Lines

Written by Anna B. Doe

Narrated by Cindy Kay and Nelson Hobbs

Senior year can't come or end fast enough for Amelia Campbell. For the shy, nerdy girl-next-door that she is, high school is torture, and all she wants is for it to be over. Having her heart broken by a popular, womanizing boy all those years ago doesn't help matters. Nor does his best friend, who still has a habit of mercilessly teasing her. Now, she only has one year left, one year to be invisible before she can move on with her life.

Derek King doesn't do drama, but his life is all about drama once Maximillian Sanders steps foot into his town, his school, and into Amelia's life. Max is always around, and he is making her smile again. But the boy who once broke her heart isn't ready to let her go. Older and wiser, Derek isn't about to let someone take away what he wants, and he wants Amelia.

She's set on not believing in him, on not getting her heart broken once again. He is set on proving her wrong.

She says she hates him, but maybe the line between past and present, love and hate is thinner than she ever realized.

Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Sep 5, 2023
• ISBN: 9798350803327

Reviews for Lines

[Jessica Alcazar · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

??AUDIO REVIEW??

PERFORMANCE: 3 STARS

Cindy Kay narrating *other* female voices was not my favorite part. She honestly only sounded feminine when she narrated Amelia, every other female voice was just too close to male for me. It’s a ridiculously point to nitpick at, but it made me twitchy every time it happened, so here we are LOL Nelson Hobbs did an okay job with his narration but again, I wasn’t really wow’d by either one *shrug*

STORY: 3 STARS

Full Disclosure: I very rarely read this age group. VERY. lol But when I do, I prepare myself for the ridiculousness that is this age group. You see, teenagers are … not smart. They make not smart choices, and they act below their age almost 100% of the time. Those are the facts. If someone tried to write a story with teenagers and not make them this way, I’d get twitchy. Taking all of this into consideration, in order for me to come out of a story written about teenagers without a twitchy eye, there has to be some seriously emotional plot points and/or angst. I’m talking, rip-my-heart-out-make-me-cry-like-a-newborn, or I’m going to lose interest quick. I didn’t lose interest, but …

I had a hard time connecting with this story. It was written well, and every circumstance was very real and relatable to this age group, but I just didn’t feel it. My gut tells me that when I read/listen to the next two stories I might just feel it all, or it might just all come together for me, but it just didn’t with this one standing on its own. Maybe it was the lack of deep angst. To be honest, I just do not know. That thing that grabs my heart was just missing *shrug* I didn’t dislike the story because it was missing, but I’m also not doing cartwheel over it. I’m a little blah, and very middle of the road about it.

However, I really want to read the rest of this world, so that’s something. I’m drawn to these kids, and I want to know all of their stories. I ran across the synopsis for the boxset of the three stories and it goes like this …
Three couples.
Three stories.
One year to change it all...
Mean girls and new friendships.
Hockey and rivalry.
Secrets and lies.
First love and shattered hearts.
Welcome to Greyford High.

THAT tells me it will all come together for me and be a much better experience! We shall see!