Fragile Facade Review

I received this book for free from Provided for review through Audiobook Blast/Boom in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Fragile Facade by Sophie Davis
Narrator: Sarah Puckett
Series: Blind Barriers Trilogy,
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform on December 26th 2017
Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
Pages: 260
Format: Audiobook
Source: Provided for review through Audiobook Blast/Boom
Goodreads

The Brightest Smiles Hide the Darkest Secrets.... When Raven Ferragamo finds a stranger's diary, she has no idea it will catapult her into the mystery of diamond heiress Lark Kingsley's disappearance. But Raven soon learns that Lark knew what was coming, and there was much more to her disappearance than the news headlines show. The more she discovers, the more Raven realizes that she and the girl born into Manhattan society aren't so different after all. Now Raven can't walk away from Lark's pleas for help. But the deeper she goes, the more Raven realizes that she may end up ensnared in the dark secrets she seeks to unearth...

 Julie’s Review:

 

I received this book for review from audiobook boom.

Let me just start out with this – I did not know this was a trilogy with cliffhangers!

Ok moving on. I really enjoyed the writing style. It was well done, elegantly stated, and I really felt like I understood the characters and their world.

I enjoyed the audiobook narration with the intonations that differed between our two main characters. I enjoyed the narration voice and would definitely listen to more audiobooks from this narrator. Her tone of voice, pacing, and speaking style were very pleasant and I truly appreciate a good narration.

I liked how the plot flipped back and forth between the two girls showing just a piece of their world and leading to the next point in the timeline for our clue hunter. The disappeared girl, well her timeline jumped around a lot and I’m quite a bit concerned about what’s happening to her.

So let me get back to what I am not fond of in this book, and what affected the rating. It feels like the book was just getting started. That it was all set up to go great places when it just ends. I can’t with that.

Raven took so long to figure out any of the clues, and I’m thankful for her neighbor and possibly boy interest who pushed her in the right direction and helped figure it out. Raven was starting to disappoint me.

Lark I really liked, she wasn’t a pretentious heiress, but was hiding some real depth of character and started doing a bit of sleuthing on her own. But we don’t know what happened. We only know she’s in trouble, and she expected to be in trouble, which is why she set up this puzzle for Raven.

Why Raven? I don’t know either.  Will Raven find Lark and solve the puzzle? I sure hope so!

But like I said just as it was getting good, the book stops. And I want to KNOWWWWW what happens NEXTTTTTT someone please get me the next book!

 

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