Author: Amy Tintera
Publisher: Celadon Books and Macmillan Audio
Date Published: March 5, 2024
Note: I read this book while listening to the audio, because I heard such great things about the narration. And it’s true! While I like to create a character’s voice in my own head, January LaVoy perfectly captures the snarky inflection of Lucy’s many tongue-in-cheek remarks. And while the inner voice that Lucy hears telling her to kill can be annoying to read, at Ms. LaVoy made it sound fiendishly haunting. Will Damron did a great job of distinguishing the male voices. Also, this book includes snippets from a podcast, and it’s so fun to hear it portrayed as an actual podcast.
On to the story: I can’t get enough of books about amnesia after trauma books, and Tintera gives us a real feeling of what it would be like to lose your memory. Are those scenes playing in your head bits of real memories…or are you just recalling what people have told you? I wasn’t sure what to do with the character of the podcaster Ben – was he a good guy, out to prove Lucy innocent, or was he just there to capture a story? The other character that stands out and will surely give you a chuckle is Grandma Beverly. She seems to be the only one who can tell the truth in this book!
Read this. It’s the author’s debut foray into writing novels for adults and it will bring a smile to your face 🙂
Thanks to NetGalley, Celadon Books, and Macmillan Audio for advanced copies of the eBook and audio files
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