32 Candles

A Novel

By: Ernessa T. Carter

Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo

Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins

Publisher's summary

32 Candles is the slightly twisted, utterly romantic, and deftly wry story of Davie Jones, who, if she doesn’t stand in her own way, just might get the man of her dreams.

Davie—an ugly duckling growing up in small-town Mississippi—is positive her life couldn’t be any worse. She has the meanest mother in the South, possibly the world, and on top of that, she’s pretty sure she’s ugly. Just when she’s resigned herself to her fate, she sees a movie that will change her life—Sixteen Candles. But in her case, life doesn’t imitate art. Tormented endlessly in school with the nickname "Monkey Night," and hopelessly in unrequited love with a handsome football player, James Farrell, Davie finds that it is bittersweet to dream of Molly Ringwald endings. When a cruel school prank goes too far, Davie leaves the life she knows and reinvents herself in the glittery world of Hollywood—as a beautiful and successful lounge singer in a swanky nightclub.

Davie is finally a million miles from where she started—until she bumps into her former obsession, James Farrell. To Davie’s astonishment, James doesn’t recognize her, and she can’t bring herself to end the fantasy. She lets him fall as deeply in love with her as she once was with him. But is life ever that simple? Just as they’re about to ride off into the sunset, the past comes back with a vengeance, threatening to crush Davie’s dreams—and break her heart again.

With wholly original characters and a cinematic storyline, 32 Candles introduces Ernessa T. Carter, a new voice in fiction with smarts, attitude, and sassiness to spare.

©2010 Ernessa T. Carter (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

great story well written. wonderfully narrated

this story was so funny. and sad. the name monkey night is hilarious. you laugh and you cry

Loved it!

The storyline started off slow. But once it picked up, I couldn't put it down. Davey Jones is my girl!!

Love this!

Not to give much away but I loved how Davie got her Molly Ringwald ending!

Absolutely Love this Book!

I could listen to this book over and over. Whenever I can’t find a book to grab my attention this is one of the books that I come back to. It keeps you engaged the entire time. From the performance of Adenrele Ojo to the story and it’s characters...everything just goes well together. It’s dreamy yet real at the same time.

great Read

loved it. could not put it down! I was hoping for book 2, 3 and 4

Good Read

As a Southern girl myself, I just wasn't a fan of the narrator's accent throughout. It sounded inauthentic and missed certain nuances that was distracting, but that's being nitpicky, and an otherwise good story.

Superb

I did not want it to end OMG!!!! This was a wonderful story. the narration was excellent 👌 👏 beautiful ending but I still want book 2 lol I just love this story ❤

Loved it!

The characters were amazing and the narrator was great. I loved the evolution of Davida Jones as well as the other characters.

I loved every minute of it!

I listened to this audiobook on a cross-country road trip, and I absolutely loved it. I laughed, got angry and frustrated, lol, while listening. The storyline had enough twists and turns to keep me interested and the end was satisfying. I gave the performance 4 stars because I'm a southern woman, and the narrators accent was definitely not authentic, lol.

Amazing writing

Was a great find & a pure gem A love story. I listened to this in 2 days. I couldn’t wait to turn it in to see what was next. Read beautifully! 5 stars.