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  • By: Richard Kadrey
  • Narrator: Kate Rudd
  • Category: Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction
  • Length: 7 hours 51 minutes
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Publish date: October 29, 2013
  • Language: English
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Dead Set Audiobook Summary

The New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim series delivers a wonderful stand-alone dark fantasy in which a young girl is caught between the worlds of the living and the dead.

After her father’s funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is not so easy. Money is tight, and Zoe’s only escape, as has always been the case, is in her dreams–a world apart from her troubled real life where she can spend time with her closest companion: her lost brother, Valentine.

But something or someone has entered their dreamworld uninvited. And a chance encounter at a used record store, where the vinyl holds not music but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. It’s here that the shop’s strange proprietor offers Zoe the chance to commune with her dead father. The price? A lock of hair. Then a tooth. Then . . .

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Kate Rudd is the narrator of Dead Set audiobook that was written by Richard Kadrey

Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir books. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film. Some of his other books include The Wrong Dead Guy, The Everything Box, Metrophage, and Butcher Bird. He also writes the Vertigo comic Lucifer.

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Narrator Kate Rudd
Length 7 hours 51 minutes
Author Richard Kadrey
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date October 29, 2013
ISBN 9780062292391

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The publisher of the Dead Set is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction

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The publisher of the Dead Set is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062292391.

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Goodreads Reviews

Bonnie

April 26, 2016

My rating: 3.5 of 5 starsI received this book free from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. “Most people, even the ones we hold dear, are seldom what we think.” Zoe is struggling to cope with the recent devastation of her father’s death. He left Zoe and her mother destitute and the two were forced to move into a small, dingy apartment to make ends meet. Zoe and her father both shared a love of music, of punk music, and when she stumbles upon a record store one day to browse the stacks she uncovers far more than she could have ever expected. The old records contain far more than classic music; they contain the contents of a persons very soul including Zoe’s father.The most interesting aspect for me about Dead Set was the Egyptian lore that was incorporated into the story. Zoe travels to the underworld in order to see her father and they have a wonderful time together yet she doesn’t realize until after that she was only shown this peaceful place by her father in hopes that she would leave and never return. When she comes back and witnesses the horror of what truly goes on, Zoe refuses to leave her father in this hellish place. Queen Hecate is the moon-goddess that rules this nightmarish underworld, a place called Iphigene. Her children, enormous black dogs and black cobras, feed on the people forced to reside there. Iphigene is a terrifying and fearsome place when you consider these people are forced to remain there for all eternity.Zoe’s character was troubled yet she remained spirited and was a fantastic main character. Her father’s death left her more devastated than we get to witness first-hand with the only reference being a rubber band she keeps on her wrist that she snaps as a reminder not to cut herself. At this point in the story she’s been able to overcome the damage she inflicts upon herself but while her wounds aren’t as deep they’re still not fully healed. Presented with this situation that her father is in she seeks to help him in anyway she can so as to assuage her own suffering.Dead Set is an extremely violent and horrifying tale but was immensely entertaining. This is Kadrey’s first YA novel and my first read by him. His Sandman Slim series is widely touted and is definitely being added to my to be read pile.

Beth

January 25, 2014

Kadrey is very good at writing creepy and dark--that comes across quite well in his very-adult Sandman Slim series. It turns out, he's also very good at writing creepy and dark young adult books. This really struck me as a cross between Neil Gaiman and Charles de Lint's Newford books, and I could co

