Book description
The narrator's voice in this audiobook carries you straight to Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1958-not with a whisper, but with the weight of a memory you've always carried. Landon Carter's world, once defined by reckless charm and careless promises, fractures the moment Jamie, the minister's daughter, steps into it. She's quiet, yes, but her presence isn't quiet. It's a slow, deliberate shift in the air, like the scent of lilacs cutting through salt-kissed sea winds. The Chicago Sun-Times called it "young but everlasting love," and that's the heart of it: not grand gestures, but the quiet, terrifying courage of two souls learning to see each other in the dark.
Sparks doesn't lean into the supernatural or the macabre-he finds horror in the ordinary, in the way love feels like a lifeline thrown into a storm you didn't know you were drowning in. The narrator's pacing is deliberate, letting the ache of Landon's transformation breathe: his first real connection, the way Jamie's quiet strength unravels his self-destruction. You hear the unspoken fear in her voice when she says, "I'm not afraid to die," and it lands like a stone in your chest. The setting isn't just a backdrop; it's a character. You feel the creak of the old Baptist church, the hush of the schoolyard, the way April winds carry both the sea and the ghosts of what might have been.
This isn't a story about perfect endings. It's about the raw, messy beauty of choosing each other anyway, even when the world feels like it's closing in. Sparks channels the truth of his sister's life into Jamie's quiet resilience-a choice that echoes long after the final chapter. The audiobook makes it intimate, almost sacred. You don't just hear the words; you feel the weight of every unspoken promise, the way Landon's rebellion melts into something tender and terrifying. It's not a love story for the faint of heart-it's for anyone who's ever stood on the edge of becoming someone else, for someone who made them believe it was possible. And in a world that often feels too loud, this is the quiet that stays with you.
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Dangle
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DeathDancer
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High Woo
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Pixie
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience