Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words

by Andi Arndt and Tara Sivec

[stacey_is_sassy]

I really needed this...

I haven't laughed that hard in a long time...ON THE TRAIN...OUT LOUD! Seriously, my fellow passengers must think I'm an absolute loon. You can pass off the odd smirk and even a big smile once in a while, but full-on busting out laughing, not so much. I just couldn't help myself, though. Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words was OTT silly but so bloody good. I beg you Tara Sivec and Andi Arndt, please, do it again and again and again. If this is what happens when a very talented author works together with an outstanding voice actor, well, I'm a fan.

I started listening to this audio on the way to work and by the time I arrived, I was desperate to share my good fortune of finding this little treasure. Two of my workmates asked what was making me smile and I then proceeded to tell them about the heroine, Heidi. Heidi, who previously loved Amish love stories with fade to black intimate scenes, finds herself working at a place that records erotic romances. Oh my lordy, my work colleagues chuckled. I think they were chuckling at me more that the storyline because I couldn't explain without bursting out laughing as I explained. You might guess from this, I'm not very good at sharing jokes. ;-)

I wasn't sure what I was going to be getting when I downloaded Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, to be honest. I didn't read the blurb properly because somehow I got the impression that it was going to be like a podcast. I was even wondering whether it was going to be a romance. Imagine my surprise and delight when I realised my mistake. It was definitely romantic and extremely funny.

Now, some might say that this story was a little OTT and highly unlikely that Heidi could be so naive, and at first, I had to agree. After a little while, I came to realise it was all Heidi's mum's fault. She protected Heidi from all the bad things in life. This had me thinking about my kids and how I might be doing them a disservice by protecting them from disappointment. Resilience, unfortunately, needs to be learnt. Sure, I want to protect them from heartache but how are they to learn to pick yourself up again if they've never had to. I guess I'll have to learn to pick their battles. ;-)

So, if you're looking for a good laugh and want to be thoroughly entertained by a fantastic story that is brilliantly narrated, you can't go by Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words. The characters were original, the hero was sigh-worthy and Heidi's mum an absolute CRACK UP! I really do hope that Tara Sivec and Andi Arndt decide to do more in the future.