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Title: Chained Melodies

Author: Debrah Martin

Narrator: Rob Groves

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-17

Publisher: Debrah Martin

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Gay & Lesbian

Publisher's Summary:

For fans of The Danish Girl, an extraordinary transgender love story about self-belief and the true nature of courage.

Best friends since childhood, life takes very different courses for Will and Tom when they leave school. Tom joins the army to become a man. Will goes to university and discovers he's not. When Tom turns up on Will's doorstep almost 10 years later, he's disillusioned and broken after surviving Northern Ireland during the 1970s troubles, and with a broken marriage and no future. Will, on the other hand, has just embarked on a completely new future for himself - in his case, a very different kind of self; a woman called Billie.

As Will transitions from male to female, so the boyhood friendship between Tom and Will changes too. Initial shock and repulsion on Tom's part becomes grudging respect, and eventually something quite different. But life - and falling in love - is never that simple; and especially not when it's in the face of prejudice, fear, and lost courage.

Members Reviews:

Give this book a chance

I was gifted this Audio ARC for a honest and unbiased review from the author/narrator.

Debrah Martin wrote a well developed book. It was a beautiful story between long time friends. It reminds me of the movie When Henry met Sally. One of my favorites.

Rob Groves made the characters come alive and I couldn't turn it off till it was finished.

This book is not for everyone but I loved every bit. Give it a chance.

This is so freaking good! Emotionally exhausted

This is such a gut wrenching character study that I'm afraid to use those words in case someone thinks this is anything other than one of the most breathtakingly, heart wrenchingly fabulous stories I've ever read. This is right up there with Dr. Zhivago for capturing two people swept up in a world beyond their understanding, only the focus here is drawn in microscopically tight on two people you're not even sure you like when the book opens. By the end, I was driving through town sobbing (because I'm a commuter listener) and ready to kill the author because I thought, "No. There's no freaking way she can pull a Happy Ever After out of this." Except she did.

This is turning into one incoherent review because I refuse to give ANY spoilers beyond what I already have. The feeling is still raw, hours after the end. I don't want it to be over. But I'm glad it is, because I am emotionally exhausted. You don't read this story, you don't listen to it, you darned well FEEL it. The author is so incredibly good that she reaches deep into your guts and rips out feelings you don't even realize you have.

I hesitated getting this, because it's not something I would normally choose. This isn't my usual light entertainment to zone out the world. This is a deep emotional experience and will probably end up stuck on one of those lists of books that people are supposed to buy but are afraid of because it's so good. Love Story only better. Notice how I keep referencing really HUGE books? There's a reason for that.

The narrator absolutely NAILED the voices. I was so deep in the story and the character's voices so recognizable that I forgot I wasn't hearing real people. Genius!

Just get it. Set aside a serious block of time and lose yourself in it because you'll be snarling at anyone who interrupts you.