Without Merit

A Novel

De: Colleen Hoover

Narrado por: Candace Thaxton

From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Regretting You, It Starts with Us, and It Ends with Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth.

Not every mistake deserves a consequence. Sometimes the only thing it deserves is forgiveness.

The Voss family is anything but normal. They live in a repurposed church, newly baptized Dollar Voss. The once cancer-stricken mother lives in the basement, the father is married to the mother’s former nurse, the little half-brother isn’t allowed to do or eat anything fun, and the eldest siblings are irritatingly perfect. Then, there’s Merit.

Merit Voss collects trophies she hasn’t earned and secrets her family forces her to keep. While browsing the local antiques shop for her next trophy, she finds Sagan. His wit and unapologetic idealism disarm and spark renewed life into her—until she discovers that he’s completely unavailable. Merit retreats deeper into herself, watching her family from the sidelines, when she learns a secret that no trophy in the world can fix.

Fed up with the lies, Merit decides to shatter the happy family illusion that she’s never been a part of before leaving them behind for good. When her escape plan fails, Merit is forced to deal with the staggering consequences of telling the truth and losing the one boy she loves.

Poignant and powerful, Without Merit explores the layers of lies that tie a family together and the power of love and truth.

So different but so amazing

I was expecting one thing going in knowing colleen hoover for Raman tickets touching stories and this wasn't what I expected but it was amazing nonetheless. It's timely and important and still had heart and romance. Just go read it.

AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY

Absolutely addictive!

Without Merit is without a doubt the best audio book I've listened to this year! I literally couldn't stop listening, and when did have to stop listening, I found myself thinking about the it. I highly recommend this audiobook!

Average YA Story

For me this was a Drama / Love Story and it fell more into a YA category book for me. The story was average ( I would give it a 2.5 stars) but I really didn’t enjoy the voice of the narrator. From the onset when I first heard the narrators voice she did not sound like a teenager, but rather like an older woman than the character she was portraying. In addition to the age mismatch in the voice I just did not find her voice easy on my ear. By the end of the book you are used to the voice but I wouldn’t buy another book with this narrator.

I liked Merit.

Was good. You wanted to keep reading. Cute story. Worth the read for sure. Could be a young adult book even.

With Merit a good listen

I am not a CoHo virgin, so I should know that anything I expected going in was so much further from what I got in the end. The story was Everything and more. I loved the dynamic and the way the story naturally unfolded without being predictable. The performer’s voice was perfectly cast for the characters in the story. Listen to this book it is without a doubt worth it.