Heidi’s Guide to Four Letter Words was, in a word, hysterical. If you’ve read Tara Sivec before, you know you’re going to get laugh-out-loud humor. And even though Heidi’s story was a joint effort with Andi Arndt, there was plenty of humor. Seriously.
Heidi is a good girl. She’s not a prude and the word prim comes to mind but that feels derogatory. I think she’s been sheltered and has always done what was expected of her. A good girl. So when she finds herself at a crossroads, thanks to being fired from her position as a kindergarten teacher, she chooses the road less traveled. Now, that wasn’t intentional on Heidi’s part but it was a hilarious journey. And you’ll have to listen to find out what I mean. 😉
So Heidi experiences an awakening. She figures out what she wants to do, who she wants to be, and, ahem, who she wants to do it with. All thanks to a little erotica. Never let it be said that erotica isn’t beneficial in some ways. 😉
Humor aside – and it must be said again that this story is FUNNY – there was some seriousness. I appreciated how Sivec and Arndt had Heidi go about finding herself. I adored watching her grow and mature and she figured it out. And she did it all without the benefit of her mom’s hot dishes and lemon bars. <– some Minnesota humor there. 😉
Arndt was the obvious choice for narrator and she, naturally, did a superb job. She had a few bumps with keeping the accents going but honestly, she breathed life into this rather large and definitely colorful cast.
Oh my goodness! This is a must listen and definitely one of the best of 2019! I laughed so hard and kept a ridiculous grin constantly but I also liked the seriousness of the path one can take to find themselves. I’m just tickled Heidi did it through erotica! 😉
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Brandee is a mom of 3 and a soon-to-be empty nester. She is also an avid reader, a genre omnivore, and a compulsive one-clicker - but she's in recovery. Besides being a reader, she's also a writer and hopes to divide the vast quantities of spare time she'll soon have between reading and finally publishing her first book.
which four letter word are we talking about? sounds like she had heaps of fun
Laugh-out-loud humor is always good in a book, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I honestly love when a book gives you such a great time, and I surely love a good, hard laugh, so this read sounds like a very nice one to me 🙂
Ahhh, now that sounds great and a real pick-me-upper. I like Andi Arendt’s narration so it’s cool that she’s co-writing now and you can’t go wrong with Tara Sivec.
Laugh-out-loud humor is the actual best!
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Okay, you’ve sold me on this one. First off, humor is always a win for me. Second, erotica provides her awawkening? Yes! And that she was fired from her job as a Kinder teacher just adds a bit of extra appeal for me. I’ll definitely do the audio too, since the narration was such a win. I love that you are now recommending audio to me, who’d have thought, huh?
Great review! Sending you tons of hugs!! xoxo
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I loved this book so much! Laughed through the whole thing and gave it 5 stars something I rarely do for a laugh out loud book. So good. I don’t see what you rated it?