Lauren

October 08, 2013

As a fan of the Richard Kadrey’s Sandman Slim novels, I jumped at the chance to pick up a copy of his newest novel, a YA horror/fantasy called Dead Set. If Neil Gaiman and Chuck Palahniuk had a love child, it would look something like Dead Set. A young heroine has been dropped into a Gaiman scenario. The liberal sprinkling of myth and folklore, from Sumer to Greece to the Brothers Grimm, is also very Gaiman-esque. But the story has a Palahniuk-like edge, the heroine, Palahniuk pluck (I was reminded of Madison Spencer from Damned). There are plenty of other elements here, too—I saw shades of The Crow in this story, with its grungy alt rock patina. Kadrey hearkens back to his other works, with the seedy California setting, its unique subculture of hipsters and lowlifes. I saw Spirited Away. I saw The Wizard of Oz, to which Kadrey openly tips his hat. I saw St. Teresa of Avila. But the heart of the story is all Kadrey. He masterfully blends these components into a thrillingly new, original tale. The story centers around Zoe, our 16-year-old protagonist. Zoe was born into a household where it’s all punk rock all the time. Punk is the country, the language and the religion. Zoe and her folks are vinyl, vintage rock T-shirts and Chuck Taylors. Once upon a time, Zoe’s father was deep into the L.A. punk scene-- he played in a band and later managed his own club. But when Zoe was born, he settled down and turned respectable-- got the job, got the house in the burbs. Zoe’s mom, a former artist and fierce rocker babe in her own right, decided to become a homemaker. But the universe pitches their little nuclear family unit a nasty curveball when Zoe’s father drops dead of a heart attack. A series of sadly plausible legal snafus prevent Zoe and her mom from receiving any sort of benefits. Broke and foreclosed on, they have to move to a cruddy apartment in the Big City. Zoe’s mother can’t find a job. Zoe finds herself facing the problems that impoverished, urban kids face: no money to afford a proper cell phone. Creepy indigents tagging along as she walks down the street, perverts in the public library. Zoe’s new school is a few blocks away from a strip club. Fast food for dinner every night. All this, on top of being the new kid, on top of grieving for her father—well, it’s no wonder that Zoe has gone through a bout of self-harm, (she’s a cutter). Throw in the fact that Zoe has always had vivid dreams about a tree house and a boy named Valentine, who she calls her “dream brother,” and it really doesn’t come as any big shock that she’s spent some time undergoing psychiatric treatment.And by the way, Kadrey covers most of this in the first chapter. It’s hard not to admire that kind of economy. So. The stage is set. You’ve got your heroine, a sensitive, imaginative, confused young girl. She’s lonely. She’s under extreme stress. All she thinks about is death. Could she be anymore ripe for the full-on I Never Promised You a Rose Garden-type break with reality?I think not. And it’s expected, in a story like this, to introduce the unreliable narrator trope. We expect to go into this wondering if our girl is really experiencing this stuff, or if she’s just gone clean off her rocker. But let me just take this moment to say I loved Zoe. She’s tough, persistent and compassionate. I was impressed that Kadrey could delve so believably into the mind of a teenage girl. I love how normal she is—she likes school okay, most of the time. She and her mom aren’t getting along so great right now, but you know that deep down, they care about each other. While she spares boys a thought, she’s more focused on herself and her family situation. In many ways, Zoe is still just a kid—when she dreams of Valentine, they play in their tree house and throw almonds at each other. Overall, she’s a very good person—just what a heroine ought to be. When her particular white rabbit/cyclone/sprinkler of fairy dust appears, it comes in the most delightfully new, unexpected form: a record shop. Of course Zoe would go into an old record store. Of course she would seek out comfort and familiarity in a place filled with turntables and old tunes. She even finds an old album cover that her mother designed back in the day. She also discovers the proprietor. The name of the record store is Ammut’s (“Ammut Records: Rare, Used & Lost.” Did I mention that Zoe has also just watched a documentary on ancient Egypt?), but he tells her to call him Emmett. While perusing Emmett’s merchandise, Zoe stumbles onto a back room. It’s a very special back room. The records don’t look like regular records, and a cone of strange incense perfumes the air. Ammut/Emmett tells her that not just anybody would find their way to it. These records, he explains, are not music, but records of lives, of people who have passed on. (Akashic records—geddit?) When you listen to the music on a special machine, called an Animagraph, you can experience everything that person experienced. For example, Zoe straps on the Animagraph and blasts