BEWARE THAT GIRL

Jorjeana Marie performs two complicated narrative voices that tangle and then harmonize as this audiobook progresses. Kate O’Brien, a senior on scholarship at a wealthy Manhattan school, is determined to go to Harvard, and she’ll do anything to get there. That includes befriending popular, wealthy Olivia Sumner, whom she chooses more as a mark than a BFF. Marie delivers Kate’s savvy and snark in a way that engages listeners despite her unsavory underside. Snooty Olivia is equally attractive. So is the gorgeous new administrator, Mr. Redkin, who wants an alliance with both girls—for unclear reasons. Marie conveys all the tension that holds listeners in the grip of this psychological suspense. S.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2016]