She Rides Shotgun, by Jordan Harper
HarperAudio - 2017
General Fiction/Thriller
Audiobook
General Fiction/Thriller
Audiobook
6 Hours, 14 minutes
Narrated by David Marantz
Narrated by David Marantz
My Rating (out of 5)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
I love a thriller that can hit you in the feels. This book does that by combining all the edge-of-your-seat tension of a thriller, with the heart wrenching emotions of General Fiction.
Nate is not pillar of society. He is a convicted felon who has found trouble with some people far more nasty and violent than himself. When you make enemy of one of the most powerful gangs around, it is not only you who will pay. A kill order has been issued for Nate, his ex-wife, and his daughter Polly. Too late to save his ex-wife, he grabs Polly and takes her "on the run".
Now being sought by the gang that wants to execute both of them, and the police for kidnapping, Nate knows if he goes back to prison that Polly will never be safe. Nate is trying to teach Polly how to fight and survive, and she is teaching him about true loyalty and love. Nate is doing everything he can to ensure Polly's safety, but with with people hunting them from both sides, he might only be able to hope to to survive long enough to keep her safe.
I love the characters created in this book. Of course you like Polly and want to protect her - she is a child who just lost her mother. But in Nate, Harper has created a protagonist that while seeming to be a "low life criminal", you end up really liking despite yourself. His characters were complex and perfectly imperfect.
Narration was provided by David Marantz who did a fine job, providing a very good range of character and emotion, with good tone and cadence. He was a good match for this title.
Nate is not pillar of society. He is a convicted felon who has found trouble with some people far more nasty and violent than himself. When you make enemy of one of the most powerful gangs around, it is not only you who will pay. A kill order has been issued for Nate, his ex-wife, and his daughter Polly. Too late to save his ex-wife, he grabs Polly and takes her "on the run".
Now being sought by the gang that wants to execute both of them, and the police for kidnapping, Nate knows if he goes back to prison that Polly will never be safe. Nate is trying to teach Polly how to fight and survive, and she is teaching him about true loyalty and love. Nate is doing everything he can to ensure Polly's safety, but with with people hunting them from both sides, he might only be able to hope to to survive long enough to keep her safe.
I love the characters created in this book. Of course you like Polly and want to protect her - she is a child who just lost her mother. But in Nate, Harper has created a protagonist that while seeming to be a "low life criminal", you end up really liking despite yourself. His characters were complex and perfectly imperfect.
Narration was provided by David Marantz who did a fine job, providing a very good range of character and emotion, with good tone and cadence. He was a good match for this title.
This bittersweet story is told not in black and white, but in many wonderful shades of grey.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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