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Layne Fargo
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To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession.
An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice
“Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page.”—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here
She might not have a famous name, funding, or her family’s support, but Katarina Shaw has always known that she was destined to become an Olympic skater. When she meets Heath Rocha, a lonely kid stuck in the foster care system, their instant connection makes them a formidable duo on the ice. Clinging to skating—and each other—to escape their turbulent lives, Kat and Heath go from childhood sweethearts to champion ice dancers, captivating the world with their scorching chemistry, rebellious style, and roller-coaster relationship.
Until a shocking incident at the Olympic Games brings their partnership to a sudden end.
As the ten-year anniversary of their final skate approaches, an unauthorized documentary reignites the public obsession with Shaw and Rocha, claiming to uncover the “real story” through interviews with their closest friends and fiercest rivals. Kat wants nothing to do with the documentary, but she can’t stand the thought of someone else defining her legacy. So, after a decade of silence, she’s telling her story: from the childhood tragedies that created her all-consuming bond with Heath to the clash of desires that tore them apart. Sensational rumors have haunted their every step for years, but the truth may be even more shocking than the headlines.
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“Violent passions, bloody on-ice accidents, bedroom betrayals, sabotage, paparazzi-driven scandals, and nonstop cliffhangers . . . Colleen Hoover–style romance heads to the Olympic rink. Buckle up.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Part Wuthering Heights and part Daisy Jones & The Six, this novel is as brilliantly choreographed as a gold medal performance and will keep you guessing until its last page.”—Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here
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In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.
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Let's Call Her Barbie
- By: Renée Rosen
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
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When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up. In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.
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Denali
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Three friends from small-town Pennsylvania set out to conquer Denali, North America's highest peak, but only two come down alive. On the mountain, their grand adventure unravels into a harrowing tale of survival, betrayal, and the haunting consequences of ambition pushed too far. For fans of Into Thin Air, Touching the Void, and 127 Hours, Denali has a full cast, jaw-dropping twists, and immersive sound design that will transport you to one of the most extreme environments on earth.
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Beautiful Ugly
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- By: Alice Feeney
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible.
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So disappointed
- By Amazon Customer on 01-17-25
By: Alice Feeney
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The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King
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Patch Simmons has decided that this is the year he will get a boyfriend, so it's goodbye to his French pen-pal Jean-Pierre and hello to the world! Unfortunately, the only other "out" boys in his school year are dating each other, so finding a boyfriend isn't going to be easy... Until fate finally intervenes and two new mysterious boys join drama club: Peter, who’s just moved from New York (very chic) and his best friend, Sam. Patch is confident that one of them (although either of them will do!) will be his first boyfriend.
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Royal Heirs Academy
- By: Lindsey Duga
- Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer, Nick Afka Thomas
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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For fifty years, King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye, it’s finally time to secure his nation’s future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls of Almus Terra Academy, a boarding school infamous for breeding the world’s next generation of leaders—and liars.
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Old Soul
- By: Susan Barker
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- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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In Osaka, two strangers, Jake and Mariko, miss a flight, and over dinner, discover they've both brutally lost loved ones whose paths crossed with the same beguiling woman no one has seen since. Following traces this mysterious person left behind, Jake travels from country to country gathering chilling testimonies from others who encountered her across the decades—a trail of shattered souls that eventually leads him to Theo, a dying sculptor in rural New Mexico, who knows the woman better than anyone—and might just hold the key to who, or what, she is.
By: Susan Barker
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Let's Call Her Barbie
- By: Renée Rosen
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
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When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment to catch up. In 1956, the only dolls on the market for little girls let them pretend to be mothers. Ruth’s vision for a doll shaped like a grown woman and outfitted in an enviable wardrobe will let them dream they can be anything.
By: Renée Rosen
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Denali
- By: Austin Bunn
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Three friends from small-town Pennsylvania set out to conquer Denali, North America's highest peak, but only two come down alive. On the mountain, their grand adventure unravels into a harrowing tale of survival, betrayal, and the haunting consequences of ambition pushed too far. For fans of Into Thin Air, Touching the Void, and 127 Hours, Denali has a full cast, jaw-dropping twists, and immersive sound design that will transport you to one of the most extreme environments on earth.
By: Austin Bunn
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Beautiful Ugly
- A Novel
- By: Alice Feeney
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Tuppence Middleton
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life. Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared. A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible.
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So disappointed
- By Amazon Customer on 01-17-25
By: Alice Feeney
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The Romantic Tragedies of a Drama King
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- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Patch Simmons has decided that this is the year he will get a boyfriend, so it's goodbye to his French pen-pal Jean-Pierre and hello to the world! Unfortunately, the only other "out" boys in his school year are dating each other, so finding a boyfriend isn't going to be easy... Until fate finally intervenes and two new mysterious boys join drama club: Peter, who’s just moved from New York (very chic) and his best friend, Sam. Patch is confident that one of them (although either of them will do!) will be his first boyfriend.