back in time to 1902 Virginia, where she gets to experience the life of a woman named Caroline. It’s a pretty crazy trip. You can already see where this is going. Zoe will want to see her father’s record. And, from there, it just gets weirder. It also gets more excellent. I don’t want to give too much away—I want the reader to experience this book just as I did, with no knowledge or expectations, so the magic just washes over you. I will say that, of course, Emmett is not what he appears to be. Nor does he share his wonders with Zoe for free. He demands payment. From Emmett’s store, Zoe embarks on a long, dangerous journey that takes her to the underworld, a land called Iphigene. There, she reunites with her father. She meets Valentine, who is, of course, more than just a dream figure. She also confronts terrifying evils, mainly in the form of Queen Hecate and her servants. Hecate is the tyrannical ruler of Iphigene with an all-consuming hatred for the living. She unleashes hordes of dogs, snakes and bats. At one time, it seems, Iphigene was a stopover point for the souls of the dead. Now it has become a prison, a purgatory of waste and decaying streets, of pain and physical torture right out of Clive Barker. There are also the dying dead—horrifying ghouls that lurk in Iphigene’s dark alleys and feed on virtually anything that crosses their path. Iphigene is a place in desperate need of a savior. Myths and folklore teach us that the hero must undergo trials. Frequently, they suffer intense physical pain. When the hero in question happens to have two X chromosomes, that suffering tends to be very literal. I appreciated that, throughout the book, Kadrey casually references the threat of sexual violence that women, especially teenage girls, face, without being exploitative—the creeps in the library, stepfathers, men on the street. When Emmett demands locks of hair and baby teeth from Zoe, she just assumes it’s for some kinky thrill. The old tales frequently deal, in some opaque fashion, with female sexuality. Sex, in turn, tends to go hand-in-hand with death—the rape of Persephone, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood. In France, when a girl loses her virginity, it is still known as “seeing the wolf.” Like Inanna, Zoe suffers a painful descent into the underworld. In addition to being attacked, bitten and scratched by Hecate’s minions, Zoe sustains many injuries. She is pierced with a longbow arrow. Like Cinderella, she dresses in rags and carries a broom. These references work in the larger context of the book. Kadrey chooses his allusions with great deliberation. Zoe’s very name is Greek for “life.” Like Isis, Zoe takes her broken brother and makes him whole. Isis was from the pantheon of Heliopolis, the city of the sun. The sun plays an important role in the liberation of Iphiegene, which is named for Iphigenia. Zoe herself is Iphigenia, the willing sacrifice for her father. Like St. Teresa, taking that bolt to the heart is a revelation. Queen Hecate is named for the Greek goddess of magic and necromancy. Hecate was once a girl named Iphigenia, transformed into a deity by Artemis, protector of young girls. Emmett is Ammit, the crocodile-headed devourer of souls. Using all of these references, for me, seemed to infuse real magic with the magic of fiction. These are actual deities who once had large cults—some still do, in neo-pagan circles. It underscores the point that in the world of Dead Set, the line between life and death is very thin, as is the line between the real and the unreal. These otherworldly people, places and situations have a real, tangible effect on Zoe’s life, and the life of her mother. So often, when a young hero goes on their journey, they get back to find that no one has really missed them—people thought that they were just sleeping or playing hide-and-seek. Aside from their internal growth, there is no evidence of their experience. When Valentine and her father give Zoe gifts, she still has them when she gets back home. Likewise, when Zoe returns from her underworld journey, she is still filthy and bloody. She still has her wounds. I loved that—for all that she’s done, Zoe should have something to show for it. The first half of Dead Set is so. Freakin’. Good. I found myself stepping away every few pages to do a little fangirl happy dance. Don’t get me wrong-- the second half isn’t bad. It’s just a bit muddled. There’s a lot of running around and people getting separated, then finding each other, then getting separated again. Sometimes, the action sequences were a bit hard to follow. In the end, good-byes are exchanged about 32 times, and yet, for all its messiness, I can’t help but feel that some of the resolution is a little too neat, too down-pat. But it doesn’t matter. The first half is more than worth the price of admission, and the idea is so cool, so original, that I can’t wait to go back and read this again.Reviewed for Horror-Net:http://horror-web.proboards.com/index...And Urban Fantasy Land:http://urbanfantasyland.net/

