Book description
When the first whisper of Vanessa's voice fills your ear, you're pulled into a room you never left. This isn't just a story-it's the sound of a life measured in stolen moments, whispered confessions, and the slow poison that tasted like honey. The audiobook masterfully breathes life into Kate Elizabeth Russell's devastating debut, where every pause, every tremor in the narrator's voice, carries the weight of a truth long buried.
Vanessa's 2000 self speaks in honeyed tones-fifteen, bright, craving the world's edges. Her teacher, Jacob, is a storm wrapped in calm, his words a spell. You hear the ache in her voice as she recalls the first time his hand brushed hers, the way the world narrowed to just him and the heat between them. But then 2017 arrives, sharp and unrelenting: a former student accuses Jacob, and Vanessa's past explodes into her present. The audiobook's genius lies in how it mirrors this fracture-her younger self's voice, laced with longing, collides with the older woman's raw, trembling disbelief. You feel the duality in the cadence: the breathless rush of first love, then the suffocating silence of reckoning.
The narrator doesn't just tell you Vanessa's story; they make you lean closer, as if hearing a secret meant only for your ear. When Vanessa questions herself-Was it love? Or was it the only thing she knew how to be?-the words hang in the air, heavy and unresolved. The audiobook's rhythm mirrors the novel's tension: short, urgent phrases for the past's fevered intensity, slower, fractured sentences for the present's unraveling. You hear the fear in her voice when she says, I loved him, and the horror that follows, sharp as glass.
This isn't just a novel about abuse-it's a symphony of what happens when love and violation blur into one. Russell doesn't offer easy answers. She asks what happens when the man who taught you to feel your own power becomes the source of your deepest shame. The audiobook's intimacy makes this impossible to ignore. You're not just listening; you're standing in that room with Vanessa, feeling the floor tilt as everything you believed cracks open.
It's the sound of our times-raw, necessary, and utterly unforgettable. You'll hear it long after the final word fades: the echo of a girl who loved, and the woman who had to learn how to stop. What did she love? And what did she lose? The answer lingers, not in a shout, but in the quiet space between one breath and the next. This is how a story becomes a reckoning.
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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