Men of Whiskey Row Boxed Set, Books 1-6 The Complete Family Collection

Men of Whiskey Row #1-6

by D.A. Young, Morae Brehon (Narrator), Sean Crisden (Narrator)

Listening Length: 58 hrs and 51 mins

Sweet Obsession: From the moment PR whiz Jack Sullivan laid eyes on Noelle Kramer, he is consumed by the tenacious beauty. When the opportunity presents itself, he seizes it; consequences be damned.

New Beginnings: A Holiday Novella: The Sullivan brothers are back in Whiskey Row for a holiday adventure filled with love, laughter, and the possibilities for new beginnings.

The Pursuit of Happiness: More than friends, yet not quite lovers was the best way to describe Darby Sullivan and Avery Monroe. What happens when these two opposites finally come together?

Perfectly Imperfect: Casey Sullivan is a catch, and everyone seems to know it except his beautiful but slightly deranged girlfriend, Sidra Barton! Together they will face their pain and fears to obtain ultimate happiness.

No Greater Love: Alexei and Vivienne Romankov have always been the loving and supportive patriarch and matriarch of the Sullivan clan and their extended family, but how did this power couple come to be?

All We Ever Needed: To the outside, Kat had it all. The only thing missing was...love. She found it in Holton Brammer. Now only war exists, and it's one The Woodsman is determined to win.

Contains mature themes.

©2015, 2016, 2019 D.A. Young (P)2021 Tantor

Genres: Audiobook, Romance

Audible Audio

Published November 30, 2021

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D. A. Young is a best-selling author and lover of multilayered adventures. Food, traveling, and music are her passions. You can often find all three in the contemporary escapades she creates.

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Reviews

[Mia S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was actually interesting but oh it was all over the place at times. Flashbacks flash forwards and switching stories, I really had to push through. If they take time to edit it could be a funny and good series.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐
Has to FreeTime off for the ending. I need a novella for more explanation.

[Jessika Sartin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I liked the series, I got sick of it by the time I got to the last two stories so I quit listening. Technically it's a DNF, but I'm counting it as read😊

[Brittney Meyers · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nope: nope: nope. Beginning to believe there isn't a romance book to meet my needs. I understand they are hard to write... But golly.... Still get credit for trying. Even for 15 minutes.

[The Book Junkie Reads . . . · Rating 5 out of 5]

multi-generation multilayer multicultural ...
Overall 5 out of 5 stars
Performance 5 out of 5 stars
Story 5 out of 5 stars

Sweet Obsession: Jack Sullivan found Noelle Kramer to be everything and more he could ever desire in a woman. The thing was she was just too young for him. She had her whole life to live. Years after their first meeting he still watches over the youngest Kramer and will do anything for her happiness. She finds that she may soon be on the very wrong side of her family, well her mother's, wrath. She needs help. She needs Jack Sullivan. This was my introduction to the Men of the Row and this was the start of a family, drama, tension, friendship based life that this time revolves around Jack and Noelle.

New Beginnings: A Holiday Novella: The Sullivan brothers are back in Whiskey Row for a holiday adventure filled with love, laughter, and the possibilities for new beginnings. This novella gives a little insight to all the couples of the row.

The Pursuit of Happiness: Darby Sullivan and Avery Monroe became friends over the last two years. Until it all fell apart at the New Year's party to welcome the year. Avery's year did not quite start the way she thought it would. The joy of the bringing in of the new year turned to sorrow after the clock struck midnight. Months later and things are still not what they could have been. New things have happened in their lives and only time will determine if they can get on the right path. What happens when these two opposites finally come together?

Perfectly Imperfect: Casey Sullivan and Sidra Barton together they will face their pain and fears to obtain ultimate happiness. But along the way one or both will break and create more of an divide between them or will it be just what was needed to make them come together and work together.

No Greater Love: Alexei and Vivienne Romankov have always been the loving and supportive patriarch and matriarch of the Sullivan clan and their extended family, but how did this power couple come to be? We get full scoop on the romance/breakup/romance of Alexei and Vivienne. The stories have been heading this way for several books. Now it all comes out and I just fell in love with Alexei and Vivienne all the more. They each went through a lot to make sure their family didn't fall. This was also a lesson in communication.

All We Ever Needed: It's Kat and Holton Brammer's turn to be a the front of the multilayered storytelling of D.A. Young. This one story answers more questions and reveal a few secrets along the way.

I love the way the story moves with the slips to the past and back to the present. I love the multilayers. I love how it intwines all the various friends and family and what was going on in their lives.

Contains mature themes that will not me acceptable to some but was discussed in the realms of being reality for some if not most.

