Blue Echohawk, a senior in high school, is simply trying to
stay afloat with the help of her tough-girl persona. She’d been abandoned by
her mother at two years old, raised by a kind man until she was 11, and had
been living with the man’s neglectful half-sister ever since. A new teacher
joins the staff and begins to help build her confidence.
I was unable to tear myself away from the audiobook for very
long. It was a great story! I adored the characters and the believable situations and the mysteries. There was
also a good deal of sexual tension which ended up making this feel-good story
about acceptance—both from others and yourself—seem like a beach read for the
last half. It was just what I needed in
the midst of so much negative reality these days. Happiness can be had with the
right encouragement.
A Different Blue is the third Amy Harmon novel I’ve read and
they’ve all been completely different and they’ve all been very good! I can’t wait to read the next one from this
amazing author. This one felt like a cautionary
tale for teenagers to read and makes me wonder if she based this novel on her
own experiences or with a targeted audience message in mind. Either way, it was a hit with me! I’m
probably making it sounds like a YA romance which it is not!
The audiobook was narrated by Tavia Gilbert. For the most part, I thought she was a wonderful
voice actor and had a repertoire of voices and accents. However, I did not
appreciate her British accent—particularly the way she turned all the “uh”
sounds into something that is not like any British accent I’ve ever heard. This
was unfortunate since one of the main characters is British. My biggest complaint about the narration had
to do with the production. Whenever she turned off her mic, there was a very
loud clicking sound that was offensive. Every single time, it annoyed me.
Thankfully, it was always at a chapter break but it always came immediately
after her final syllable without any sort of breath or pause so it was an
abrupt, rude intrusion on my enjoyment of the story. I’ll give her an A-.
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