Chasity Nicole

Truly Beautiful Story

Revisado: 01-16-16

Flexible Wings was an amazing tale of what a child goes through when her parents are in the military. In our generation a lot of kids, know all too well what it’s like to have their parents oversees fighting for this country. A lot kids have experienced losing their parents because of war, and it’s hard on the kids that go through these situations.

Summer battles all these emotions that any middle schooler shouldn’t have to go through. And we watch and feel her hurt as she goes through the motions of trying to cope without her mom. Not only does her mom leave on military business, but she also moves to a new place and has to make new friends, which is never easy for any child to have to do. And if you’ve ever moved to a new school, you know just how tough making new friends can actually be.

Summer’s life is an emotional roller coaster in Flexible Wings. Things finally start looking up for her when she joins the swim team. She makes friends and finally feels like she belongs somewhere. But like life things take a turn and don’t end up happily, or so she thinks. And for a pre-teen she feels like her life is falling apart at times. Abandoned by her mother and friends, with only her little sister by her side.

The characters are well-rounded and make the story all the more heart-tugging. Because they go through the motions like an average person would, and the emotions aren’t glorified or written out as if they don’t’ exist, which I feel is often done in some situations. And the story is told in such a way that it feels like it really happened and that Summer and her family aren’t fictional characters.

Veda Stamps has a way with words and paints a vivid picture of everything happening in her story and leaves you with a different perspective. We don’t necessarily see the hurting child when we make decisions of moving to another town, but in Flexible Wings, she definitely shows you what happens when you uproot your family and how one tiny decision affects everyone in big ways.

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Absolutely Amazing!

Revisado: 11-07-15

Would you consider the audio edition of Car Nex: Storm to be better than the print version?

I've read many things that Kerry has written, I've never listened to an audiobook of something Kerry has written though. In reality, this is the first audiobook I've ever listened to, and I'm glad my first was something by Kerry.

Kerry is a magnificent storyteller and I always look forward to reading her stories because she's a brilliant writer. And everything I've ever read has always left me craving more of her works and I doubt there will ever be a day where I don't like something written by her. She's that amazing of a storyteller.

This story was creepy, let alone while you're listening to it home alone in the dark while a storm is brewing outside. So the atmosphere around me just amped up this stories spook appeal.

Oddly enough my favorite scene was when cat guts flew and landed on the car, I don't know what that was my favorite scene but for some reason the way the man read the scene just made it feel real. Plus, it's kind of gross to think you're sitting in your car and cat guts come flying at you.

Kerry writes brilliantly scary tells and I love each and everyone. And just having the story read aloud to me by a voice that sounds equally creepy, yet calming just puts you in a place where you allow yourself to relax but then get freaked out when things turn from calm to in your face. And I think that is the element that Kerry tries to capture in all of her works, and that is definitely what I got from this story. Also never go snooping around in a spooky house where people have died, it's just asking for trouble.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mariah Dawn has to be my favorite character because I see a lot of myself in here. I'm naturally the person to go digging around in places that I don't belong. So, I would have went into that house searching for answers and I would have ended up in the same situations that Mariah found herself in. I like solving mysteries, even if it puts myself in danger and I feel that is Mariah down to the letter.

What does Gene Blake bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Gene's voice is just a mixture of creep and calm. One minute it's soothing and peaceful the next it's creep and leaves you wondering what happened. It's like he lulls you into a false sense of security that the book isn't going to be scary and then he traps you like a venus fly trap trapping its prey.

If you could take any character from Car Nex: Storm out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Probably, Mariah because I'd pick her brain. I like to pick people's brain and understand the motives behind why they do certain things. So, for me I'd like to know why she went into the house, what compelled her to stay, and why she did things the way she did and if she would have done things different had she'd known the outcome of her decisions. I like digging for answers.

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