My Anti-Hero by Tijan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I shouldn’t have agreed to this. What was I thinking?
Appearing on a local news show? Just because something happened to me?
I live mostly in isolation on purpose.

But here I am.
I was so nervous that I needed the make-up chair, twice.
And then I walked past his room.

He’s a giant–no softness, all muscle.
And a rich beard that made me want to rub myself all over it.
He made me see stars, literally because the second time I saw him, I tripped.
Or I would’ve, but he caught me, and the cameras were rolling.
Soon, that clip will be trending because he wasn’t just another guest on the show.
He’s Brett Broudou, the Kings’ newest football star.

We couldn’t be more opposite.
The only special thing about me is the reason I was on the show.
Brett, the Super Bowl champion, and me, the survivor who helped bring down the infamous Midwest Butcher.

Brett might not think he’s anyone’s hero, but he’s about to become mine.

My Anti-Hero

An original story that I really enjoyed!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💚💜❤️💖
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌎
Character development: 😟🙁☺️😍🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Willow (a.k.a. Billie) – she was an introvert that lived mostly like a hermit, though she still agreed to be interviewed on a local news channel for something that happened to her years ago. She was so nervous she was sweating like crazy, and she had to be made up and touched up again before going on. She does graphic design from her home. Though she can be around people, she was a foster kid who found a family that liked her and raised her till she turned eighteen and she lived in their guest house.

The Hero: Brett – he is the latest star of the Kings football team, a defensive end. They had won the Super Bowl last year. He was tall, muscular and broody. He never played football in hight school but was recruited by Cal U after a scout saw him playing football with friends. He ended up being a first round draft pick and spent years with Kansas City until he came to the Kings last year. He was at the station for an interview.

The Story: Billie nearly fell on her way onto the set, in front of the cameras and Brett caught her before she hit the floor. She covers well, by telling the interviewer that she can be clumsy sometimes. Billie is on the show because when she was twelve, she was the only survivor of the serial killer, the Midwest Butcher. She was able to get through the interview and spoke to Brett in the elevator out of the building. That is when he asks her out on a date. Though something goes wrong, and things don’t work out.

I liked both of these characters; they both have tragic backgrounds but have overcome them rather well. I liked the way Billie stands up for herself despite her slightly shy and introverted personality. There were also some great supporting characters in this book including Billie’s foster sister and her husband, Channing Monroe from The Boy I Grew Up With, Stone Reeves from Enemies and Mason Cade from the Fallen Crest series.

The story about Billie being the only survivor of a serial killer was much more involved than I thought it would be and I won’t go into that much since I don’t want to spoil the book. However, it was very interesting to me. I really liked that storyline. This book more than held my interest throughout the entire thing. There were some surprises that I never would have guessed and some that I suspected all along, but overall, it was an original story that I really enjoyed.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Andi Arndt and Teddy Hamilton. These two are both very good narrators and two of my favorites. They are both great at showing emotion through their voice and have very pleasant-sounding voices.

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