By: Harry Trevaldwyn
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Royal Heirs Academy
- By: Lindsey Duga
- Narrated by: Sarah Beth Goer, Nick Afka Thomas
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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For fifty years, King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye, it’s finally time to secure his nation’s future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls of Almus Terra Academy, a boarding school infamous for breeding the world’s next generation of leaders—and liars.
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A Killing Cold
- A Novel
- By: Kate Alice Marshall
- Narrated by: Karissa Vacker
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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When Theodora Scott met Connor—wealthy, charming, and a member of the powerful Dalton family—she fell in love in an instant. Six months later, he’s brought her to Idlewood, his family’s isolated winter retreat, to win over his skeptical relatives. Stay away from Connor Dalton.Theo has tried to ignore the threatening messages on her phone, but she can’t ignore the footprints in the snow outside the cabin window or the strange sense of familiarity she has about this place. Then, in a disused cabin, Theo finds something impossible: a photo of herself as a child. A photo taken at Idlewood.
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Death of the Author
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- By: Nnedi Okorafor
- Narrated by: Liz Femi, Anthony Oseyemi, Jason Culp, and others
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In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve seen before.
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Her best yet?
- By Emily on 01-22-25
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We Do Not Part
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- By: Han Kang, E. Yaewon - translator, Paige Aniyah Morris - translator
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One winter morning, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at a hospital in Seoul. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyungha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved pet—a white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseon’s house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animal—or even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step.
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Sawyer Greene knows romance. She’s a bestselling author of the genre—or she was, until her ex left her with nothing but writer’s block and a broken heart. But when she gets stuck in the elevator with a handsome stranger, she sees their meet cute for what it is: just a one-night stand. It might have worked, too, if they could stop running into each other. Actor Mason West sees Sawyer’s reappearance in his life as a sign. Obviously, they’re meant to cure each other. Him of the hopeless romanticism that only ends in heartbreak—and tabloid trainwrecks—and Sawyer of her writer’s block.
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What Happened to the McCrays?
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- By: Tracey Lange
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh-Parker, William DeMeritt
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When Kyle McCray gets word his father has suffered a debilitating stroke, he returns to his hometown of Potsdam, New York, where he doesn’t expect a warm welcome. Kyle left suddenly two and a half years ago, abandoning people who depended on him: his father, his employees, his friends—not to mention Casey, his wife of sixteen years and a beloved teacher in town. He plans to lie low and help his dad recuperate until he can leave again, especially after Casey makes it clear she wants him gone.
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Black in Blues
- How a Color Tells the Story of My People
- By: Imani Perry
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Black in Blues has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.
By: Imani Perry
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Babylonia
- By: Costanza Casati
- Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine
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Nothing about Semiramis's upbringing could have foretold her legacy. Born to a woman scorned by Aphrodite and raised as an orphan on the outskirts of an empire, Semiramis was never meant to hold power. But that does not mean she was not made for it. When she meets a young representative of the new Assyrian king a path unfolds before her, one that puts her in the midst of a brutal world and at the heart of two men raised as brothers—one who just happens to be king.
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Excellent!
- By Faisal Sultan on 01-21-25
By: Costanza Casati
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The Three Lives of Cate Kay
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- By: Kate Fagan
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Tessa Albertson, Genevieve Kingston, and others
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Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she’s one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn’t really exist. She’s never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now.
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I won’t ever forget that I have read this book. It is one that will stay in my heart.
- By Elizabeth C. on 01-09-25
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Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
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They call them wayward girls. Loose girls. Girls who grew up too fast. And they’re sent to Wellwood House in St. Augustine, Florida, where unwed mothers are hidden by their families to have their babies in secret, to give them up for adoption, and most important of all, to forget any of it ever happened. Everything the girls eat, every moment of their waking day, and everything they’re allowed to talk about is strictly controlled by adults who claim they know what’s best for them.
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- By KC on 01-21-25
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Flirting with Disaster
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- By: Naina Kumar
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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It's been years since Meena separated from her husband, Nikhil . . . years since they first laid eyes on each other in their home state of Texas, years since they spontaneously wed in Las Vegas and she felt true happiness. Now a high-powered lawyer on Capitol Hill and ready to move on (at least, she thinks so) with another successful lawyer, Shake, Meena has returned to Texas. This time, finally to obtain a divorce. But there’s one thing Meena didn’t account for: a hurricane forming in the Gulf, veering right toward them and giving them no choice but to hunker down.