Marjorie

November 06, 2019

3.5

Kristin

December 05, 2013

http://www.mybookishways.com/2013/12/...Young Zoe has moved to San Francisco with her mother after her father’s sudden death to start fresh. It’s hard enough for her to fit in, with her taste in old punk music, a taste instilled by her music biz parents, and the fact that her father’s death has left a hole that has caused her to withdraw into herself, but her mom is having a tough time finding a job as well. Almost nightly she dreams, and it’s in her dreams that she finds herself in the company of her brother, Valentine, who has only ever existed for her in her dreams.One day, she finds herself in a record store, in the company of a rather odd proprietor who calls himself Ammut. She’s delighted in his collection of vintage rock records, and eventually, finds her way to a back room that holds records of a completely different sort. Ammut explains that these records contain the souls of the lost, and that her father’s is among them. With his strange machine, she is able to see through her father’s eyes, but she wants more, she wants to communicate with him, but in order to do this, Ammut begins to ask for payment in the form of items like blood, and teeth. Zoe will do anything to talk to her father again, and when she’s finally given access, she finds herself in a place called Iphigene, an in-between place for souls. At first, it doesn’t seem so bad, but things aren’t quite what they seem in Iphigene, and soon the strings of reality start unraveling, as Zoe realizes that those in charge have a plan for her, body and soul.I was taken with Zoe immediately. She’s a little bit brash, and a whole lotta brave. When she enters Iphigene again, only to find out it’s not the paradise she experienced the first time, she rather admirably rolls with the punches, even when she witnesses the almost daily snacking on the poor souls that reside there by Iphigene’s very creepy and deliciously diabolical mistress, and her toothy minions. She has a special interest in Zoe, but Zoe’s main interest is getting out of Iphigene and saving her dad’s soul. Dead Set has some exciting moments, to be sure, and Iphigene is a scary and wondrous place, with plenty of intrigue to fill a novel, but the meat of the story lies in how Zoe deals with her dad’s death and its effect on her family. In this, the story certainly succeeds and there are some very poignant moments between Zoe and her dad, and also her lost brother, Valentine. Kadrey’s writing is always good, and Dead Set is no exception, with its very scary villians right out of Egyptian myth set against the tragic and lost denizens of Iphigene. There’s a ton of imagination in this story, and certainly wouldn’t mind seeing more of Zoe, but even if we don’t, we have Dead Set, and I’m good with that. While most of Kadrey’s novels fall squarely in the adult realm, with their exploration of very dark themes, Dead Set would be perfect for curious teens that love their protagonists strong and their worlds dark and fantastical.

Jason

December 15, 2013

3.5 StarsAs a fan of Richard Kadrey, I went into Dead Set with high expectations. This is a book that really is perfect for the YA crowd. The book centers on Zoe, a troubled young teen girl who is trying to find her place in this world. She misses her dead father. She fights with her mother. She is a cutter. Zoe is looking for something more, and boy does she find it.This is an easy afternoon read that moves along at a swift pace. I liked Zoe a lot and she easily carries this story. I love that this is a complete book, not part 1 of many. There is a fun adventure to be had here. This is nothing like a Sandman Slim novel.Recommended!

