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  • Girl on the Brink

  • By: Christina Hoag
  • Narrated by: Angela Masi
  • Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (46 ratings)

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Girl on the Brink

By: Christina Hoag
Narrated by: Angela Masi
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"An engrossing tale of a dangerous teen romance" --Kirkus Reviews Best of YA-Suspense magazine

"Gripping." "Scarily accurate." "Unputdownable." "Powerful." "Beautiful & shocking."

He was perfect. At first. The summer before senior year, 17-year-old Chloe starts an internship at a local newspaper. While on assignment, she meets Kieran, a quirky aspiring actor. Chloe is smitten with Kieran's charisma and his ability to soothe her soul, torn over her parents' impending divorce. As their bond deepens, Kieran becomes smothering and flies into terrifying rages.

He confides in Chloe that he suffered a traumatic childhood, and Chloe is moved to help him. If only he could be healed, she thinks, their relationship would be perfect. Her efforts backfire. Kieran becomes violent. Chloe breaks up with him, but Kieran pursues her relentlessly. Chloe must make the heartrending choice between saving herself or saving Kieran, until his mission of remorse turns into a quest for revenge.

©2016 Christina Hoag (P)2022 Christina Hoag

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"An engrossing tale of a dangerous teen romance." (Kirkus Reviews)

Best of YA-Suspense magazine

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What a fun experience this was. I'm brand new to this author and narrator. The narrator bugged me a little bit in the beginning, but for whatever reason, soon she grew on me and I began to adore the sound of her voice, all young and sounding exactly like I imagine our protagonist does.

The story is written in present tense, which serves the feeling of immediacy, yes, but because of that, it lacked one thing - a likeable boyfriend from the outset.

The trouble is, that because the book's tagline AND the first line of its summary copy reads: "He was perfect. At first." And because the summary goes on to tell the whole plot of the book, we already know from the minute we meet Kieran that he's going to turn into our story's villain. Thus, we see right through him. I didn't like him from the outset and it bothered me that our smart young heroine did. --combined with the present tense narration-- you can see how I was reduced to live football game yellings of "That's a red flag!" and "You little jerk, that's uncool and kind of creepy too."

But it's a YA and a really good one at that. And a warning story on what might happen if you neglect your parenting duties and then their other parent does too. She's smart but none of this would have happened if her family had been paying attention. (Although, don't get me wrong, the author did a great job of creating organic reasons why everything happens the way it does. It's not contrived, it felt real.)

I don't like that boyfriend enough to read it again, but I did enjoy the ride and my dive into Chloe's mind. She's cool, you'll like her.

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