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Not my cup of tea

Revisado: 09-10-19

Don't get me wrong, objectively there's nothing wrong with this novella.

A well written young adult coming of age story, centered around current affairs, about a super powered teenage girl, her nearly polygomus super powered family and the beauty of diversity and tolerance.

The only real issue that I have with this novella is that it's miles and miles away from it's very adult orientated predecessor, Caught. Right down to it's first person perspective presentation.

If you've never read Caught you may well like this story, provided you like young adult fare. There are a few aspects of logic with the plot that you may question. And you may scratch your head a little at some of the references from the first book and just exactly what Kaitlyn's modern family is doing, but Weech does a fair job of trying to give new readers just enough information to allow this story to almost work as a stand alone.

If you've read Caught, and I'll assume you liked it or else you wouldn't be here, then I'd recommend you take a pass on this one. Aside from character growth for Kaitlyn (unless you're a big Kaitlyn fan) there's nothing else in this story that you'll need to know. I'd just wait for the true sequel. Something that I'm excited for.

I applaud Weech for experimenting with different genres and different writing styles, but this mixture of genres just didn't personally work for me.

The narration by Jennifer Wooster fit well with the tone of the story. She did a fantastic job of relaying the emotions of the varying characters. I'd gladly listen to anything that she narrates in the future.

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A fun collection of stories excellently narrated

Revisado: 08-30-19

The four individual stories don't all necessarily fall in line with the theme of the anthology, at least not as it's initially explained at the start of the book, but the introductions by the individual authors do a good job of distinguishing why their stories actually fit and relate to each other in this anthology.

The four authors deliver entertaining stories and present us with a mixture of genres in doing so. Jumping from sci-fi, fantasy and even some apocalyptic horror I think helped to strengthen the overall composition of this short anthology. As opposed to four fantasy stories just bleeding into each other.

The two narrators were fantastic and I wouldn't be surprised if they were both eventually narrating for some of the heavy hitters of the industry.

While I did state that each story was entertaining they were also unfulfilling. A problem with anthologies in general I suppose. With stories so short they're usually over before you can really get into them. Neat concepts, a little intrigue, grounded characters but nothing that really blew my mind.

A fun listen, well worth a credit, but not a must have unless you're trying to complete your collection of works from any one of these fine authors.

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The best of both world's

Revisado: 05-31-17

I've read and listened to plenty of King's tales. He is a master of his craft and in my mind IT, is his very best work (questionable material included).
However, this is the first time that I've had the opportunity to listen to Steven Weber narrate a story. I am now a fan. He got it perfect.
Great story. Great narration. The best of both world's.

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