PLUS ONE

Julia Whelan's impassioned narration enhances the author's story of an alternate reality. In this world, citizens are divided--living either by day or by night. Seventeen-year-old Soleil Le Coeur is a "smudge"--someone relegated by law to live under the veil of night. Sol fakes an injury as part of her plan to give her dying grandfather one last gift--to hold his great-granddaughter, Sol's niece, who is a "ray," someone who lives her life during the day. Unknowingly, Sol sets in motion a series of events that lead to political unrest and unlikely love. Sol's desperation and intense love come through powerfully in Whelan's delivery as the members of an intriguing subculture come to life. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2016]