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Iris is More than Okay

By: Natalie Cooper
Narrated by: Jenna Coleman
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A dazzling Audible Original written by Natalie Cooper, performed by Jenna Coleman (Victoria, The Cry)

Iris Nightingale is more than okay. She has her life planned out to a perfect schedule. Work, run, sleep, repeat. She spends her quiet Friday nights sitting alone on a bench in the park, trying to push back the memories that no amount of running can help her escape.

But one evening, there’s someone else on her bench - Hunter. Tall, wry and infuriating: everything about him gets under Iris’s skin. Little does she know that he's about to upset more than just her routines...

Hired as a consultant at the firm where Iris works as engineering manager, Hunter has a knack for knowing just what to say to irritate her, and Iris can’t help rising to the spark in his eyes each time.

Sent away on a work trip together, Iris is taken out of her comfort zone. As their connection deepens, will Iris finally be able to face the memories that have been haunting her for years? Can her blossoming relationship with Hunter survive some brutal truths?

Only one thing is certain: The spark between them is beyond Iris’s expertise, and there's no running away from it.

©2024 Natalie Cooper (P)2024 Audible Ltd.
About the author- Natalie Cooper

About the Author

Natalie Cooper grew up in a small village, building dens in the woods and developing a love for the great outdoors. Natalie studied psychology and criminology at university before going on to obtain a master's. When she isn't reading or writing, she can usually be found running or walking in the countryside with her family.

About the performer- Jenna Coleman

About the Performer

Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in Doctor Who and for playing the titular role in ITV’s Emmy-nominated series Victoria. She most recently starred in Wilderness for Amazon alongside Oliver Jackson-Cohen and performed the lead role in Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons at the Harold Pinter Theatre, opposite Aidan Turner.
On screen, Jenna starred as Marie-Andrée Leclerc, a lead role in the hit limited series The Serpent for BBC/Netflix opposite Tahar Rahim, alongside starring in Neil Maskell’s feature Klokkenluider, the critically acclaimed miniseries The Cry for the BBC, and Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman for Netflix, opposite Charles Dance and Tom Sturridge. Jenna also starred in All My Sons at The Old Vic alongside Bill Pullman and Sally Field.

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Always Take a Chance on Happiness

I was looking through the plus catalog and this caught my eye. I went in without reading the synopsis and overall it was an entertaining listen. The more serious moments were balanced well with humor and the romantic subplot was very cute. I loved the banter between Iris and Hunter and their slow burn build up was well done. Hunter's small gestures of care throughout were so sweet and I appreciated how he gave Iris time to reconcile her feelings. The book falls more into women's fiction than romance though, since the heart of the story is about Iris and her journey.

Iris's history is revealed slowly over the course of the book, but it was hinted at pretty heavily and I figured out the twists early on. This unfortunately made the book drag for me especially in the second half, since I was waiting for the official reveal. It was an intriguing twist for sure, but it lost some of the impact because of this. I also felt the ending was very rushed in an effort to pull everything together and I'm never a fan of the miscommunication/refusal to communicate tropes. I still appreciated the conversations about complicated grief, forgiveness, and chasing happiness though. The narration by Jenna Coleman was great, but I do wish that she would have had a bit more variation in the voices she used.

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CW: divorce, complicated grief, dementia (secondary character), alcoholism (past), anxiety, suicide (past), embezzlement, death of loved ones (past), gambling addiction, depression

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Cute Story with Fantastic Narration

First, let me say that Jenna Coleman was fantastic at narrating this story. We all knew where this story was going and at times it was infuriating how Iris caused so many of issues through her unhealthy mindset. Hunter, was wise enough to get therapy when he needed it, and she needed it so much more. But aside from that, there is a twist that I never saw coming, and it is a doozy. Was this the perfect romance story? No. But was it a pretty darn good one with an amazing narrator? Yes!

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A sweet story

Ok, sure, it’s a love story, we know what will happen….but it was lovely, and a fun light read. Just what I needed this week, so I give it a thumbs up! If you need a little something to get your mind off things, this was a winner for me!

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The banter between the two characters was great.

I enjoyed the book from beginning to end!!! It was a great story with great characters.

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Just what I needed

Loved the story. Loved the vulnerability of the characters. Made me re-evaluate some of my choices and had a positive impact on me. Thank you.

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Good story line

Good story, I enjoyed the female narrator but wished Hunter had a different voice, at times it was hard to follow who was speaking.

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This was truly excellent

I read/listen to a lot of romance. This was truly excellent. The writing is clever and fun and as others have mentioned, the banter between them is great. But it has many twists that I never saw coming and issues that added a LOT of depth to this book. Will def check out more by this author.

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I loved the story and the surprise twist.

This book is not in Good Reads?? I like to keep track of my books and this is my first Audible book that wasn’t on good reads.

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FANTASTIC!!!!

This book is one of the best books I’ve read in a while. The bantering between the two main characters was done so well. The gradual love story & sudden abrupt ending was so different than what was expected & ending excellent surprise. Narrator was also excellent. Thank you for a great listen.

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Wonderful story and narration!

I loved listening to this! It's a lovely story, that starts off as a rom-com that draws you in, but then develops to become a deep story of love and loss, of being dragged down by past trauma, but aiming to find new happiness. I also loved Jenna Coleman's narration, her beautiful voice, and how she brought each of the characters to life. She brilliantly conveyed the emotions they were going through, which made it all feel so real and relatable. I couldn't stop listening. It brought me to tears at some points, and I'll surely be listening to it again!

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