Book Reviews

I've hesitated reading his work because of hype and because I DNF'd the first book I ever read of his and couldn't bring myself to try another. But, one book is not representative of an entire body of work, especially when it's the author's debut novel. Authors continue to grow and improve, and I figured I should give him another chance. So I did.

Written by V.E. Schwab and published in 2020, Addie Larue isn’t a new book. But it was new to me, and I imagine there are some of you out there who haven’t read it yet, so I decided to review it, anyway. I’m glad I found it. It’s not my usual fare–I like books that have a lot of humor, or action, or are cosy, or… whatever this isn’t. But this book was so engrossing, I couldn’t stop listening to it.

The narrator, Julia Whelan, does a spot-on French accent, and a number of other accents, besides. I’ve always had trouble with female narrators taking on the male voice, but in this one, she does a wonderful job, and it doesn’t...