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A review by jenbsbooks
Where Butterflies Wander by Suzanne Redfearn
4.25
I loved "In an Instant" from this author. I liked this, but didn't connect as much, although I had no trouble finishing. Included in Kindle Unlimited, read and listen (text and audio). Several POVs, and other than a letter as the Prologue (2002) everything was 1st person/present tense. In audio, there were different narrators (six) for the various POVs ... Marie, Penelope, Hannah, Leo, Brendon and Davina. Little Penelope's voice was SO cute. I'm not a fan of Kate Rudd as a narrator (she does a ton, and I know others like her, just some odd inflections and timing) and she voiced Marie. Marie (the mother) was a little hard to like, even knowing her personal story/mind (she gets a really bad wrap from others who only know part of the story here). Pen and Hannah, and Davina, were all extremely likeable. Leo was a little vanilla, and Brendon had some issues. Complex characters and situations.
I don't know how I would have attempted to pronounce the last name of the family - Egides. I listened to the audio ... but I can't remember the pronunciation, other than thinking "how is that spelled?"
The chapters were listed numerically, and the Table of Contents indicates the POV, also included as a header at each chapter/POV change. There was an Author's Note (not included in the audio) that was interesting (a bit about some of the inspiration for the story). There were discussion questions included in the Kindle copy too, and I appreciated them. There were some that gave me pause and made me think and delve a little deeper.
I was a little bugged that (did I miss it?) it was never really explained (and I don't think this is a spoiler because it's talked about right at the start) why Davina and her mother fled from her father, what the situation was.
I don't know how I would have attempted to pronounce the last name of the family - Egides. I listened to the audio ... but I can't remember the pronunciation, other than thinking "how is that spelled?"
The chapters were listed numerically, and the Table of Contents indicates the POV, also included as a header at each chapter/POV change. There was an Author's Note (not included in the audio) that was interesting (a bit about some of the inspiration for the story). There were discussion questions included in the Kindle copy too, and I appreciated them. There were some that gave me pause and made me think and delve a little deeper.
I was a little bugged that (did I miss it?) it was never really explained (and I don't think this is a spoiler because it's talked about right at the start) why Davina and her mother fled from her father, what the situation was.