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    Audiobook5 hours

    Favorite

    Written by Karen McQuestion

    Narrated by Tara Sands

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Five years have passed since sixteen-year-old Angie Favorite’s mother disappeared without a trace. Since that day, Angie has managed to go through the motions of everyday life—until the summer morning when she’s abducted from a mall parking lot. Angie narrowly escapes, and her attacker is arrested, but he takes his life in jail before he can offer an explanation for his crime. When his mother contacts Angie, begging forgiveness on her son’s behalf, the girl agrees to meet with her in hopes of finding answers to the seemingly random attack. But when she arrives at the family’s massive estate, she is overcome by an unshakeable sense of foreboding…

    Part thriller, part coming-of-age tale, Favorite is an engrossing young adult novel in which nothing—and no one—is as it seems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 4, 2012
    ISBN9781469243184
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    Karen McQuestion

    Karen McQuestion, the bestselling author of Good Man, Dalton and Hello Love, writes the books she would love to read—not only for adults but also for kids and teens. Her publishing story has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR. Karen has also appeared on ABC’s World News Now and America This Morning. She lives with her family in Hartland, Wisconsin. To find out more about Karen and her books, visit www.KarenMcQuestion.com.

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    • 5/5
      TITLE: "Favorite"AUTHOR: Karen McQuestionPUBLISHER: Amazon EncoreRATING: 5AGES: 14+REVIEW: This is an amazing story and one easily readable within a day. Angel Favorite's mother disappears when she is in the third grade, never to be seen again. The police soon give up the search and Laura Favorite is assumed dead. Suddenly Angel is attacked at 16 years of age only five years after her mother's disappearance and no one understands why. As accusations begin to fly and strange things start to happen, it leaves you wondering if this was simply a coincidence or could it have something to do with her mother's disappearance. I was hooked from page one and could not put this book down. This is a dynamic YA mystery that will leave you breathless, the characters are very well developed, the plot heavily thought out and the writing is superb. Author Karen McQuestion is definitely one to watch and I intend to read more of her future and past work!
    • 5/5
      Angie Favorite hasn't had an easy life. Her mother disappeared on Angie's 11th birthday and even five years later no trace of her has been found. Now, Angie is almost kidnapped and injured trying to get away from her kidnapper. While she is recovering, she learns that the kidnapper Scott Bittner has committed suicide. When Bittner's mother phones to apologize for her son, Angie doesn't want to meet her. But she offers college scholarships to Angie and her brother and they reluctantly go to meet her. Weird things happen when they go to rich Mrs. Bittner's fortress-like home.
    • 5/5
      TITLE: "Favorite"AUTHOR: Karen McQuestionPUBLISHER: Amazon EncoreRATING: 5AGES: 14+REVIEW: This is an amazing story and one easily readable within a day. Angel Favorite's mother disappears when she is in the third grade, never to be seen again. The police soon give up the search and Laura Favorite is assumed dead. Suddenly Angel is attacked at 16 years of age only five years after her mother's disappearance and no one understands why. As accusations begin to fly and strange things start to happen, it leaves you wondering if this was simply a coincidence or could it have something to do with her mother's disappearance. I was hooked from page one and could not put this book down. This is a dynamic YA mystery that will leave you breathless, the characters are very well developed, the plot heavily thought out and the writing is superb. Author Karen McQuestion is definitely one to watch and I intend to read more of her future and past work!
    • 3/5
      This is not a very long book with short chapters and that means you easily find yourself racing through to its conclusion; a couple of hours on an afternoon would soon see it finished! It is a YA read and I think the voice of Angie comes across well but I felt the second half of the book was too predictable for anyone who is used to crime/mystery books. There are parts of the book that do have an almost filmic quality and it is very easy to visualise the building tension if you have seen any teenage horror films. A good holiday read for a teen who likes horror/mystery and passed a pleasant afternoon but not challenging enough to have me racing to buy McQuestion's next books.
    • 4/5
      Probably a 3 1/2 but in a market overpopulated (in my opinion) withvampires, werewolves and shapeshifters this book was a welcome change. A mother disappearing, a family trying to cope and mysteries involving an old mansion and a family from the rich part of town. Enjoyable.
    • 4/5
      Article first published as Book Review: Favorite by Karen McQuestion on Blogcritics. Angie Favorite is kidnapped as she stops by the dry cleaner to pick up the laundry. The man is someone she knew from around town by the name of Scott Bittner. He kept dragging her even as she pleaded to be let go. “No, you need to see something” was the only reply each time. As she swung her arm at him and screamed, he seemed startled and let her go. As she took off running, he finally reached up to her in a wooded area on the outskirts of the area where she had left her car. Tripping over a tree root and smashing her head, the last thing she recalled was the giant coming to where she lay and lifting a cradling her head. Then she knew no more until she woke up in the hospital.Her grandmother whom she lived with was concerned and they had not been able to reach her father. Her mother had disappeared five years previous. She had headed to work and never been heard from again. Because her father was a struggling musician, she stayed with her grandmother while he was on the road. Scott Bittner, the man who had kidnapped and hurt her was captured. He committed suicide before he could give an explanation.Now the man’s mother Mrs. Bittner wanted to meet and beg forgiveness for her son’s actions. When Angie agrees to meet her trying to find answers, she is almost overcome with fear as she reaches the massive estate. Mrs. Bittner wants Angie and her brother to stop by for dinner to talk about how she can help take care of them monetarily.With her Grandmother off on a cruise, her father is there to stay with them. When he is called away unexpectedly for an interview, they decide stop by and follow up on the offer. Life has just changed and yet Angie is not yet aware of just how wrong things can be. Soon –very soon– she will find the answers. Will she be able to save those she cares about?Angie and her brother have gone though some rough patches. They are still young and yet have had to grow up rather quickly. Losing their mother and with no answer forthcoming to the mystery, they have lived with the uneasy wonder of it all. Their father is absent frequently and their Grandmother is their primary care giver. She has never cared for their father so it is an uneasy alliance. They feel twisted between the two, but handle it well. Angie has never given up on the idea that somehow–someway–her mother will be found. She will never lose hope.Mrs. Bittner is a lonely woman whose daughter died quite young. Her son, while not quite normal is by all accounts a rather nice man. She cannot understand what went wrong and why he tried to hurt Angie. However, she has secrets she does not want anyone to know. She lost her own family and now wants to give Angie and her brother a start in life, and yet she seems a bit needy, maybe even just a little creepy.In Favorite, Karen McQuestion has put together a story of sadness and despair. We find the lengths that people will go to in an effort to hold on to what they may have lost. The story is strangely compelling and twists into some strange and chilling venues. Angie is a complicated character, and her father is physically detached although whenever there, very emotionally available. It is a strange combination and gives the ending a bit of a surreal quality.This is a very interesting young adult novel. I would recommend it for the parents that are trying to get their child more interested in reading, but need something that is just a little more distorted with a slightly dark side. Something, that while it does have a bit of a dark side is instilled with suspense and mystery. It is an unexpected story set with great characters. An enjoyable read.This book was recieved from the author. All opinions are my own based off my reading and understanding of the material.
    • 3/5
      A little far-fetched but keeps the pages turning. How could Mrs. Billings really keep someone locked up in her attic for five years??? Maybe.....