Perfect if you need a light read

The story was really light and because of it's shortness, the characters development was kind of funny and unrealistic. The story was also incredibly cheesy, but if that's what you're looking for then it's the perfect book. Because of the double narrators with different voices for the same characters, it was difficult to follow who was talking or thinking at times. In general, it was a good, light read.

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A wonderful novella

“𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞.”

I’ve heard of KJ Charles’ writing, but haven’t had the chance to dive in yet. Seeing this Audible Original seemed like the perfect chance to start.

I had so much fun with this story. Narrators James Joseph and Ryan Laughton inject warmth, humour and strength to Toby and Miles, making them come alive. Lately, I’ve been listening to full production audiobooks with sound effects, but this more traditional reading of a story still kept me engaged, partly due to the great voice work. Sometimes novellas don’t leave enough room for a romance to develop believably, but that was not the case here. Charles focuses on the heart of what matters: Miles and Toby’s relationship. Both men are lost and wandering in life, a bit damaged in their relationships with their families, and need each other to repair the pieces. The development of their slightly enemy-to-lovers relationship felt realistic. It is definitely an open-door romance; I enjoyed the spicy scenes that added to the feeling of intimacy (even the opening scene of them hooking up in the back alley way served to show their instant attraction). I loved that the story also had a little adventure and mystery too, with a missing necklace, a crumbling manor, and a stolen bracelet (and the lengths Miles and Toby went to get it back!)

A Thief In The Night is a story of desperation, choices, stability, fathers, and trust. This novella served as a wonderful introduction to the world that Charles has created in her Gentlemen of Unfortunate Fortune series, and made me want to spend more time with her writing (especially since realizing she is the author of both the Doomsday romance and Will Darling Adventure books that I have eyed before!).

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Easy entertaining listen.

This was a good light listen as I'm occupied with other tasks. It was a cute but not overly flowery story. Appreciated the different voices for the narration. Definitely will look into other works by this author.

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Ignore the Cover, this is NOT YA

Nice novella, a story line that had one titled person who was convincingly prepared (and had a sound reason) to be prepared to walk away from that for his own HEA.

I do feel that this was let down by the narration and the beyond irritating YA type cover.

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Sterile voice acting

The voice acting felt like the book was of an academic nature, rather than a romance. Every now and then it would be okay, but I had to stop before I could reach the end of chapter 5.

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fabulous!

I'm not a big fan of regency m/m but I gave this one a try since it was short and the author's name was familiar. I really liked it!! a fun romp that had me hooked.

some really great perspective on what we now call hoarding in Regency era.

will definitely read more by this author

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very good book

at first it's looked weak at best but then it got very interesting and the more I listen the more I was captivated by the story especially Toby , I have not finished yet but I could not wait to give a review bravo well done

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Short and fun

This little novelette is a reasonable introduction to K J Charles’ style, I encourage those of you who wanted more depth/angst to check out her longer novels, which are lovely. This book has dual narration alternating by chapter, which seemed prett my unnecessary. We ended up getting two different male voices for each character. I tend to prefer a single narrator who has come up with a character concept which is consistent throughout.

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Great - explicit

I loved it! I got confused about who was doing what sometimes, but I loved the voices he used for the characters, and it’s a nice short story.

I did think it was more of a teens book but then in the first chapter got an earful of smut so enjoy but be warned :D

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great shott stort

This shirt story is fun, cute, and light for the heart.

The connection to another novella by the author also increases the enjoyment (once you clue into who one of the characters is the story feels so much broader).

overall this is a great listen. The use of two narrators was a little off-putting for me at first, but both do a great job of narrating in their own way.

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