Terry

September 11, 2020

** spoiler alert ** Interesting ideas on purgatory and unborns.

Kathleen

December 09, 2014

It's not as gritty or rough as the Sandman Slim series as it's written for the YA crowd. But it has the familiar elements of Egyptology and myths and Hell and punk rock and the underworld. The MC is a teenage girl who lost her father and her comfortable way of life, leaving her depressed and, at one point, suicidal. Her best "friend" is her deceased brother she sees only in her dreams. It's so beautifully Kadry-twisted. Even the underworld town of Iphigene will be easily recognizable to his Sandman Slim fans.When the MC, Zoe, makes what appears to be a deal with the devil so she can see her father again, her messed up world becomes a fight for her soul. She breaks into the underworld and discovers the secrets behind this halfway point to eternity. She needs to find her way home, but she wants to make the afterlife better for her father and brother. The book starts with a great build. We learn about Zoe and her former life which, in turn, makes her present life a living hell. But, when she gets to the underworld, the book becomes a bit chaotic and twisted, much like the town of Iphigene and it's characters. The ending feels rushed with a few well-placed coincidences. I could tell Kadry did not intend to make this a series, but he easily could have. I enjoyed Zoe and her brother, they were good, strong characters. Definitely could have survived a series.

Kirsti

June 08, 2015

I actually hesitated over buying this book! What a regret that would have been. I absolutely adored this gritty YA novel, and here are a few reasons why;*It's dark, but not over the top nightmares dark. There's death, and snakes ripping people up, ghosts, people with stitched up faces and limbs made of metal, but somehow it was never revulsion I felt.*There is almost zero romance. There is no lusting, no longing, no perfect boy to keep the heroine on track. There is a boy, but he's her BROTHER.*Family ends up meaning everything. Yep.*Awesome female who fights through without knowing all the answers, but does what she thinks is right anyway. She doesn't always get it right, but she also isn't the stupid rush headlong into danger type. I loved Zoe!*The writing is fresh and fun, and I zoomed through because there is plenty of action.This is the kind of book you WANT to recommend to people. You want to scream it from the rooftops because more people should read it and judge it for themselves. All I know is how much I loved it and I wish there was a sequel. That is all.

Mathew

January 14, 2015

I can't figure out why readers aren't giving this more kudos than what it's gotten. Kadrey is a brilliant story-teller and this is a brilliantly told story - but it is not his usual frenzy of bloodshed and mayhem as in his Sandman Slim series. There are some familiar themes, though: loss and redemption, a journey to the underworld, and classic punk rock. I think every Kadrey book I've read has featured a journey to the underworld of some sort - and has mentioned Martin Denny. I really should give Martin Denny a listen, come to think of it, just to add more texture to what I'm reading. Oh well. Read the book. You'll like it.

