STAR ISLAND

Hiaasen fans will love his latest, which finds him as acerbic and hilarious as ever. Narrator Stephen Hoye throws himself into the material with zeal. Hoye is a great fit for this material. With perfect timing he delivers one comic zinger after another. Hiaasen creates wonderful over-the-top characters, and Hoye delivers them with exactly the right personalities. Cherry Pye is a 22-year-old pop star whose meteoric rise to stardom at age 14 is fast flaming out in a haze of drugs, alcohol, and bad choices in the love department. Hiaasen surrounds her with a host of parasites who will do whatever it takes to keep their meal ticket afloat and lets the mayhem ensue. D.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2010]