SPARK Swipe, Book 4

Narrator Barrie Buckner continues his narration in the fourth installment of the Swipe Series. After concluding the trilogy featuring Logan Langley, this audiobook features the story of Ali, the girl with no last name. The short chapters help the story flow nicely, but Buckner's narration is too slow and even throughout the reading, a style that doesn't do the action justice. Living in the Darklands, outside of the Union, Ali works as a beggar, but her new life begins when she's captured and then escapes with the help of the tinchers. Buckner doesn't provide much differentiation between characters except very light accents, but he does a great job with the Darklandese language as well as the names of people and places. Fans of Angler or the Swipe Series will appreciate this new entry while others may have trouble getting into this narration. E.N. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2014]