Crystal

August 23, 2017

A content warning that this book does contain self-harm and mental health. Things I will be mentioning and discussing briefly in the review.I realize that it is difficult to not compare works by the same author to one another, but I'm personally not one of those people. I find it to be a counter-productive exercise and unfair to whatever it is I am reading. I'll either love or hate the elements of other books that are there or are not there and it will never be its own. I remember years ago attempting to read Butcher Bird after devouring Sandman Slim. (Kadrey has quickly stolen the position of my favorite author and I was eager to read more of his work.) However, I was disappointed by it and ended up giving up. It wasn't because the book was too much or not enough like Sandman Slim. It was because of the stylistic choices that I found myself not enjoying Butcher Bird as much. With a disjointed narrative that was harder to follow than it was worth, I was left disappointed. But this was to be expected. Butcher Bird predates the Sandman Slim novels and even Kadrey himself said he had not really perfected his style (or come close to perfecting it) until he started writing Sandman Slim. That being said, my expectations for this book were set based on the style, not on the specific elements of Sandman Slim, while keeping in mind this is Kadrey's first foray into young adult literature: high, but fair.Teen/YA literature can sometimes be difficult to write for. One cannot get too graphic, but one also must not talk down or over-simplify. I've noticed many reviews complain that Dead Set lacks the dark humor or graphic viscera of Sandman Slim and therefore is someone of a let-down because Kadrey is "constrained" by the choice to make this a young adult novel, but I get the sense of the opposite. I felt as though Kadrey was on the mark. There's drug-use, swearing, alcohol-use, and mentions of sex because Kadrey exists in the real word in which teenagers know what the word "fuck" means. As for the lack of dark humor? I don't feel as though it was due to some mystical constraint or belief that teenagers could not understand it. It just would not have fit the story, the heroine, or the tone Kadrey had set into place.Dead Set has a notable Gaiman-feel to its beginnings. (In fact, I believe there was some homage to Gaiman when Zoe descends into the sewers and the rats seem to know something she doesn't for those of you familiar with Neverwhere.) The book begins with introducing the reader to Zoe. She's a normal girl dealing with normal, real world problems after the death of her father. Despite being a normal girl dealing with these real problems, Zoe is someone who doesn't quite fit in. Much to the tune of Kadrey's other protagonists, part of it is by choice and part of it is by perception. Twenty pages later, Zoe has fallen face-first into magic and she either needs to adapt or lie down and die. From there, the book feels very reminiscent of Alice and Wonderland albeit a darker and scarier world than that what Carroll devised. Much in the same way Alice was transported to a world that operated on very different rules that lends itself to a coming of age story, Zoe also grows up and discovers who she is/wants to be throughout her journey of Iphigene. (And yes, names are still important with Kadrey. Please see your Greek mythology for further information about fathers, daughters, and sacrifice.)Zoe begins the novel with a certain glassy-eyed naivete. Danger lurks in the real world all the time and we - as readers - see glimpses of it, but Zoe seemingly manages to repeatedly convince herself that the danger is not real to her. This does not, however, undermine her reaction to the loss of her father in the least bit. Prior to the novel's start, Zoe was engaging in self-harm behavior and was suicidal at times. Kadrey wrote this as he does any time he brings mental health to the table with seriousness and appropriate handling. In short, Zoe is a complicated girl with a lot on her plate, seeking to--as many of us did in high school--just escape herself and her life for a while, to find something better. For "soon" to finally be "now." Throughout her journey, Zoe's wounds over her father begin to heal. She comes to realize how naive she was, how little she understood about the world and the people around her, and what sacrifice really means.What seals this book as well-done for me, of course, is the relationships between the characters and the minor characters themselves. None of the relationships feel forced or fake. They are rich and complex with misunderstandings and empathy. I think one of the most rich relationships in this book are certainly between Zoe and her mother. Though the reader can get the sense that the pair were close, there's been a disconnect between Zoe and her mother since her father passed away. Both daughter and mother are trying to find one another again, but struggle to overcome the obstacles that have cropped up between them due to life and their own choices. In all of the relationships in the book, however, it's obvious that each of these characters have lives outside of what is happening with Zoe, but Kadrey does not get bogged down in explaining everything. The depth is there by showing without having to tell because it would only serve to distract. Lastly, praise be to Kadrey, there is no romance in this. This is a female character seeking a goal who grows up and develops without depending on a romance to do so.I believe my only complaint with this is that it is a little too neat and packaged by the end and perhaps also a little too rushed in the pacing. While there were certainly spots where real danger was felt, Zoe was relatively unscathed throughout. Tough binds were managed with varying degrees of struggle, but still managed. The longer this went on, the less and less it felt like there was really anything at stake except for one particular spot I shall not spoil. Perhaps because this may exist as a standalone that Kadrey wasn't willing to get too messy, but I would have appreciated more mess in the plot to add more weight to when Zoe was confronted with something bad, dangerous, and/or confusing. I'm all for the protagonist winning at the day, but I am, I suppose, a little more sadistic and want a few scars for the heroine along the way. That said, there were moments where I wish Kadrey had slowed down. Though I have zero complaints about the fast start, I think towards the middle/second half, Kadrey could have spared some time to build more tension. When he does slow down to build that tension, the book is excellent and terrifying. But it gets obvious when he's trying to move onto the next thing and it robs the moment of... well, its moment.All in all, I feel that Dead Set was good first step into the realm of young adult and I'll be interested to see if Kadrey continues branching further into the genre either with a series from this book or other standalone novels/series. I think there is definite potential there for something great. For now, this book would stand as a good gateway novel for teenagers (or adults) who might be a little reluctant to the genre.

