Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
Jilted by Vi Keeland Narrator: Aiden Snow, Andi Arndt
Published by MacMillan Audio on May 6, 2025
Genres: Contemporary Romance
Length: 8 hours, 45 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Source: NetGalley
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Weddings. I spend every working minute talking and writing about them, when just the thought of one makes me want to scream. After my fiancé abandoned me at the altar last year, my dream job at Bride magazine has turned into a reoccurring nightmare.
To add insult to injury, the bridezilla at my latest assignment somehow roped me into filling in for a missing bridesmaid. Of course, I had to get paired with the most gorgeous groomsman. Wilder Hayes is perfect—except when he opens his mouth and we end up bickering all evening. That is, until the coat closet incident.
At least I’ll never have to see him again. Or so I think... Until I walk into work on Monday and find out Wilder isn’t just a jerk, he’s also my boss’s son. And I’ll be spending the rest of the season working with him at every single wedding I cover this year.
It's a match made in heaven...or hell. Only time will tell.
I’ve read a few short stories by Vi Keeland that have solidified my interest in her as an author. So I was really excited to pick up Jilted, a full romance novel marketed with a 27 Dresses vibe. Sloane was the Jilted former bride and easy to care about right away. Wilder is the the typical handsome rogue who just needed the right woman to change all of his ways. Together they find out they have more in common that they thought and might be able to help each other heal and move on.
First the meet cute. This was done really well when Sloane gets bamboozled into being in the wedding party last minute when a bridezilla has a melt down. She and Wilder have instant heat and chemistry but Sloan is taking a year off from dating and Wilder is dangerous to that plan. No problem though, they might have had a super hot moment in the coat closet and the best kiss of Sloane’s life but she should be safe from seeing him again and can just hold that moment as a fond memory.
Wilder on the other hand has a different plan. He is the son of the owner of Bride Magazine that Sloane works for and pitches an idea for Sloane to cover the weddings of all of his college buddies. This plan with put them together at multiple weddings he is slated to be in. There is just something about Sloane that Wilder can’t put a finger on, but she is the first girl he has wanted more with than just a fling and he is willing to put in some work to see if he can build a relationship with her.
In a short time, Vi Keeland built a very cute story. I loved that Sloane’s family played such a big role in her life and the author hit on some of the challenges families face when a parent has a severe illness and how families pull together when tragedies hit. Sloane’s family was fantastic and made her all the more real on page. Wilder was easy to like as well. Just a little broken due to a huge betrayal in his past that gets teased out along the way, we see him falter in a few places. I do appreciate the recoveries from these lapses are resolved swiftly with communication between the couple and added tension to the story but were not dragged out. There is one trope in this that isn’t my favorite but the author made it work and it made sense with Wilder’s history.
Overall this is an enjoyable romance with a few weddings, sweet moments and relationship tensions that all work out in the end.
Narration:
Performance: ★★★★
Character Separation: ★★★★
Diction: ★★★★★
Pacing/Flow: ★★★★★
Sound Effects: None
Aiden Snow is an established narrator with an extension catalog of work. His voice has a deep unique timbre that worked well for how I imagined Wilder. Andi Arndt is just as accomplished as a narrator and it shows. Both narrators added to their characters and made them likeable, even when they did unlikeable things, you could tell they were conflicted and it made them all the more real.
Listen to a clip: HERE
About Andi Arndt
Andi’s relatively neutral US English accent is a product of a Minnesota childhood, New Jersey high school years, and Maryland/DC/Virginia adulthood. Firm grounding in both theatre and broadcasting led to full-time work in voice over.
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This does sound very cute. 😀
It was a great rainy day feel good read.
This sounds good and I enjoy Arndt’s narrations.
Yes!!! I didn’t realize I’d listened to so many of her narrations. She has a substantial catalog. You could really tell both PoV narrators were really great.
Poor thing! That would be a nightmare job!
After being left at the alter…yes! I got some Wedding Singer vibes for a minute. Good thing she had a great best friend and there is usually an open bar at the weddings.
I could have sworn I had an e-galley to this but when it came time to read I realized I didn’t get it for the tour I guess. I will need to pick this up sometimes soon, it sounds so good. Great review!
LOL…I’ve done that before too. Sure I had something and then realized I forgot to request it.
Hope you find some time for it in the future.