Day: January 19, 2023

Audiobook Review: Best Friends Forever by Shannon Hollinger

Best Friends Forever
Author:
Shannon Hollinger

Narrator: Kate Handford
Published:  January 12, 2023
Audiobook: 10 hours 57 minutes

Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Listened To: December 20-28, 2022
Jessica’s Rating: 2 stars

Book Description:

I emerge from the trees, drenched in sweat, my voice lost as I take in the scene in front of me. The blood. The body. Emma’s eyes meet mine for a second. “It was an accident,” she whispers.

Emma and I were childhood best friends. We did everything together. Until that terrible night in the woods.

I couldn’t tell anyone what I’d seen. We never discussed it, but our bond was too strong; I could never betray my best friend. Even if she had killed someone.

But I also couldn’t stay in town and watch her live a normal life, knowing what she’d done. So I left.

Now, ten years later, I’m back. The guilt and the fear have stayed with me. And I have realized I need to reveal the truth if I’m ever going to move on.

But I never get the chance. Because the day I turn up, Emma is found dead, and the way she died means I start to doubt everything I thought I knew about that night all those years ago.

As my grief turns to anger at all those lost years of friendship, I realise with horror that Emma might not have been the only killer. Someone else is out there. Someone who was close to us both, someone who knew the smallest details of what had happened back then. Who from our small town could have murdered not once, but twice? And who’s next…?

Jessica’s Review:

Best Friends Forever just did not work for me. It reads more like a YA novel with the way the adult characters of 28 years old were acting, but there were some adult situations involved.  It was also slower for me and a bit confusing as it went back and forth from present day to the past.  For me it was obvious who the killer was so I wasn’t shocked when we got to that part. I was all excited because I figured it out, and I usually hate when I figure out who the killer is.  It just wasn’t believable at all for me and the reason why just did not work for me.  I would be willing to give the author another try.

I think some of my issues might have been the narrator. Maybe the novel is better to actually read. Some novels just don’t do well on audio.

Many thanks to the publisher Bookotoure Audio for granting me an audio arc, I just wish I could have written a favorable review. 

Purchase Links:
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