HEARTBREAK FOR HIRE

With a twist on the typical spurned lover's revenge, narrator Shaina Summerville delivers a range of emotions in this audiobook. Brinkley, a 20-something woman who spends much of the book reliving a previous bad relationship, meets Mark, a decent guy who is caught in the politics of academia. Summerville captures most of the characters' angst and despair, though at times the dialogue is stiff and the men's voices are not quite distinctive enough. This reviewer found some of Brinkley's antics and Mark's decisions to be annoying and was not able to become caught up in the story despite Summerville's delivery. B.E.S. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: JANUARY 2022]