A HERO FOR WONDLA

After spending her first 12 years underground, being raised by a robot, Eve Nine has finally found a home in the human colony of New Attica. In this second book of DiTerlizzi’s WONDLA trilogy, Eve comes to realize that something dark and dangerous runs beneath the surface of this apparent utopia. But there is little wonder in Wondla. The audiobook suffers from the absence of the illustrations that breathe life into the print version of this science-fiction world. Although there’s a smattering of interesting vocabulary in the story, its monosyllabic language and repetitious dialogue are a challenge for narrator Teri Hatcher. Her plodding pace and monotonous tone create a lackluster world the listener never gets lost in. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2012]