Barrón’s confident performance serves as a calm voice in a community buzzing with intrigue.
Set in fictional El Nido, an affluent California community, this audiobook simmers with so many intertwined plots that it fairly crackles with conflicts large and small. Fortunately, Ina Barrón is a consistent narrator. Her voice is pleasant and efficient, and her precise delivery makes complex parallel stories largely accessible for the listener. Barrón provides a strong center for a busy story. The audiobook features a wide array of characters who all seem to be competing with and plotting against one another. Add in environmental concerns like looming wildfires and encroaching wildlife, as well as social tensions involving Covid fears and class conflict, and there is a lot to keep track of.
Barrón’s confident performance serves as a calm voice in a community buzzing with intrigue.Pub Date: May 12, 2026
Duration: 11 hrs, 34 mins
DD ISBN: 9781250459022
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Review Posted Online: June 30, 2026
In this sequel to Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry brings back Aurora Greenway, who is now dealing with her various lovers and friends plus three grown grandchildren with a variety of problems. He presents a tale of growing up and growing old which is bittersweet and funny. Narrator Ivey uses a slight east Texas accent which authenticates the setting of the story. Each character's voice has a slightly different inflection to differentiate it. It all works together well. As you listen, you feel as if you might actually be in Houston sharing the lives of these resilient and refreshing people.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 20 hrs
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
To Fred Fairly, a Cambridge Fellow, truth is everything. What then is the truth about the woman he finds beside him when he awakens? English conventions and mores of 1912 Cambridge are central to this period piece. Callow's wonderful voice and interpretation make accents, personalities and gender come alive, and help make sense of the frequent time and character shifts. His delivery enhances a most clever "choose your own ending."
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 5 hrs
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America/ Chivers
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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