Vanish

A Firelight Novel

By: Sophie Jordan

Narrated by: Therese Plummer

Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

An impossible romance. Bitter rivalries. Deadly choices.

To save the life of the boy she loves, Jacinda did the unthinkable: She betrayed the most closely guarded secret of her kind. Now she must return to the protection of her pride, knowing she might never see Will again... and worse, that because his mind has been shaded, Will's memories of that fateful night and why she had to flee are gone.

Back home, Jacinda is greeted with hostility and must work to prove her loyalty for both her sake and her family's. Among the few who will even talk to her are Cassian, the pride's heir apparent, who has always wanted her, and her sister, Tamra, who has been forever changed by a twist of fate. Jacinda knows that she should forget Will and move on, that if he managed to remember and keep his promise to find her, it would only endanger them both. Yet she clings to the hope that someday they will be together again. When the chance arrives to follow her heart, will she risk everything for love?

In best-selling author Sophie Jordan's dramatic follow-up to Firelight, forbidden love burns brighter than ever.

Also listen to the first book: Firelight.

©2011 Sharie Kohler (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Guess this is YA

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Nothing could have made this better. It must be young adult or something, although I didn't see it marked as such.

What was most disappointing about Sophie Jordan’s story?

Really not much story line and very repetitive.

Any additional comments?

Juvenile storyline, writing and overall don't waste a credit or money.

Vanish the whole book

What disappointed you about Vanish?

The "girl" was an idiot

Would you ever listen to anything by Sophie Jordan again?

Not sure

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Therese Plummer?

Plummer was ok

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I liked the setting and the story had a good start, but please can anyone be more disstrictive. "OK, I won't tell anyone about my family, except the ones I think I love" I love you and you and you and you, I think.

yes and no

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

a less predictable/cliché story (romance), and a less headstrong heroine

Has Vanish turned you off from other books in this genre?

yes and no. I like paranormal, but this series is yet another example of the many many stories that build an interesting world with good characters and then fill it with a mediocre and predictable romance.

What aspect of Therese Plummer’s performance would you have changed?

Have listened to several of her performances, and she only has one male voice, which she uses for all males in every book. So too bad it isn't a very good male voice, to me it sounds like a 40-50 year old man wearing a suit, which is a problem when the hero is 18 and still in high school. Otherwise her narration is pleasant to listen to.

Frustrating

What disappointed you about Vanish?

While well written, the story is frustrating. This should be an EMO book, the main character takes everything on that everyone else causes as her responsibility. Constantly self loathing when she does what she should be doing and other people mess it up.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

If the author would stop with the constant self loathing, it would be a good book.

no beginning, all middle, no conclusion

What disappointed you about Vanish?

The book does not have an end and seems to be designed to trap you into buying book after book to see how it ends.

Would you ever listen to anything by Sophie Jordan again?

Yes, I am a 45 year old man and romantic teen novels are not my thing, but I must have a conclusion to the story. The writing is interesting enough to make me want to know how everything turns out.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Dissapointment.