Saturday, July 26, 2025

Audiobook Review: Almost Strangers (Somehow Everlasting Duet #1) by Claudia Burgoa

 

Blurb

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Claudia Burgoa pens an emotional, heartbreaking romance duet where soulmates can’t be together and everything around them tears them apart.


I found it (him) at the bookstore.

Love.

He was six foot four, lanky, blue-eyed.

Jacob Decker was goofy, handsome, and cheesy.

There’s no better way to describe him.

But what can I expect of an eighteen-year-old boy who’s lived under a rock all his life?

I’ll let you into a little secret.

I had no idea what to expect.

We were each other’s first everything.

But the fantasy lasted only a semester.

Soon I had to move away.

A few years later, he was a rockstar, and I was…

Grasping for a lifeline.

The problem with first loves is that they never leave you.

But they never come back, do they?

Almost Strangers is the first novel in the Somehow Everlasting duet, a Decker Family Novel. This book ends on a cliffhanger that'll change everything...

The Somehow Everlasting Duet is based on Jacob Decker and Pria Walker's story. Part of this duet was released as Uncharted.

Amazon: Almost Strangers: A Decker Family Novel (Somehow Everlasting Book 1) - Kindle edition by Burgoa, Claudia. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

B&N: Almost Strangers by Claudia Burgoa | eBook | Barnes & Noble®

Kobo: Almost Strangers eBook by Claudia Burgoa - EPUB | Rakuten Kobo United States

Google: Almost Strangers by Claudia Burgoa - Books on Google Play

Bookbub: Almost Strangers: A Decker Family Novel (Somehow Everlasting Book 1) by Claudia Burgoa - BookBub

Goodreads: Almost Strangers (Somehow Everlasting Duet, #1) by Claudia Y. Burgoa | Goodreads





My Review - 5 of 5 stars - 

This was the first part of Pria and Jacob's story. They were young and in love. Pria had her family issues, and she lost some of her identity as she took care of everything. She was stronger than she thought and survived all that came her way. Jacob encountered his own difficulties as he wrote songs about what was in his heart, love, anger, and then nothing. He became self-destructive even with the support of his siblings. My heart hurt for both as their futures seemed to have gone apart from each other. I can't wait for book 2 so that I can see how they find their way back together.
Stephanie Nemeth-Parker and Robert Hatchet did a great job with these characters, bringing them to life so my emotions matched theirs. I enjoyed listening to them.

This is my unsolicited review.



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