Review: Audiobook Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2014
As soon as I started this book, I had a weird craving to dye my hair purple. Yes, purple. After reading the synopsis I was under the impression that this was going to be a fun, fluffy story, but it turned out to be a much more serious read.Bria is your typical teenage girl that ends up falling for the wrong guy, and this guy just happens to be her best friend’s brother. Ouch. On top of that, Bria is suffering from a typical teenage identity crisis. After losing her mother to a car crash at a young age, Bria is trying to live up to the person others thinks she is, rather than who she feels she is inside.I could really appreciate Bria’s insecurities and somewhat antisocial behavior. On top of that, she was a bit sarcastic, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I do love the occasional sarcastic, angsty, even bratty characters from time to time. (I guess you can tell what kind of teenager I was years ago…  )This was a very quick read, and seemed to fly by as an audiobook. This is the first audio I’ve encountered narrated by Katie Flahive. She did a wonderful job of portraying Bria’s teenage angst and insecurities. One of my biggest pet peeves with audios is when the author doesn’t sound the character’s age. I was happy to see right from the beginning that Katie was the perfect choice for Bria.A very realistic teenage story told in a way that I could easily relate to. This is the only book by Jenny Kaczorowski that I’m aware of, but I’m hopeful that we will see more from her in the near future.