Waiting For The Flood by Alexis Hall (audiobook narrated by Will Watt)
☀️☀️☀️⛅

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC audiobook!

I'll admit I was a bit confused when I reached the 30% mark and the story completely changed! Now I realise this is a combination of two novellas - but only the first is described or named, which I find misleading - I'd prefer the title and description to reflect the two stories being distributed together.

Now for the stories themselves:
Waiting For The Flood is the titular story. I liked Edwin as a narrator and the romance, albeit rushed, was sweet. The supporting characters both added humour and depth, but ultimately the length of this was my biggest problem - I wanted more! The story ended just as the plot started progressing into interesting territory. 

Chasing The Light is the second story told here, following Edwin's ex Marius through his own romance. I found the length of this story better to spread out the romance, which was still rushed but somehow more believable to me contextually. Where I felt it lacked a bit was the depth of characterisation - Marius has interesting backstory components that weren't explored enough for me to totally connect to him as a character, but the overall shape and style of this novella was definitely enjoyable.

Aftermath helped to converge the two MCs in a more resolved fashion - this had more depth than I'd expected for its length, which was appreciated.

Will Watt's narration was impressive and appealing in both stories, especially so in Edwin's dialogue where he added a lot to his emotional response to stuttering.