Shannon |

May 28, 2020

In a few words, I would describe this book as an original and interesting page-turner.It was filled with fresh ideas about the afterlife told with a fantasy twist. Kadrey held my interest throughout the whole book and I was invested in Zoe and Valentine’s stories. Zoe is a teenage girl who has recently lost her father. She and her mother are forced to move into a small apartment when finances get tough. She now has to navigate her life at a new school in a rougher neighbourhood. Since Zoe was a young girl, she has always been visited in her dreams by her dream-brother Valentine. Her parents always thought she struggled with mental issues because of her ‘imaginary’ friend so she eventually stopped talking about him and kept it to herself, never really sure if he was real or not. One day, while ditching school, she stumbles across this used record store. It’s there that she meets Emmett, this weird creepy guy, who shows her a machine called an Animagraph. It allows you to view memories of people who are deceased. One thing leads to another and Zoe finds herself following Emmett through sewers and tunnels, into the dark and crumbling afterlife world of Iphigene. There is a dark and horrific Queen, flying and flesh-eating snakes, wolf armies, and terrified residents that hide in the shadows from the world that surrounds them. This book is a dark, fantasy-thriller and I really enjoyed it!Find me on->Instagram: @firefly.laneFacebook: @fireflylaneblog

Tori

April 05, 2018

I don't usually read young adult books, but I've read most of Richard Kadrey's other work and I spotted this for sale at the library so I picked it up. It wasn't bad, I think I would have liked it a lot when I was a tween. As an adult, it was missing something. So, 4 stars for being good at being a book for teens read by an adult who mostly skipped over the"young adult book" phase.

Sue

July 14, 2019

I was pleasantly surprised and it wasn't hard to get sucked into this novel. A mix of mythology and modern ideas of what happens when we die. Let's just say it's not a great combination if you're a dead person. Here's my review:https://bookaliciousbabe.blogspot.com...

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However, most audiobook apps work across multiple devices so you can pick up that riveting new Stephen King book you started at the dog park, back on your laptop when you get back home.

Speechify is one of the best apps for audiobooks. The pricing structure is the most competitive in the market and the app is easy to use. It features the best sellers and award winning authors. Listen to your favorite books or discover new ones and listen to real voice actors read to you. Getting started is easy, the first book is free.

Research showcasing the brain health benefits of reading on a regular basis is wide-ranging and undeniable. However, research comparing the benefits of reading vs listening is much more sparse. According to professor of psychology and author Dr. Kristen Willeumier, though, there is good reason to believe that the reading experience provided by audiobooks offers many of the same brain benefits as reading a physical book.

Audiobooks are recordings of books that are read aloud by a professional voice actor. The recordings are typically available for purchase and download in digital formats such as MP3, WMA, or AAC. They can also be streamed from online services like Speechify, Audible, AppleBooks, or Spotify.
You simply download the app onto your smart phone, create your account, and in Speechify, you can choose your first book, from our vast library of best-sellers and classics, to read for free.

Audiobooks, like real books can add up over time. Here’s where you can listen to audiobooks for free. Speechify let’s you read your first best seller for free. Apart from that, we have a vast selection of free audiobooks that you can enjoy. Get the same rich experience no matter if the book was free or not.

It depends. Yes, there are free audiobooks and paid audiobooks. Speechify offers a blend of both!

It varies. The easiest way depends on a few things. The app and service you use, which device, and platform. Speechify is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks. Downloading the app is quick. It is not a large app and does not eat up space on your iPhone or Android device.
Listening to audiobooks on your smart phone, with Speechify, is the easiest way to listen to audiobooks.

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