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Title:   Scorch by Gina Damico Publisher: Audible Studios Format: Audible Audio Book Length: 8hrs 17 min Narrator: Jessica Almasy Genre: YA Synopsis:  Sixteen-year-old Lex Bartleby is a teenage grim reaper with the bizarre ability to Damn souls. That makes her pretty scary, even to fellow Grims. But after inadvertently transferring her ability to Zara, a murderous outlaw, Lex is a pariah in Croak, the little town she calls home. To escape the townspeople’s wrath, she and her friends embark on a wild road trip to DeMyse. Though this sparkling desert oasis is full of luxuries and amusements, it feels like a prison to Lex. Her best chance at escape would be to stop Zara once and for all - but how can she do that from DeMyse, where the Grims seem mysteriously oblivious to Zara’s killing spree? (60) Review: I love love love this series.  This sequel picks up very soon after the last book ends.  Lex wants to go back to Croak but feels weird about leaving now...

Title:   Croak by Gina Damico Publisher: Audible Studios Format: Audible Length: 8 hours 16 minutes Narrator: Jessica Almasy Genre: YA Sci/Fi Synopsis:  Fed up with her wild behavior, 16-year-old Lex’s parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach Lex the family business. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next. But Lex can’t stop her desire for justice - or is it vengeance? - whenever she encounters a murder victim, craving to stop the attackers before they can strike again. Will she ditch Croak and go rogue with her reaper skills? (59) Review: I really enjoyed this book.  The narrator Jessica Almasy is fabulous at reading, she really he...

Title:   The Infinite: Gates of Thread and Stone, Book 2 by Lori M Lee Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: Audio Book Time: 9 hrs. 39 minutes Narrator: Jessica Almasy Genre: YA Synopsis:   The walls of Ninurta keep its citizens safe. Kai always believed the only danger to the city came from within. Now, with a rebel force threatening the fragile government, the walls have become more of a prison than ever. To make matters worse, as Avan explores his new identity as an Infinite, Kai struggles to remind him what it means to be human. And she fears her brother, Reev, is involved with the rebels. With the two people she cares about most on opposite sides of a brewing war, Kai will do whatever it takes to bring peace. But she’s lost her power to manipulate the threads of time, and she learns that a civil war might be the beginning of something far worse that will crumble not only Ninurta’s walls but also the entire city.  (19)Review: The pace of this book ...

Title:   Gates of Thread and Stone (Gates of Thread and Stone Series) by Lori M. Lee Publisher: Brilliance Audio Format: Audio Length: 8 hours 5 minutes Narrator: Jessica Almasy Genre: YA, Synopsis:  In the Labyrinth, we had a saying:  keep silent, keep still, keep safe . In a city of walls and secrets, where only one man is supposed to possess magic, seventeen-year-old Kai struggles to keep hidden her own secret—she can manipulate the threads of time. When Kai was eight, she was found by Reev on the riverbank, and her “brother” has taken care of her ever since. Kai doesn’t know where her ability comes from—or where  she  came from. All that matters is that she and Reev stay together, and maybe one day move out of the freight container they call home, away from the metal walls of the Labyrinth. Kai’s only friend is Avan, the shopkeeper’s son with the scandalous reputation that both frightens and intrigues her. Then Reev disappears. When keeping...