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Fun, Sweet Romance with Lovable Characters

Revisado: 09-16-23

I really enjoyed this sweet story. Easy to listen to and engaging storyline with lovable characters.

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fun!

Revisado: 11-27-22

This was a very fun story! Looking forward to listening to the second book.

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fun!

Revisado: 11-10-22

this was such a fun story with excellent narration! perfect for ages 7+ and for adults! especially great for boardgame lovers.

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wow, loved everything about this!

Revisado: 09-21-22

I don't have time to write a review because I'm starting the next book.

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Content Warning: twisted and creepy, bad messages

Revisado: 08-29-22

this review contains spoilers, but I think it's important for parents and listeners to know these things because I really think this content is inappropriate for the age group it's written for.

I thought this book was another pleasant, fun, suspenseful book by the author. But by the end it was way too twisted and creepy for me, an adult listener. the story is about a girl who's friend goes missing. turns out it was all a twisted, disgusting plot by a couple of rich middle-graders to murder a kid. That was so wrong and disgusting to me in so many ways. These middle-grade characters decided to murder someone (through a whole creepy mystery set up) just for the thrill of it! This is so messed up. the worst thing is that the murder-plotting kids are portrayed in a "cool kid" light the whole time, even after their murder plan is exposed.

Another problem I have with the story is that yes, the author acknowledges how messed up those kids amd their plans were, but not nearly enough! the main character, Emily, is the one who tells the story and is the one the other middle schoolers wanted to murder just for fun. She takes this whole thing way too lightly! even after she is almost killed by kids who were her friends (led into the trap by Alice), she acts like it was no big deal! she should be traumatized!! but instead she just moves on, talking about how social media has blown up and whether or not she should go back to the same school that got her into this mess. And she decides to meet up, alone, with Alice! the girl who was willing to lead her into murder because rich kids were giving her money!

this portrayal of Emily was unrealistic and unhealthy. it was like the author just took a serial killer show for adults and plopped it into a middle-grade novel, then made the main character act like it was all just normal life for a middle-school kid. and the murderers were kids!!!! that is so creepy and so inappropriate!

I really enjoyed the story up until the mysteries were revealed and at thaf point i felt sick to my stomach for having listened at all.

the author writes well and writes other thrilling stories that I enjoyed, but this one was way too much. especially for kids!!!! and for an adult who wanted to read a kids book for leisure and enjoyment. :(

also, it's weird to me that in several books by this author, there are kids who are rich and commit crimes just because they are "bored." this seems like a really negative stereotype to perpetuate about wealthy people. and the fact that the same name, Will, was used in this book and Replaced was weird to me. in both books he was a kid who was rich and bored and decided to mess up his life for a thrill. Not a good message at all.

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great story, repetitive writing

Revisado: 08-25-22

I really enjoyed the story. I listened because I enjoyed the author's other story, Interview with a robot. I liked Interview with a robot better. This story was just as interesting but the writing was quite repetitive at parts. But I'm excited to listen to more from the same author! im a Lee bacon fan now!

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one of my favorite audiobooks

Revisado: 07-21-22

The Candymakers books 1 and 2 have been among my favorite audiobooks I've listened to! the stories and characters are wonderful and so is the narration. perfect listen for the whole family!

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Perfect for your tweens and teens

Revisado: 05-07-22

Disclosure: I am the author of this story. Elyse Osterhaug did a beautiful job narrating this story. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it.

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loved it

Revisado: 04-23-22

loved it! I think I enjoyed the audio book even more than the show. maybe.

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Really unique and fun

Revisado: 04-02-22

I've never listened to an RPG-type story before, so at first I was surprised by this. The first chapter felt a lot like reading a rule book for a dungeon crawl board game. The story grew on me though. This is much more of a comedy than an adventure story. The real adventure happens in about the last half hour of the book. The parts leading up to that felt too easy, and the characters were sometimes a bit shallow. But, this book is really funny if you've played RPGs before. It basically takes all the video game stereotypes and makes jokes out of them or flips them on their heads. It was an enjoyable listen, and I especially enjoyed the end.

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