LOOKING FOR SMOKE

An ensemble of narrators delves into this audiobook in which a Blackfeet girl's murder is tied to four teens. Loren, whose sister went missing months ago, is voiced by Katie Anvil Rich. Mara, voiced by Julie Lumsden, is new to the reservation. Brody, voiced by Shaun Taylor-Corbett, is a jokester with a crush. And Eli, voiced by Jordan Waunch, is full of secrets and spends a lot of time caring for his young sister. Each narrator delivers a teen's point of view; occasionally they come together as a cast to voice radio interviews. While the intensifying pace suits the genre, not every narrator delivers on the story's emotional content. The narrators don't agree on how to voice the characters they aren't in charge of, and noticeable vocal edits break the listener's immersion in the story. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2024]