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    The Leaf Reader
    The Leaf Reader
    The Leaf Reader
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Leaf Reader

    Written by Emily Arsenault

    Narrated by Lori Gardner

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Like a contemporary take on Libba Bray's Gemma Doyle, Marnie Wells comes face-to-face with the occult, discovering she can tell the future by reading tea leaves. Marnie Wells knows that she creeps people out. It's not really her fault; her brother is always in trouble, and her grandmother, who's been their guardian since Mom took off is.eccentric. So no one even bats an eye when Marnie finds an old tea-leaf-reading book and starts telling fortunes. The ceremony and symbols are weirdly soothing, but she knows-and hopes everyone else does too-that none of it's real. Then basketball star Matt Cotrell asks for a reading. He's been getting emails from someone claiming to be his best friend, Andrea Quinley, who disappeared and is presumed dead. Rumor has it Matt and Andrea were romantically involved, though they'd always denied it. A faint cloud of suspicion still hangs over Matt. But Marnie sees a kindred spirit: someone who, like her, is damaged by association. Suddenly the readings seem real. And they're telling Marnie things about Matt that make him seem increasingly dangerous. But she can't shake her initial attraction to him. In fact, it's getting stronger. And that could turn out to be deadly.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateJun 13, 2017
    ISBN9781501960697
    The Leaf Reader
    Author

    Emily Arsenault

    Emily Arsenault is also the author of The Evening Spider, The Broken Teaglass, In Search of the Rose Notes, Miss Me When I’m Gone, What Strange Creatures, and the young adult novel The Leaf Reader. She lives in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, with her husband and daughter.

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    • 4/5
      A 'muddy the waters with colorful herring' story. Marnie is one of those teens whose life is such that she's most comfortable being nearly invisible. She and her older brother have been raised by their maternal grandmother since their father exited the picture early and their mother followed not long after. Community perception of her is colored by brother Noah's drug overdose. Gram is an aging home economics teacher and the house they live in is slowly decaying. Given those realities, it's no wonder Marnie wants to stay out of the limelight. However, ever since she found a yellowed copy of a book on how to read tea leaves, she's trained herself to do so and at the beginning of the story, her talent has begun to attract attention. When Matt, a popular classmate, asks her for a reading, it's the beginning of a 'down the rabbit hole' adventure, one that involves murder, multiple deceptions, creepy warnings and a family secret that makes a lot of things understandable. Altogether, a book that will pull readers into a nice creepy world for an evening or two.
    • 4/5
      Solid and interesting teen mystery, with a slight paranormal angle. Good, fast-paced read.

      Advanced reader's copy provided by Edelweiss
    • 2/5
      The main character is just so dumb. I didn't realize how dumb until halfway through the novel. I had to dnf at almost 50%.
    • 4/5
      Marnie knows she doesn't fit in; she and her brother have been raised by there eccentric grandmother ever since their mother disappeared; and she has taken up reading tea leaves after reading a book found buried on a bookshelf. Soon everyone wants a reading, but when Marnie starts reading signs outside teacups, she finds herself in the middle of solving her town's biggest missing person case.
      A smart, thoughtful tale of suspense... with tea!
    • 3/5
      Marnie’s philosophy is if you can’t be one of the in-crowd, be your own kind of creepy, just make it interesting, so she took up tea leaf reading after seeing a book on the subject in Grandma Clara’s bookcase. When one or two of her readings prove true, students start coming to her on a regular basis, including Matt, a close friend of Andrea Quigley who mysteriously disappeared the previous spring. Matt has a theory that Andrea’s disappearance is somehow linked to the disappearance of a local drug dealer, Jimmy Harmon, who was a friend of Marnie’s brother, Noah. Matt enlists Marnie’s assistance, both through reading tea leaves and talking to Noah, in finding Jimmy and ultimately finding out the truth about Andrea. The Leaf Reader, Arsenault’s debut young adult novel, is told in the first person by Marnie. Interspersed in the action are Marnie’s dreams regarding a fox beckoning her to follow him. The purpose of these dreams becomes apparent at the end, but is perplexing while reading the book. While the images one sees in tea leaves are subject to interpretation, Marnie’s readings are so vague and disjointed, readers will have a hard time following them to the mystery’s conclusion. Matt, an important character, in underwhelming as are several ancillary characters. There are surprises at the end, however, their relationship to the book’s previous action is also vague, leading to an unsatisfying result.
    • 4/5
      Marnie Wells and her brother, Noah, have lived with their grandmother, a local home economics teacher, for most of their lives. Marnie has always been embarrassed by their run down house and unusual family situation and longed to fit in with the more popular kids. After Marnie develops an unexpected talent for reading tea leaves, the popular kids draw Marnie into their fold, until her readings start to expose them for their involvement in the disappearance of another teen. This is a YA novel but I enjoyed the paranormal element of the story and learning more about the history behind reading tea leaves. Marnie's character was well developed and her confusion about who to trust was suspenseful. A fast and entertaining read.