Curse of the Arctic Star

Written by Carolyn Keene

Narrated by Jorjeana Marie

Dear Diary...

Bess, George, and I are actually in Alaska! Everywhere you look, there are massive mountains and sparkling deep-blue waters. We’re on the maiden voyage of the Arctic Star luxury cruise ship, and my old friend Becca Wright, the assistant cruise director, needs our help. She received threatening e-mails before even setting sail; then, a bloody body turned up in the swimming pool. And when a chandelier came crashing down in the dining room, we thought the Arctic Star may be cursed! There are so many passengers on board, I don’t know where to begin. But I better hurry; if I don’t act fast, this might be everyone’s final — and fatal — voyage!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oasis Audio
• Release date: May 12, 2015
• ISBN: 9781621884972

Carolyn Keene

Carolyn Keene is an author pen name that was used by many different people—both men and women—over the years. The company that established the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of ghostwriters to fulfill the role. This pseudonym assured anonymity for the creators.

[Melissa · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book it is good for ages 5-12 ?I love this book my 8 year old said ?

[Nikolett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I am so glad I picked up this book because now I have a full series to enjoy for a while.

Growing up on Scooby Doo, watching mystery marathons and in general enjoying secrets and discovering puzzles, leads I think this book brought back a piece of my childhood.

Intended for YA, younger audience who enjoy slightly thrilling slightly cozy mysteries. Nancy is captivating, with her kind and respectful personality and brilliant mind.

The writing style is appropriate for the audience, I would say from 12+ years and the book or the audio book would elalso be a wonderful present for a kid to help them learnt to love the magic of stories and reading.

I listened to the audio book, very much enjoying the splendid narration, the voice actor did an amazing job bringing some life to the pages.

I am looking forward to listening to and reading the next parts of the series! I hope Nancy can figure out the rest of the mystery ?

[Julia Volpin Goldstein · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I love how many twists there are and in how the end there not even on the suspect list

[Rita · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

GOOD BAD!!!!!!!!!!! ALSO GOOD ALSO BAD IF YOU HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT CLAP YOUR HANDS

[sam platt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This series is amazing from the moment I get home From school to the moment I go to bed I listen to this series I have given up my entire social life for this amazing series on the edge of my seat kind book

[Darci · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I personally love the way you look at the story.

[Bong Valdoz · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

my daughter did not like cliffhangers. the narrator seem to have coldd.

[Laurenne Wilkie · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s a reading sensation with one thousand mysteries and turns!

[Charity Merritt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a very fun book. I never would have guessed that one of there (newly made) friends was one of the bad guys. This book always has turns when you least expect it, and i never want to stop listening. When I finally stop listening, I find that I finished the whole book. So I should say it "WAS A GOOD BOOK". You should definitely read "Or listen on Everand" this book.

[annoyingtiger888 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

"Just because it's all-you-can-eat that doesn't mean you have to try to eat it all."

Wow, I have so much to say I don't know if I can remember it all lol First off, this book was awesome! I always wanted to read a Nancy Drew book but never got around to it until now. I didn't expect the mystery to span across multiple books, I thought it would be a singular mystery per book, but that was probably just my own oversight.

For some reason, I couldn't picture Nancy and her friends as anything other than middle schoolers. Towards the end I started picturing them as teens. I think they are 18-20s? I'm really not sure.

Secondly, the O'Malleys made me think so much about the Weasleys. All I could picture was the Weasley family running around while Nancy tried to solve the mystery lol

Naturally, as it's a book geared toward children, the crime aspect has been dulled down significantly. The note that Nancy received in her suitcase made me chuckle because it didn't sound threatening at all, but I suppose to a child it might!

I have to applause the author for spanning the mystery over multiple books, it's a good strategy for several reasons. First, having multiple books with each one being fairly short keeps kids engaged and doesn't overwhelm them. Second, it gets people to spend more money. As someone that gets overwhelmed by large, thick books, I can relate. Plus, I yelled like a fool when the book ended because I want to know what happens next!

I feel like the author did a good job of making you wonder who was responsible. When the ABC's mentioned Lacey's look-a-Like, I was positive she was responsible! But I quickly forgot about her as Nancy tried to piece together all of the clues and information.

I really liked reading about George because I can relate to her so much. I'm glad it wasn't just glamorous and girly Bess! Also "Are you seriously feeling sorry for a spider?" Same, George. Same.

I highly recommend this book to any young sleuth!

[Joanna Willmarth · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

It’s fine I guess.
I’d like to say I loved it but now is hardly the time to start lying

[eyejaybee · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

There was a certain serendipity about my reading this book. After reading Rules for Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson, I had a discussion with a fellow reader about Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train, which is mentioned several times in Swanson’s book. My friend very kindly tried to order a copy on Amazon, but, not paying sufficient attention, managed to order another book with the same title, which turned out to be the second instalment of the Nancy Drew Diary stories. Remembering how much I had enjoyed some of the Hardy Boys stories when I was younger, I decided to see what it was like, and whether my great nieces might like it. To do the job properly, I went back and read the first book in the series.

I was impressed by how enjoyable it was. The plot fizzes along pretty quickly, and Nancy and her friends are very engaging characters. It came as a welcome diversion from some of the rather gory detective novels I have found myself reading recently, and was far more enjoyable than the Patricia Highsmith book that I had been expecting. And yes, my great niece enjoyed it too.

[paperdolllady · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Good narration by Jorjeana Marie on an updated version with modern tech applied in the plotting of a Nancy Drew mystery, and it's a fitting intro to (this is the first of the ND diaries series) a classic young readers' favorite from a bygone era.