The Road to You

I’ll admit: I rolled my eyes at the ‘college rivals reunite’ premise. But *The Road to You* disarmed me within chapters. Bliss writes antagonism so well that I found myself *leaning in* during Katherine and Ali’s verbal sparring, waiting for the moment one would finally crack. The audiobook’s strength lies in its narration—Beresford and Zackman don’t just *read* their roles; they *inhabit* them. Beresford’s Katherine is all restrained exasperation, her voice tightening when Ali pushes her buttons, while Zackman’s Ali oozes warm, maddening confidence. Their back-and-forth in the car scene (you’ll know it when you hear it) is electric, the kind of audiobook moment that makes you pause just to savor it. That said, the pacing stumbles slightly in the middle. The ‘will they, won’t they’ drags a beat too long, and Katherine’s internal monologues occasionally veer into repetitive territory. I also wished for more of Ali’s perspective—her free-spiritedness sometimes feels like a foil rather than a fully fleshed-out worldview. But the production itself is flawless: no awkward edits, no jarring volume shifts, just two narrators in perfect sync. By the end, I was sold—not because the romance was inevitable, but because Bliss made me *believe* in these two messy, flawed women finding their way. If you love enemies-to-lovers with bite, this one’s worth the detour.