I understand she may not be familiar with all of Dessen's works but at least familiarize yourself with the essence of who those characters are since they had a significant cameo (in comparison to Macy and Wes who were a casual presence mention at world of waffles). The voice this young woman did for Remy made her sound seriously stoned and as though the character was desperately trying to sound seductive, which is not at all how that character acts/is written. If you love Dessen then you know she always has character crossovers, those with the biggest presence in this being Remy and truth squad from 'This Lullaby'. Her voice for Owen sounded like a somewhat whiny straining to be hyper tween not gone through puberty, massively not a match for a taller than all brooding young man who has such a gigantic presence and portrayal. Im sure this woman tried her best but her voices were terrible, just my opinion. My only issue was the poorly done reading. Other than that, it’s a pretty good book, however Sarah Dessen has better books out there, which I will be binging on. Also, they had a build up for Sophie, only for it to never be discussed again, which was a huge miss for character development on her part. The narrator was great, but I could not stand her voice for Owen and often times, messed up the way I wanted to see him versus the way she voiced him as. Their love story wasn’t interesting, but this book isn’t about that, but about the journey of self realization and character development for Annabelle. Although I get that that was the intention of his character, it was a bit overboard and it didn’t feel like he had any depth to him. The one thing I disliked was Owen and his obsession with music and literally that’s all he talks about.

I just couldn’t see how their relationship turned into a romantic one when really, they seemed more so as friends than anything else, which can be a bummer to some people.

Not that this book needed more insight into their relationship, but it would’ve been nice to get some cute romantic development in there, which only had a few moments.

He was there to help Annabelle develop into who she wanted to be and that’s pretty much it. However, this book is about Annabelle only, meaning you shouldn’t read or listen to this if you want a fulfilling love story full of cute moments between the main character and the love interest Owen, which was essentially non-existent. The story itself is meaningful as you follow Annabelle into becoming the type of person she wants to be, instead of who she is at the beginning of the book. Read this as teenager when I was younger and it brings back all the memories I had experienced during my first time reading it.

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