[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook: First, the southern accents are TRASH. Hire people from the region of the south the story is set in. These Gone with the Wind accents are embarrassing….None of us sound like that. Lots of HOT Sex🔥👏🏽👏🏽and so far it’s a fun ride. First is all I wonder if people who write about the south and southerners actually know anyone from the south?? We aren’t a monolith and our culture is regional. Each state is different. No one ever gets it right unless they’re from a southern state. Although Noelle is so basic and boring….I’m glad she’s lack though. Her friends are cool. Sidra is way to dialed up though. She’s always in 10 and it comes across as cartoonish. Avery is okay but whiny…. The talk Noelle and Jack had about being and interracial couple was a fail because Black people can’t be racist. That’s not how racism works. Ugh…She came across very sheltered and dumb during that exchange. Noelle is so immature and jumps to conclusions instead of just asking questions and talking to the obvious source of the problem. Hella annoying….
Avery and Darby: I don’t know what that beginning was supposed to be but the awful dialogue and heavy handedness of the scene was trying way to hard. We get it! It’s racism but that was just writing… I really wish Sidras character was not an unhinged asshole. It really takes away from her and Casey story. Avery is also boring and basic but also self hating.. she doesn’t wear jeans because she that self conscious??? She isn’t even described as that large. So sick of the disordered eating/ body dysmorphic issues placed in the one woman who happens to be larger than a size 14. Wearing jeans is on her bucket list???? Annoying. Also NO Black woman has ever said Animal by Maroon 5 releases their inner stripper. Bffr!😂
Vivi is another fun but unhinged at times. Her outbursts are so over the top and ridiculous. She and Alexi are cute though.
Sidra’s character was done dirty. The darkest of the trio had to be the angriest and most unstable. This trope needs to die. She even came across as violent for no reason. Why??? She was a mess mentally and giving her these awful unnecessary anger and parental issues in terms of her father was just weird. And not one mention of therapy. She was actually punching mirrors?!??? Wtf? I did n;t like her at all. She was too insufferable. There’s a more nuanced and interesting was to flesh out and build her character that shows her imperfections without making an angry caricature out of her. It made her really unlikable and annoying. This reality takes away from her and Casey’s story and the least enjoyable. The passion and heat between them in the other stories was gone in this one. The story about Nero (Sidra’s dad) and her mom’s affair is so convoluted. When they meet her mom it’s insane.. what is she even doing?? Who is she supposed to be??? Her mom is not a real person….that part was strange and performative..Just give her an actual mom. She didn't have to be such insufferable nut job. Not perfect but at least believable. Her mom was cartoonish cringe. Again therapy….they all need it. Also there’s nothing convincing that she’s a dj. That career is never explained or explored enough for it to make any sense. The whole murder suicide with Nina and Sidra’s dad, Nero was way too much and overly dramatic.
Vivienne and Alexi as mentioned earlier are cute and steamy but Vivi is on 10 all the time. It's so annoying. She gets mad at Alexi and you can't even figure out why. She starts pouting and going into dramatic diatribes. She's a lot and always doing the most just like Sidra. Why can't they have more distinct and nuanced personalities that are realistic?? Vivi goes from 0 to 60 in seconds over nothing. It took me out of the story and especially in the audiobook. Her shill tantrums are as insufferab;e as those terrible Gone With the Wind ass accents. Towards the ends these stories clearly ran out of steam. Alexi and Vivi’s story was a mess. No idea what was even happening. Too much going on and the adding in if past characters didn’t work because it was tied in coherently. It felt unrelated when they brought in the others. Holt and Kat’s was just as weird and boring. More time should’ve been spent on these characters and their stories separately.

[Deb · Rating 2 out of 5]

First, about the books..
The women in the stories are primarily portrayed as independent man haters until they're not. It's very confusing. They also tend to jump to conclusions and dramatically overreact to situations unless their lives are in danger. When their lives are threatened, they are surprisingly calm. Many of them claim to hate drama but then bring all the drama to the story.
There were many times throughout the books I was thinking this could be a paranormal romance. All of the men are super strong and fast, unbelievably handsome, incredibly wealthy,  can smell when a woman is aroused, and the children have superpowers as well. The way the children are portrayed actually drives me crazy. They are all far too advanced/ mature for their supposed ages. A baby less than 6 months old already talking? An under two year old who speaks in complete sentences, understands the concept of Santa and how it relates to Christmas and presents (asking to have her younger brother traded for a new one), and can verbally manipulate everyone around her. A 7 - or 8 year old who gives relationship advice to adults and understands the complexities of all the interactions between the adults around him. Then, in the last book, the hours old infant who winks at the adults  "knowingly" and laughs hysterically at jokes told by his brother, these are not believable characteristics for children.

Second, about the narration...
I cringed every time  the female narrator (Morae Brehon) took over. She is terrible at accents, of which there are several in the book, including Southern, Russian, Swedish, & and Irish, to name a few.  She also tends to drop the consonant  at the end of many words, especially ones that end in "d." Her normal speaking voice is quite pleasant. If she didn't attempt the accents, it would have been better. I think the flow of the book would have been better overall if they used just one narrator, and I preferred the male (Sean Crisden).
Additionally, there are so many words that are misused in this book, but it's hard to say whether that's on the narrators or the author. If you made it this far and still want to read this book, don't say I didn't warn you.

