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Reckless Girls
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- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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"Kreinik effortlessly switches among various accents and emotions, keeping listeners riveted as she reveals the novel’s twists and turns." (Booklist)
"Kreinik's range is highlighted as she seamlessly shifts among characters' various accents: a Brit's clipped consonants, a charming Australian's broad vowels, and an American's Southern drawl. As relaxation changes to fear, Kreinik deftly reflects the changing mood." (AudioFile)
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When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She’s also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off the beaten path. But like Lux, they may have other reasons to be seeking an escape.
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- Ash
- 2022-08-09
Great summer read
Loved the characters, their backstories, the mystery, and most of all, the tropical imagery. Amazing summer read.
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- DAWN
- 2022-07-27
nothing happens throughout
waited and waited for something to happen and nothing does until last 45 minutes ish
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- Emily
- 2022-02-08
Great story
I listened over far too many days but overall the story was captivating. The ending caught me off guard and was so fun and exciting.
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- francoise jacquel
- 2022-01-28
Great book!
Rachel never seems to disappoint. It would be nice if other authors took a lesson on what a light suspenful nov
el is. Great listen with awesome twists.
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- E. Whitlow
- 2022-01-26
It’s amazing…
that I made it through this entire book. The characters were flat, and I wasn’t invested in them at all. Honestly, I didn’t care what happened to them. The story was slow and didn’t pick up until about hour 6 (only about an hour left in the book). When it did pick up, it didn’t hold my attention. The story just didn’t hold up and edged on being silly.
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- Deanna M Brogan
- 2022-01-06
COULDN'T STOP LISTENING!
Thoroughly enjoyed the listening of Reckless Girls. It had me guessing until the end.
I felt the character development was well done. Everything was very detailed i.e., the boats, the island, the people, etc... I could picture each of these characters like I was on the island with them.
Look forward to more like this. It was a light, fun listen while I was at work.
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- Michelle D.
- 2022-02-15
Great book!
I heard the host of the podcast “2 girls 1 ghost” talking about it on their show and I thought I’d give it a try. Great book, easy to follow, good storyline. I know some of the other reviewers mentioned this book was juvenile and had too much fowl language to enjoy…well I’m 44 and I curse like a sailor, so I enjoyed it! (So they say the F word a lot, big deal, there are far worse things to complain about.)
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- Robyn
- 2022-01-12
Anyone got a boat?
I had literal dreams about being in this story. I have a tendency to try to figure out the ending of a book before it happens, and I realized that ruins so much for the FUN! Fight the urge to try to prematurely figure this book out. It’ll be worth it. Happy listening.
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- Susan Crowe
- 2022-01-18
Ugh!!
The constant F-bombs are very off-putting. I am in the process now of returning this to Audible. I can't continue this.
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- Jennifer Tuttle
- 2022-01-21
Skip this one
Story never really goes anywhere. Narration was robotic - it was painful to get through this one and there was no payoff.
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- Susie B
- 2022-02-21
Every Other Word the F Bomb
I thought this would be a fun listen with a twisty story. What was the point of all the profanity? I could hardly listen (really don't know why I hung in there) but I did. The reader was fine and it COULD have been a fun listen if the language wasn't so vile and it added nothing to the story.
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- ROBIN
- 2022-01-17
Immature at best
I'm not even sure this book deserves the 3 stars I'm giving it, but since I was interested enough to finish it, I thought that had to be worth something . I'm also not sure there was a really likable character in the bunch, and by the end I thought the writer must dislike men in general . The narration wasn't bad but I can't recommend this book
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- KV
- 2022-02-09
A lot of lead up
A lot of lead up (almost the whole book)...finally at the very end you get some action and things come together but I would have preferred some of the answers to begin sooner. Didn't love this one.
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- Natalie b
- 2022-02-01
Such a fun ride
I loved every aspect of this. I thought the ending was cheeky and clever. The image and dialogue was top notch. As someone who lives on an island, I felt like this was a perfect and fun story with a thrilling twist. It was cool to see the thriller side taken out of the suburbs as typical domestic thrillers and brought into a more tropical setting.
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