Hopkins, Ellen

This fabulous, sex-filled masterpiece of mystery and romance has an ending that will give readers major chills. [See Prepub Alert, 1/25/15.]

Hopkins fans will pick up this book without a second thought; listeners who enjoy realistic teen-themed works will want to give it a try as well.

The paper-doll characters are too self-absorbed to be likable, and the story is too predictable. The verse format used in the print version is lost in the oral reading. The narrators—January LaVoy, Jan Maxwell, Janel Maloney, and Michele Pawk—give well-measured, seamless performances. Sadly, their attractive voices do not make the book absorbing. For large fiction collections only. ["For popular collections, because there will be an audience," read the review of the Atria: S. & S. hc, LJ 9/1/11; the pb, also by Atria, will publish in June 2012.—Ed.]

While Hopkins's fans and newcomers may be drawn in by the titillating details, this does not hold up as adult literature. For popular collections, because there will be an audience. [See Prepub Alert, 4/25/11; Hopkins's next book, Tilt, focuses on the teen characters from Triangles.—Ed.]