Review: Finding Audrey (Audiobook)

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Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Length: 6 hours and 36 minutes
Narrator: Gemma Whelan
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Description:

An anxiety disorder disrupts fourteen-year-old Audrey’s daily life. She has been making slow but steady progress with Dr. Sarah, but when Audrey meets Linus, her brother’s gaming teammate, she is energized. She connects with him. Audrey can talk through her fears with Linus in a way she’s never been able to do with anyone before. As their friendship deepens and her recovery gains momentum, a sweet romantic connection develops, one that helps not just Audrey but also her entire family

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Review: Eleanor and Park

Source: Purchased

Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary
Pages: 328 (Hardback)
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Description:

Two misfits.
One extraordinary love.

Eleanor... Red hair, wrong clothes. Standing behind him until he turns his head. Lying beside him until he wakes up. Making everyone else seem drabber and flatter and never good enough...Eleanor.

Park... He knows she'll love a song before he plays it for her. He laughs at her jokes before she ever gets to the punch line. There's a place on his chest, just below his throat, that makes her want to keep promises...Park.

Set over the course of one school year, this is the story of two star-crossed sixteen-year-olds—smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

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Mini-Reviews: Check-In on In Death Series (Loyalty, Witness, and Judgment)

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Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb
Series: In Death #9
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Pages: 336 (paperback)
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An unknown bomber is stalking New York City. He is sending Eve Dallas taunting letters promising to wreak mass terror and destruction among the "corrupt masses." And when his cruel web of deceit and destruction threatens those she cares for most, Eve fights back. It's her city ... it's her job... and it's hitting too close to home. Now, in a race against a ticking clock, Eve must make the pieces fit--before the city falls.

Quick Thoughts:  While the murder mystery doesn't stand out, Peabody and McNabb.  Love the further development of Peabody's story by introducing her brother.

Witness in Death by J.D. Robb

Series: In Death #10

Genre: Romantic Suspense

Pages: 339

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Opening night at New York's New Globe Theater turns from stage scene to crime scene when the leading man is stabbed to death center stage. Now Eve Dallas has a high-profile, celebrity homicide on her hands. Not only is she lead detective, she's also a witness - and when the press discovers that her husband owns the theater, there's more media spotlight than either can handle. The only way out is to move fast. Question everyone and everything...and in the meantime, try to tell the difference between the truth - and really good acting... 

Quote:

“Eve: “Would you jump in front of a maxibus for me?”

 Roarke: “Absolutely. They don't go very fast.” 

Review: Wicked Games

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Wicked Games by Jill Myles
Series: Games #1
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Romance
Pages: 231 (eBook)
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Description:

Abby Lewis never pictured herself on the survival game show, Endurance Island. She's just not the survival type. But when her boss offers her a spot on the show and the opportunity of a lifetime, she packs her bags and heads to the tropics to be a contestant. Once in the game, though, it's clear that Abby's in over her head.

No one's more competitive than sexy, delicious and arrogant Dean Woodall. Sure, he's clever, strong, good at challenges, and has a body that makes her mouth water. He also hates Abby just as much as she hates him. That's fine with her; she'll just ignore the jerk.

But the rules of Endurance Island are working against them. Abby and Dean are teamed up & alone on the beach. It's either work together, or go home. Stuck with no one's company but their own, they learn they might just make a good team after all. And Abby learns that with just a little bit of kindling, the flames of hate can quickly turn to flames of passion.

This book features enemies, lovers, enemies who become lovers, and lots and lots of tropical heat.

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