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If you're a big YA fan you'll like this

Revisado: 09-19-14

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I neither liked nor disliked this book, so saying if it was time well-spent or not is a little tricky for me. I don't feel like I wasted six hours of my life, so that's good, right? One thing about this book that I liked was that it's easy to listen to while doing other things. It's light "reading," so to speak, so even if you didn't like it you haven't spent all your energy trying to pay attention to it.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Ok. So. I am not a fan of the YA writing style (first person, present tense. I HATE present tense in books), so I would have changed all of that. That's just my personal preference; I'm sure there's tons of people out there that wouldn't be bothered by it. It was also a bit cliche in places. I would have taken out the love triangle; it added nothing to the story (also, is it some sort of requirement now that all YA novels have to have a love triangle? It's getting old). In fact, I don't think the story would have suffered at all if the character of Jon was omitted entirely, because he did absolutely nothing but sit there and look pretty. At least Andrew actually helped with the murder investigation a little.It wasn't a bad book; it IS entertaining. It's no great piece of literature, but I have no doubt it could become very popular.

Have you listened to any of Brenna Frederick’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

All I've heard are a couple samples from other books she has narrated, and she seems like a really good narrator. All her voices for the characters fit them perfectly, and she's really good at portraying the emotions in the characters' voices. I think she did an especially good job at Sharlene's voice; she brought something to the character that probably wouldn't have come across if I had read it myself. I am looking forward to listening to other books narrated by her.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

I probably wouldn't pay to see it, but if someone brought the dvd over or something I would watch it out of curiosity.

Any additional comments?

Disclosure: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

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