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Wildflowers

By: Terry Miles
Narrated by: Sloane Sheppard
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When the body of Callie Davies, the beautiful charismatic Instagram star of Wildflowers, WA, is discovered beneath a bridge, her friend, Sloane Sheppard, makes a decision. No matter what it takes, or how many painful secrets she uncovers, Sloane is going to get to the bottom of what happened to her friend. From Terry Miles, creator of Tanis, The Black Tapes, and the number-one hit podcast, Rabbits, Wildflowers is a thrilling mystery about, love, lies, betrayal, and the seemingly perfect lives of the inhabitants of Wildflowers, Washington - lives that quickly begin to unravel after a young woman’s body is discovered beneath a high metal bridge in the pouring rain.©2022 Terry Miles (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC Amateur Sleuths Mystery
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  • Trailer

    Trailer
    Oct 6 2022
    When the body of Callie Davies, the beautiful charismatic Instagram star of Wildflowers, WA, is discovered beneath a bridge, her friend, Sloane Sheppard, makes a decision. No matter what it takes, or how many painful secrets she uncovers, Sloane is going to get to the bottom of what happened to her friend. From Terry Miles, creator of Tanis, The Black Tapes, and the number-one hit podcast, Rabbits, Wildflowers is a thrilling mystery about, love, lies, betrayal, and the seemingly perfect lives of the inhabitants of Wildflowers, Washington - lives that quickly begin to unravel after a young woman’s body is discovered beneath a high metal bridge in the pouring rain.
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    1 min
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  • Episode One: “The Devastating Indifference of Teenage Girls”

    Episode One: “The Devastating Indifference of Teenage Girls”
    Oct 6 2022
    Sloane’s investigation into what happened to Callie Davies begins, and is immediately complicated by the identity of the person who sent an incriminating text message to Callie, right before her death.
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    33 mins
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  • Episode Two: “I’m Going to Destroy You”

    Episode Two: “I’m Going to Destroy You”
    Oct 6 2022
    As Sloane and her best friend Avery continue to look into what happened, cracks begin to show in the relationship between Sloane’s parents and the Fosters, cracks that are directly related to the fact that both sets of parents have sons at Wildflowers High School who used to date Callie Davies, the young woman whose body was discovered beneath the bridge.
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    38 mins
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About the Creator

Terry Miles is an award winning filmmaker, novelist, and the creator of the Public Radio Alliance and that network's series of hit podcasts: Tanis, Rabbits, and The Black Tapes. He splits his time between the dark emerald gloom of the Pacific Northwest and the interminable sunshine of Southern California.
Photographed by Kristine Cofsky

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Not bad at all. Give it several episodes before giving up on it. 3 stars

Took time to get interesting

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I really enjoyed listening to this story and I thought the narration was articulate, interesting and compelling

Great story and well narrated! I loved listening!

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I enjoy Terry Miles' work quite a bit such, as Tanis and Rabbits, and I really was hoping I would love this, but it's just ok. The fact that it was written by an older white dude bleeds through the characters. Sloane has many a long philosophical soliloquy that sounds nothing like something a teenager would say. It seems a little too focused on how sexy a bunch of teens are, and gives teenagers waaaaaay too much credit. Some of the scenes feel forced to me. In the opening for episode one Sloane babbles on and on and closes with "teenage girls are f****** devastating" and that is easily one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. What a garbage line.
Despite all this criticism, I did like the mystery and the story, and the performances were pretty good too. Listen to this podcast if you have a decent tolerance for cringe, otherwise skip it.

While entertaining, this podcast has some issues

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The narration switches 3/4 through the story and you are left figuring out who is the main character and who is the antagonist and protagonist. The plethora of characters leaves little room for development in a semi-chaotic slough of drama. I enjoyed the listen but the flow was aloof.

The build is gradual and hits sensitive topics

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I was pleasantly surprised at this story. At first it seemed a little slow and but then it started to gather momentum as the episode kept going. Overall good story and good voice acting.

Pretty Good Listen

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After episode 9 I’m not sure if that’s the end of not? Many loose ends.

Is it over

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I felt like it worked too hard at the edgy teen POV at times and sometimes the adults acted in ways that didn’t seem very believable to me. I recognized the bumper music from one of the Public Radio Alliance podcasts, but that didn’t ruin the twists and turns for me at all. It was a damn good mystery. I was a little surprised that the Atlas Obscura didn’t make an appearance. Like all of the works, I’m looking forward to seeing if there are websites that break the fourth wall.

This was good.

It was enjoyable.

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This podcast has good production value, good voice actors, and an interesting story. My only problems are the too long intros and the background music. The background music plays through every episode the entire time. It gets pretty old and annoying.

Nicely Produced

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And I will listen/read/consume anything this man produces. But Terry…you have to make some younger friends! Every character you write is Gen X. And you do that beautifully! But no 17 year old girl on earth is making a Drillbit Taylor reference or drinking an IPA 😭

I love Terry Miles

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I enjoyed listening to this story, it had lots of interesting twists. I did not like the ending though- it felt incomplete to me. It leaves you wondering what happens to some of the characters. It was also a very depressing story line- don’t listen to it if social media bullying, rape and suicide are triggers for you. The story left me feeling very sad.

Interesting story, but depressing

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