[AudiobooksConniseur · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF I stopped after the 4th book. I just couldn't stick with the over-the-top sex and social issues the author layered throughout each story. I'm not a prude about sex/erotica, by the way, and I'm pretty open to social issues that deal respectfully with bi-racial relationships, racism, socioeconomic status, LGBTQ+, gender inequality, child neglect/abuse/abandonment, political divides, etc. --you get it. But this boxed set was A LOT of these current hot-button topics mixed into various storylines that made it difficult to sometimes identify the characters these belonged to. Complicated with by a Russan-Mafia vibe mixed into a Tennesse Appalacian(?) geographical community that is socially inclusive (yeah, right) is a crazy recipe for love stories, erotica with a dash of blackmail that lost me sometime after book 3. I tried with book 4 to believe that books 5 and 6 would be worthy, but I just couldn't do it. Mind you, this is a 42 hr long boxed set nightmare. Even on 3x speed, I stopped really listening to the stories. I will probably try for my credit back from Audible.

I'd avoid this anthology series.

[Laura · Rating 1 out of 5]

The first one was great, the second one was "meh" but the third one was just annoying. There were too many people, too much personal baggage, too much criminality in a sweet backstreet town, and too much happening all at once. I felt like this was written as a high-fantasy, 20 book long series, but in the romance genre. Why must there be SO many different POV, especially when they don't matter for an ENIRE book!? For example, at the beginning of the third book, there is a young dude who's only job in the book is to set the scene of her home environment, but at the end of the book he is the father figure and romantically involved with another not-so-important person! I was losing my mind as soon as a new person was introduced, and eventually gave up trying to understand who the fuck that character was.

[Janie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this on Audible. It was okay, but some parts were a little too graphic. It does tell the story in depth, and it is very long when you get the six-book series.

Book 1, "Sweet Obsession," is the story of Jack Sullivan and Noelle Kramer.

Book 2, "New Beginnings: A Holiday Novella," The Sullivan brothers return to Whiskey Row.

Book 3, "The Pursuit of Happiness," is the story of Darby Sullivan and Avery Monroe.

Book 4, "Perfectly Imperfect," Casey Sullivan and Sidra Barton's story.

Book 5, "No Greater Love," Alexei and Vivienne Romankov's story.

Book 6, "All We Ever Needed," Kat's story with Holton Brammer.

[Dhamiera Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series was great! The storyline were well thought out and the characters were very in depth. I could picture them and their situations while listening to the narrators bring everything to life. My favorite character was Alexi. He was a mans man and adamant father that loved his daughter and wife through everything. Every story included a jaw dropping cliffhanger, especially the last one between Cat and Holt. I so wish there was more to this series.

[T. Noble · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full disclosure, I have listened to the audiobook twice for this collection. It is funny and contemporary and so diverse. I love the characters and all their good and bad. I love this box set because they are like a continuation of the story and you get to see the characters develop. LOVE, LOVE AND LOVE!!

[LLT]

This is my first time reading this author. I loved this series. However book six was my least favorite, although still good. I highly recommend starting from the beginning of the series. Very enjoyable.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had listened to the whole book series 3 times & have enjoyed it each time. The characters that D.A. Young uses in the series are all interesting and very well connected through out. Thank you so much for a great series of action, adventure, love & so much more

[Samantha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved these books!!! D.A. Young definitely knows how to write multi layered books and characters with depth. The twists and turns in this book keep you on your toes and cheering for the women and Men of Whiskey Row.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this series.

[Stephanie Czachor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the first few books, but then they turned into more violence than I normally like. I wouldn't read again.

[Brittany Figaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was an amazing storyline. I don’t even know what to say. The rollercoaster of the journey was everything.

[Rosemary Hughes · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have listened to the audiobooks of this series set box and submitted reviews for each title under the individual title's pages.

[Delicate Rock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sooooo. Everything was going great until the last two books. Katerina and Holt were short changed. Sidra and Darby had me heave laughing so that was my favorite book of the bunch. Very good overall.

[S · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved all of them!

[Alesha · Rating 3 out of 5]

The expanded world became too complicated for me to follow/enjoy.

[Heather Parks · Rating 2 out of 5]

DNF the series…

[Tiffani Chandler · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Men of Whiskey Row series succeeds because each book stands strong on its own while contributing to a larger emotional arc. Every couple is well developed. Every plot is thoughtfully constructed. The spice is consistently sizzling. The male leads are confident, protective, and emotionally present alpha men who know how to love their partners well. Most importantly, the series rewards readers who invest in the full journey by allowing every relationship to grow, evolve, and remain visible long after the last page of each book.