Caitlyn, a fourth generation movie actor, is
kidnapped from her grandparents’ house when she is 10 years old. She escapes but learns that her abduction was
planned with the help of someone very close who betrayed her. She learns to live in the shadow of rumors
and family drama and tries to not always be on the run from her past.
While the story of Hideaway was a bit of a soap opera, it was rich with
details and some interesting characters. I enjoyed the drama of it all. (And,
boy, was there drama.) The storyline was engaging. It was a good ride even though the bad guys’ motivations never
really seemed believable. I had never read a book written by Nora Roberts
before. I suspect they’re all good beach
reads like this one.
The audiobook narrator was outstanding. In fact, I think
she’s the best one I’ve heard this year.
January LaVoy had SO many individual character voices and even excelled
at male voices. I was so impressed. Her acting was really good but I would say
that she made the main “bad guy” sound so obnoxious that she gave away the
identity of the bad guy before the story itself gave me a clue. Also, that same character was so melodramatic
that I actually laughed out loud at the ridiculousness of it all twice. Normally, I would cut her back to an A for
these irritations. But her repertoire truly floored me so I have to give her an
A+. It’s just really difficult to have
so many unique voices and I appreciate her talent! I bet she enjoyed reading
this novel since a main character is a voice-over artist so there was a lot of
material she definitely understood and the extra voices allowed her own talent
to really sparkle.
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