BONFIRE

Narrator Karissa Vacker captures the corruption and fear that squeeze the morality out of the town of Barrens, Indiana. When Abby Williams returns to her hometown to investigate Optimal Plastics, she's afflicted with bitter memories of the past. Upon catching sight of her first love, she's overwhelmed by passion, but almost immediately these feelings dissipate and are replaced by distrust and resentment. Vacker's voice fills with pettiness and envy when Abby encounters the cheerleaders and class gossips of her high school years. Skillfully, Vacker produces the essence of each character. When the investigation is over and the guilty exposed, Abby is liberated from the past and able to embrace an irreproachable future. E.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2018]