animated young child voice and the voice was so irritating to me. Beside this hiccup, the narrator did a wonderful job.

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