SOMEONE ELSE'S BUCKET LIST

The first chapters of this family drama will be hard to bear if the listener has recently lost a loved one. In a gentle, sympathetic voice, narrator Brenda Scott Wlazlo tells the story of Instagram superstar Bree Boyd, whose glamorous life is cut short by cancer. Jodie Boyd commits to completing her late sister's bucket list while being followed on Instagram in return for Bree's medical bills being paid off. The stunts Jodie must undertake are outrageous and entertaining. Wlazlo also expresses Jodie's doubts and fears in a voice that sounds young and vulnerable. As the story progresses, it turns into a rather predictable romance. But the family part of the story is both heartrending and heartwarming. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2023]