Discovering Delilah: An LGBT Love Story: Harborside Nights, Book 2 (Unabridged‪)‬

Audiobook Review: I am a huge fan of Melissa Foster. I have read this book before deciding to listen to it on Audible. Very rarely do I find the audiobook more enjoyable then the printed book but in this case I could not stop listening to Andi Arndt and Ava Erickson read me Melissa’s words. I could feel Delilah’s pain at losing her parents, I could hear the confusion and wariness about coming out as a lesbian, and I could feel the love and support that she had from all her friends and her brother. All of this came through the wonderful voices of the narrators. I highly recommend listening to Discovering Delilah.

eBook Review: Wyatt and Delilah are twins, fresh out of college facing the toughest thing a child can go through. They lost both their parents in a car accident. Now they both must figure out how to live their lives. Both twins have their ups and downs, we learned about Wyatt’s life in Catching Cassidy. Now it is Delilah’s turn.

I love Delilah. She is strong, faithful, and so adorable. She lived life behind Wyatt. He was her protector from her entire life. Now she needs to step out of his shadow and life how she wants it to be. Her lifestyle is not openly accepted by some. She is a closet lesbian; actually, she isn’t even sure that she really likes women. But she knows she really likes Ashley. While discovering her feelings, learning how to live in an alternative lifestyle, she learns to be Delilah. She learns what it means to be Delilah. She doesn’t have to be what everyone else wants her to be and do what they think she should. Watching her becoming strong and self-sufficient was amazing.

This is not a book for everyone. The lesbian story line could be a taboo subject for some. To those people I say, open your eyes. This is the world we live in. Be happy for love. I cannot wait for Tristan’s story.

I have read a lot of Ms. Foster's books but this was not a favorite for me. I realize that Delilah has a lot if issues that she needs to work through from grief over her the death of her parents to her sexuality but over all I found her to be a really weak character. She spends a majority of the book going back and forth over her feelings for Ashley and the perceptions that she felt that her parents would have as well as thinking that others would not approve of her being a lesbian. Ashley was the stronger character and comfortable with her sexuality and wants her partner to be the same which was difficult since Delilah spent most of the book not wanting to acknowledge their relationship. Add in the Janessa character who is interested in Deliliah, has a hook up with her but does not want a relationship with her and is a character that Ashley is clearly jealous of who keeps reappearing throughout the portion of this book that I was able to get through.
Overall, there was a lot that was going on in this book and it was hard to keep my interest. I generally enjoy Ms. Foster's books but this turned out not to be the book for me.
The performance by the narrators was done well by Ms. Arndt and Ms. Erikson and if the story was for me I would have enjoyed their entire performance.