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    Waiting for the Flood: A Spires Story
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    Waiting for the Flood: A Spires Story

    Written by Alexis Hall

    Narrated by Alexander Doddy

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    People come as well as go.

    Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.

    Two years ago, it ended.

    Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past.

    Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin’s quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons, but he offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.

    As the two men grow closer in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin learns he can’t protect himself from everything—and sometimes he doesn't need to try.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRiptide Publishing Audio
    Release dateMay 23, 2016
    ISBN9781626497382
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    Waiting for the Flood: A Spires Story
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    Alexis Hall

    Alexis Hall is a pile of threadbare hats and used teacups given a semblance of life by forbidden sorcery. He sometimes writes books. For more information, visit www.quicunquevult.com.

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    • 5/5
      Amazing performance by Alexander Doddy! A tender, romantic story, plus I really enjoyed Edwin's etymological commentaries and love of book preservation. And do check out the Bodleian's ephemera collection online.
    • 3/5
      A romance novella about an angsty young conservator at the Bodleian library struggling to get over a breakup, while flood waters are rising in his Oxford neighborhood. Well written, two fine characters (other than the narrator, whom I didn't love), a bit of humor, with the requisite happy ending. Nifty, but probably totally un-followable recipe for elderflower wine at the back. Not my favorite sort of fluff, but worth 3 stars.
    • 4/5
      This is the second book in the Spires series. It's short but has the wonderful writing I've found in all Alexis Hall's works. Edwin Tully is a restorer of damaged books in Oxford, England. He wishes he could restore his damaged heart, broken when his longtime love, Marius, left him two years earlier. But there's a storm and Oxford is flooding, so Edwin needs to buttress his home with sandbags and tarps. The engineer in charge, Adam Dacre, is helpful and Edwin is almost immediately attracted, but he's shy and he stutters. Adam is a big man, red-haired and not Edwin's usual type, but the two of them find an intellectual rapport and maybe something more.Mr. Hall is such a wonderful writer and I've been devouring his books. This story was great but a quick read. I really wanted to know more about Edwin and Adam (I need a sequel). Still, it's a little gem.
    • 3/5
      3.5 stars

      This is a great peaceful-feeling type read. I thought it was super sweet and well worth my time.
    • 5/5
      The audio quality isn't the best - but this was a fantastic story and I loved the narration. I can definitely see myself re-listening to this and I'd love to get a physical copy of this book.
    • 4/5
      Short and sweet like hot cuppa tea on a quiet, rainy evening.
    • 5/5
      That was beautiful, full of compassion and generally the best comfort read ever. Love it.
    • 4/5
      A novella taking place over a few days during a flooding event in Oxford. Edwin is a resident on a street that is sure to flood, and Adam is an engineer with the Environment Agency who has been sent to help the residents of that street during the flooding. They meet, and the very fledgling beginnings of a romance hatch. But Edwin has to decide if he's willing to let someone new in, as he's still hurting from the end of a ten-year relationship he thought was forever. Almost more of a character study than a straight-up romance, this story was just a joy. The characters are individuated and interesting, their budding romance was sweet and believable, and Edwin has an elderly older neighbor who was a hoot. Recommended.

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    • 5/5
      A great introspection. I will read / listen to it again.