TROIKA

Rebecca Soler is an excellent narrator for this riveting story of modern love, told from unlikely perspectives. The lives of two characters--Latina stripper Perla and Russian orphan Julian--are intertwined. Soler's characterizations alternate between the street savvy of the stripper and the vulnerability of the resourceful Julian. She varies her pace, speech, and emphasis for Perla and uses restrained tones for Julian's flashbacks. Soler's narration is confident, consistent, and engaging as it draws the listener into a love story that also contains a mystery. Soler proves her dexterity through her believable depictions of both male and female characters and seamless delivery of alternating points of view. M.R. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2014]