Saving Zoe: A Novel

Written by Alyson Noël

Narrated by Katie Schorr

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!

It's been one year since the brutal murder of her older sister, Zoë, and fifteen-year-old Echo is still reeling from the aftermath. Her parents are numb, her friends are moving on, and the awkward start to her freshman year proves she'll never live up to her sister's memory. Until Zoë's former boyfriend Marc shows up with Zoë's diary.

At first Echo's not interested, doubting there's anything in there she doesn't already know. But when curiosity prevails, she starts reading, becoming so immersed in her sister's secret world, their lives begin to blur, forcing Echo to uncover the truth behind Zoë's life so that she can start to rebuild her own.

Prepare to laugh your heart out and cry your eyes out in this highly addictive tale as Alyson Noël's Saving Zoë tackles the complicated relationship between two sisters and shows how the bond can endure long after one of them is gone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio
• Release date: Feb 15, 2011
• ISBN: 9781427212122

Alyson Noël

Alyson Noel is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She was born and raised in The OC and has lived in both Mykonos and Manhattan, but now finds herself settled right back in California where she lives and writes full time.

Reviews for Saving Zoe

[howifeelaboutbooks · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Echo was about to turn fourteen when her older sister, Zoe, disappeared. It takes six months before they figure out what really happened to Zoe; during that time, everyone had suspected Zoe's boyfriend, Marc. On Echo's fifteenth birthday, Marc gives her Zoe's diary. Echo grows closer to her sister and realizes she wants that kind of life. Once she's living it, however, she feels fragmented, and starts learning things about the darker side of life - and also finding a way she can save her sister's legacy.

[melrailey-412132 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I absolutely loved this book.

[vavaviolet · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Honestly, this is the first book by author Alyson Noel I've read. I started reading it last night and couldn't put it down so I stayed up 'til 2am to finish it. It's a hauntingly beautiful, bittersweet, tragic yet hopeful tale about sisters, growing up, and the secrets they keep. It stays with you, it resonates and imparts a timely message. I'm passing this book to my daughter, she's an incoming college sophomore but I think she'll like it too. I'm planning on watching the film adaptation next starring Laura and Vanessa Marano. My daughter and I met them along with the author during Yallwest and they're all very passionate about the book and movie, rightfully so. I give Saving Zoe 4 out of 5 stars.

[saschad-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Riveting and powerful.

[heatherlinc · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I really struggled with this book. The characters didn't appeal and I found the plot boring. Was glad to finish it.

[bookswithbite · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ms. Noel, I am in love with your writing. I thought your paranormal books had me hooked, but boy was I ever wrong!What had me in admiration of this book was the feel of it. Ms. Noel writing is not only easy to read, but easy to fall in the main character. From the very first chapter, you see Echo struggling with so much in her life. She is so young yet she acts so mature in the handling the situation of her sisters death. Echo is searching for so many answers that the help of an unlikely component opens so many new doors. As the reader follows Echo, we see her finally discovering her sister. Echo thought she knew, but Zoe was holding so many secrets.For me, as I was reading this, I experienced Echo's heartbreaking search for answers. Why? Because Ms. Noel's writing is so good in coming into know the characters and their feelings. I felt Echo's pain and joy in finding answers. Though the answers were not want Echo thought they be but it taught her a very important lesson. That she didn't know her sister, and now she knows. The whole element of the book changes for that simple reason.Saving Zoe is not only about saving Zoe but as well as saving Echo. Echo was left with questions unanswered that she needed them to move on. Echo's struggle in this book is so significant in who she becomes at the end of the book. This is a great read that I can read again. Beautifully written and strongly proposed, this book will grab you at your heart.

[sara0518_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book was a little boring at the beginning. Towards the middle it started to get interesting and by the end I was sad that it was over. I've read it many times and it never disappoints.

[nblibgirl · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Another book about a sibling’s death and how it affects the one left behind. Echo’s beautiful but wild, older sister was murdered almost a year ago and everyone in town thinks her boyfriend from a troubled family had something to do with it. What really happened – and could happen again to one of Echo’s school friends - is revealed through a combination of new relationships and Zoe’s own diary, which comes into Echo’s hands via Zoe’s old boyfriend. Interesting characters with authentic voices. Recommended.

[xhollishx · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Echo is a 15 year old girl, living with the fact that her 16 year old sister, Zoë, was tragically murdered a year ago. Everyone is their town still blames Zoë's boyfriend Marc for the murder, because he has a shaky alibi. Echo's best friends, Jenay and Abby try to keep Marc away from her at school, but he manages to talk to her one day anyway. He lets her in on his secret, that he has Zoë's diary and he wants her to have it and read it, to really learn about her sister. Even thought she doesn't want to, because of privacy, she can't help but to read the diary. Secluding herself, Echo dives into the diary and starts piecing all of the parts together of Zoë's life, that ended in her death. With Marc along for the rind, Echo finds out more about her sister that she ever could have.Saving Zoë is a engrossing and heartbreaking story about these two sisters that have nothing in common, but love for one another. This book will keep you turning the pages, just to see what it was that took Zoë's life and what really happened between her and Marc. When you read this one, you find yourself trying to hurry Echo up, so she can read the diary some more to find out what happened to this beautiful girl with big dreams.