Sunday, January 22, 2023

Audiobook Review: What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall

 

What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
Publication Date: January 17th 2023 by Macmillan Audio
Pages: 336
Audio Book Length: 11hrs 16 mins
Narrators: Karissa Vacker
Source: Publisher 
Rating: 
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My Thoughts:
Naomi survived a brutal knife attack when she was eleven, witnessed by her two best friends, Olivia and Cass. Their testimony put away a serial killer who had murdered six other women, but is that how it happened? Twenty-two years later Naomi’s attacker dies in prison, and Olivia announces she wants to tell the truth about that day. What is the truth? Naomi wants to know because the details are hazy at best.

Naomi, Olivia and Cass had a complicated friendship in the present and the past, which is revealed bit by bit. Naomi tells the story, and we uncover pieces of the truth gradually along with her. Digging around doesn’t make people happy putting Naomi in danger all over again.

What Lies in the Woods was atmospheric, edgy and a bit dark! Nice and twisty. This one kept me guessing and the final reveal was surprising, but also not out of left field either.

I’ve listened to quite a few books narrated by Karissa Vacker and she’s fast becoming one of my favorite audiobook performers! She does a wonderful job of making each character distinct and her voice is rich and smooth. I listened at my usual 1.5-1.75x normal speed.

4 Stars


Book Description:

They were eleven when they sent a killer to prison . . .
They were heroes . . . but they were liars.


Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The summer ended suddenly when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her seventeen stab wounds and lived to identify the man who had hurt her. The girls’ testimony put away a serial killer, wanted for murdering six women. They were heroes.

And they were liars.

For decades, the friends have kept a secret worth killing for. But now Olivia wants to tell, and Naomi sets out to find out what really happened in the woods—no matter how dangerous the truth turns out to be.


13 comments:

  1. Glad to hear this was good. I have the audiobook to listen to as well.

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  2. Sounds so good.
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  3. I'm sure I would enjoy this one if I can fit it into my plan. Terrific review Rachel!

    Anne - Books of My Heart

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  4. You listen to that faster than I can - 1.25X max for me. There's something I like about those mysteries that involve lies and people who can't remember stuff. It makes those who you thought were on the right side of things seem suspect.

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  5. Atmospheric, edgy and with some twists...sounds right up my alley. :D

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  6. This sounds so good. Maybe a bit scary for me!

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  7. I'm reading this one now! Our tastes tend to align for these kinds of books, so I'm even more excited about it now.

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  8. Oh wow, this sounds fantastic and I do love this narrator!

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  9. Nice and twisty sounds good to me

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  10. This one sounds good and twisty! I'm curious about Olivia withheld all those years.

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  11. This sounds great. I do love a twisty thriller. :)

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  12. Great review, Rachel. It sounds quite twisty and entertaining. I am a bit fan of Karissa Vacker, so not surprised her narration was so good.

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