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Temper
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After years of struggling in the Chicago theater scene, ambitious actress Kira Rascher finally lands the role of a lifetime. The catch? The mercurial Malcolm Mercer is the director, and he’s known for pushing his performers past their limits - on stage and off. Kira’s convinced she can handle Malcolm, but the theater’s cofounder, Joanna Cuyler, is another story.
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Mind Games, Manipulation, Dark and Sexy
- By Reviewer on 08-11-19
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Cross My Heart
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- By: Megan Collins
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- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Rosie Lachlan wants nothing more than to find The One. A year after she was dumped in her wedding dress, she’s working at her parents’ bridal salon, anxious for a happy ending that can’t come soon enough. After receiving a life-saving heart transplant, Rosie knows her health is precious and precarious. She suspects her heart donor is Daphne Thorne, the wife of local celebrity author Morgan Thorne, who she begins messaging via an anonymous service called DonorConnect, ostensibly to learn more about Daphne.
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Good twists, unhinged characters
- By maggie on 01-21-25
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- sn_
- 01-18-25
Fantastic full cast audio!
I couldn’t give this book 5 stars fast enough! I listened on audio and highly recommend it. The full cast audio was spectacular!
The whole story was full of unexpected twists and turns and kept me wondering throughout. I couldn’t stop listening! Such a beautiful and heart breaking story that you need to read!
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- Samantha C
- 01-19-25
This is amazing
I love the interview/documentary style format of this story. This book made me happy, sad, MAD, want to scream and laugh. I loved it so so much. So much tension, angst and drama!
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- Monique
- 01-18-25
Incredible!!
Just WOW!! This book was incredible, bingeable and even more than that memorable, because I have never read anything like it. I loved reading a book in the figure skating world and then to have that book be so incredible was even better!
I don’t want to give anything away, I think going in blind is the best, but I can say that I had no idea how this story would conclude and come together and somehow Layne did it. The ending was worthy of the story that led us there. Highly suggest this one, you won’t regret it!
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- Nela
- 01-22-25
OUTSTANDING!!
this was SO SO well narrated! it was so so entertaining & I absolutely loved the style that this was written in. The audiobook was the perfect way to read this book.
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- Andrea
- 01-19-25
Best book I’ve listened to in a long time!
Wow! That was an excellent read! Listening to the audio felt like I was watching a movie. Great character development, storyline, drama - I loved everything about it and highly recommend!
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- Lynsay Listens
- 01-15-25
Original & Heartfelt
I was engaged in the storyline from start to finish. I’ve listened to 100s of audiobooks and this was by far the best in recent memory.
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- Rachel
- 01-17-25
I've never screamed at an audiobook before!!
This had me at ice dancing. But I had no idea... Slow burn. Then twisty and tense and sizzling and savage. SO. GOOD. SO. MUCH. FUN.
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- Morgan Peters
- 01-17-25
This book was made for audio
It's only January, but I feel confident that this may be my favorite book of 2025. This book was an emotional roller coaster that I could not put down.
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- Amy R Tirollo
- 01-20-25
Narration
I am particular about my audibles because sometimes the narration is too dramatized and that annoys me. The narration of the many characters in this book was done perfectly.
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- Ashlee O’Brien
- 01-21-25
The Favorites is THE favorite
I was enamored with this cover from the first time
I saw it. It reminded me so much of a Renaissance painting. The colors, the raw emotion, there was something in the image that conveyed YEARNING. The sense of longing and bottomless near toxic desire. This is 100% the reason I needed to read this book.
It wasn’t until I hit play on audible that I realized it was not just a full cast but a FULL cast. The reason for this will be apparent from the first page of Katarina Shaw’s story, but initially I wasn’t sure how anyone would keep up with so many changing dialogues. And yet, it was seamless. You didn’t just read the story of Shaw and Roche, you lived it, felt it, breathed it. From the preteen years of names in a heart to the epic heartache on a sidewalk in the pouring rain. The highs and lows, and sometimes rock bottoms, you were there as all the key figures surrounding the skating couple gave testimony and gossip to nearly two decades of story.
In a sea of endless books with the same plots, arcs, and tropes, The Favorites stand out with a refreshing ice dance duo aiming for the Olympics and a documentary style overlay woven between the narration of Kat telling her own story. Descriptions of archival footage and cellphone videos, blogs and flip phones from the early 2000s, give a nostalgic grounding to what would normally be a confusing narrative to follow. Characters developed on page and through those interview/ video POV’s create an entirely new depth of realism.
At the end, I’m incredibly satisfied albeit drained emotionally from a whirlwind lifetime read over 450ish pages. But there is one thing I can say for sure, the feeling of yearning that drew me at first? That will be how I’ll always remember The Favorites, a story that continued chapter after chapter to evoke a yearning for more.
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