1.75 stars. Stutter is book 2 of 2 in the Bleeding Hearts series. It was a vastly different reading experience from book 1, Echo. I was really disappointed with this book. I didn't like it all that much and that mainly stemmed from Ryland's POV chapters. This book is told in alternating POV with Brighton and Ryland. 
 For whatever reason, the author took the monologue approach in the first person narrative with Ryland's POV. Ryland is talking to us directly, including asking us rhetorical questions, and explaining his character traits and personality to us and telling us what to think rather than allowing us to take in our own understanding of him. It's weird and doesn't fit the story. 
 Some examples: 
 "I'd even felt the tiniest flicker of regret, if you can believe it. You probably don't, but who the hell gives a shit?" 
 "Why, you may ask? Did you take me for one of those men who wouldn't own up to his responsibilities? Because I may have been many things, but I wasn't a goddamn scoundrel. If you must tar me with any particular brush, don't let it be that one." 
 "If you haven't already gathered this about me, I...." 
 I'm not fond of this writing style. In fact, I absolutely hated it with this book, so much so that I found myself skimming some of his chapters and contemplating the dreaded DNF. 
 A lot of this book, unfortunately didn't work for me. It didn't come together well and I wasn't a big fan of the direction the story went in several instances. 
 The first thing I was really put off by was we again saw the kiss that makes everything better. Ryland tried to kill Brighton and she's keeping her distance and telling him to stay away, yet he grabs her and kisses her and boom, right to orgasmic sex. I mean really, no one kisses that well. A longer courting period of slowly breaking down barriers would have made a lot more sense. 
 It went downhill from there. 
 Some things I did like: 
 I liked the newly defined relationships with some of the friends and family. 
 Even though I hated the male POV, the female POV was well written. 
 I didn't have any editing concerns with this book. 
 Even though I don't like how they got to that point, I did like where things were with everyone in the epilogue. 
 Audible: I added the whispersync audible narration to this Kindle book. The narrator did a good job. She was clear and easy to understand even when she did entire chapters in a male voice.