THE HONEYS

Narrator Pete Cross delivers a compelling performance of this supernatural thriller filled with secrets and emotional twists and turns. Cross nails the emotions experienced in the opening sequence: the anguish felt by zombie Caroline and the terror felt by her gender-fluid twin brother, Mars, as she attempts to murder him. The building tensions Mars feels as boys bully him at summer camp are just as palpable in this production as Mars’s warm welcome from "The Honeys," girls who make over Mars to become their "queen." Paranormal conversations between Caroline and Mars are highlighted by metallic overtones. Cross vocally enhances the skin-crawling horror of the end-of-summer feast. Subtle use of sound effects and music add suspense to this enthralling, not-so-sweet tale of terror. S.D.B. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award, 2022 Best Audiobook, 2023 Odyssey Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2022]