LIKE HAPPINESS

Marisa Blake's vocal agility does justice to the emotional roller-coaster ride of Tatum Vega. When a woman accuses the famous Latinx writer M. Dominguez of sexual harassment, a NEW YORK TIMES reporter contacts Tatum. Now living in Chile, Tatum reexamines her long and complicated relationship with the much older Dominguez. Blake has an impressive emotional command of her narration. When portraying Dominguez, Blake's voice projects a deceitful quality. Whenever Blake uses Dominguez's term of endearment for Tatum, mi vida (my life), she does it in an insincere yet sweet tone that reflects Dominguez's manipulative nature. Blake also captures Tatum's path from youthful codependence to maturity and independence. A.M. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2024]