• Starstruck

  • Volume 1
  • By: Brenda Hiatt
  • Narrated by: Bethany Barber
  • Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (138 ratings)

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Starstruck

By: Brenda Hiatt
Narrated by: Bethany Barber
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Publisher's summary

The middle of nowhere just got a lot more interesting!

Nerdy astronomy geek Marsha, "M" to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict "aunt", she's not even sure who she is. M's dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel, Indiana, and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly - literally! When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change her formerly humdrum life forever...and expose her to perils she never dreamed of.

©2013 Brenda Hiatt Barber (P)2015 Brenda Hiatt Barber

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Amazing

First I would like to say this is not the normal type of book I would read or listen to. However, I was intrigued, and I was also asked to pre-read this to make sure it would be appropriate for a youth book club of mixed gender and ages. I am a 53 year old woman who reads a broad spectrum of fiction, non-fiction, biographies, true crime and even a few political and even some romance now and again. So on that note.
I found this book engaging right from the start, in both audio form and written form. The author and narrator both did such a magnificent job in drawing the readers \ listener's in that you felt like you were right there feeling all the emotions that the youth, both male and female alike, go through in high school. What I like most about it though is that the author did this WITHOUT the use of foul language and sexual scenes.
This is a scfi, romance, and bad guy, high school drama, and the complexities of maneuvering through family, high school high archy, the complexities of friendships and then let's just add in the human martians.
I loved this book and now just because I can..... I'm going to get the rest of them for a binge listening while I quilt, sew, and crochet in my lovely retirement. Tootles for now.

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Aggressively Formulaic But Entertaining Enough

Nothing spectacular but if what you read in the blurb appeals to you then you'll enjoy it. Although it does feel about 100 pages too long, it's drug out a but more than it needs to be. It should be noted that this story suffers from your average nerdy/ judgemental girl meets inhumanly hot boy and spends a lot of the story being catty with the cartoonishly rich/blond/cheerleader character. Which is pretty played out, but like I said before, if you're just looking for some good old fashion teen drama to numb your brain, this will give it to you.
The narrator is good, although she by NO means sounds like a 15 year old, and her attempts to do so at times are almost funny. So it threw me off considerably in the beginning.

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fantastic narrator

I understand the narrator is the author's daughter so I get why she told the book so well. Many narrator don't put emotion or feeling into their books and just read the script. This particular narrator acted out the action's of the main character and would change her voice well to go along with the narration which I liked.

The story itself is good and I really look forward to seeing books 2-4 on audio.

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voice

I loved the books. I could not get past how annoying the readers voice was.

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Princess Diaries with a Martian Twist

It's not hard to root for the awkward teenaged heroine from the first moment she steps hopefully onto her school bus on the first day of school with dreams of leaving her nerd status behind only to find her blouse buttoned off one button. Orphaned twice with no idea of her true identity, living with a strict aunt who finds fault with everything she does, and being the favorite target of the resident mean girl, it doesn't seem likely things will change for the better anytime soon.

Enter the hot new football star who seems to only have eyes for her, who answers questions she never knew to ask, and suddenly everything from her acne to her social status starts to look up.

I've read and listened to the whole series multiple times, and I'm still always excited for the next book to come out. I enjoy meeting and getting to know all of the inhabitants of both Nuath on Mars and Jewel, Indiana on Earth. As a former high school nerd, myself, this story is what we all dreamed of back when pimples were catastrophic and mean girls held all the power.

Bethany Barber does a great job narrating the story and juggling a rather large cast of characters. Her ability to maintain continuity throughout the series is impressive.

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Excellent book!

The narrator made an extremely enjoyable book even more entertaining. Loved it!. Highly recommend it.

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DKR

Loved this book. The characters were easily to fall in love with and pulled in the reader into their world completely. One easily was so wrapped up in that world that they could not put down or turn off the book till the end. Can’t wait to see what will happen in their lives in the next episode. Thanks Brenda for a exciting read.

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A Step Down from YA

When I think YA fiction i think along the lines of the hunger games or the selection series or the Susan Pfeiffer series where the main characters are young ADULTS. This book is for the age group before YA not sure if there is a name for it. This is a story that might be interesting for a child of 13 that is exploring how she will navigate gender roles and social milestone in middle school. Not saying I recommend this book for that child, I Do Not, but that is the age range that might find this story engaging.

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This Book Gave Me Hope In Finding My Own Prince!

This author has written so well that I find myself daydreaming if only that was me?!?!

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WINE WINE WINE! Narrator ruined this series!

the high pitched wining voice is enough to drive a person nuts! the Book and series would be good but the narrator cant read without the high pitch that is not age appropriate for the character! I will not listen to anything else by this narrator!

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