#55 Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire, Barrie Kreinik (Narrator)

 

This is an excellent stand-alone book in this series. You get the backstory for Nadya but you don’t need to know any of the other books to enjoy this. Nadya was born without part of her arm but she never missed it. She was placed in a state run orphanage and adopted by an American couple. One of the things she loved in Russia was a tortoise and her new parents thought it was turtles due to a mistranslation and show her pond in the neighborhood of her new home. She grows to love watching the turtles and one day sees one that has “Be Sure” carved on its shell. When she goes to help this turtle, she falls into the door under the water of the pond and finds herself in a water world where people and giant turtles live together.  A wonderful story but a bit bittersweet for Nadya at the end.

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#56 How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis, Dara Rosenberg (narrator) David Bendena (narrator)

When crazy money doesn’t get Ada to take a job but the prospect of seeing Rian does make her take the job you know sparks are going to fly. She shows up as a guest at a high society charity auction and Rian just knows she is there to steal something. But keeping constant attention on her still doesn’t stop her from getting the job done nor doing a few extra things that will show up in the next book. The chemistry between the two of them hopefully will have a great payoff in the next book.

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