GIRLS OF JULY

Four teenage girls who are near strangers, each voiced by a different narrator, find themselves vacationing together in the Adirondacks and become friends. The pressure that model student Meredith feels to succeed is reflected in narrator Brittany Pressley's tone of caution and uncertainty. Lauren Ezzo uses soft and buttery tones for Southern belle Kate, who is coping with the fallout from her politician father's recent scandal. Characters in Kate's chapters come alive by virtue of Ezzo's careful vocal distinctions. Spider, an aspiring filmmaker, is markedly cynical, and narrator Tara Sands voices her with just the right snark and irascibility. Em Eldridge portrays Britta, a Cuban-American with a flair for drama, but Eldridge's gentle tone seems off the mark. The shifting narrators will keep listeners engaged. S.P. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine [Published: OCTOBER 2019]