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    The Devil and Winnie Flynn
    The Devil and Winnie Flynn
    The Devil and Winnie Flynn
    Audiobook8 hours

    The Devil and Winnie Flynn

    Written by Micol Ostow and David Ostow

    Narrated by Jessica Almasy

    3/5

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    About this audiobook

    17-year-old Winnie Flynn , a closet horror fan with a starkly realistic worldview, has never known her maternal aunt Mona: a high-profile reality TV producer. Winnie's mom allegedly committed suicide several months ago, and her father has checked out in the wake of the tragedy. When Mona recruits Winnie to spend a summer in their family's home state, working as a production assistant, Winnie figures that she has nothing to lose. Soon she's drawn into a creepy world of paranormal believers and non-believers alike--a world that just might hold the key to vital family secretes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 13, 2015
    ISBN9781501902000
    The Devil and Winnie Flynn
    Author

    Micol Ostow

    Micol Ostow has written over fifty works for readers of all ages, including projects based on properties like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, and Mean Girls. In addition to Nancy Drew, she currently writes the bestselling Riverdale novels and comics based on the original Archie Comics characters. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two daughters, piles and piles of books, and all the streaming channels. In her past life she may have been a teen sleuth. Visit Micol online at MicolOstow.com.

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    • 3/5
      The romance bits seemed unnecessary, but I like the ghost story and cryptid stuff. I do have a pet peeve of books written as letters or diaries not actually sounding like letters or diaries and this deff fell into that.
    • 1/5
      Illustrations by David OstowAudiobook narrated by Jessica AlmasyFrom the book jacket Winnie Flynn doesn’t believe in ghosts. (Though she wouldn’t mind a visit from her mom, explaining why she took her own life.) When her mysterious aunt Maggie, a high-profile TV producer, recruits Winnie to spend a summer working as a production assistant on her current reality hit, Fantastic Fearsome, she suddenly finds herself in the one place her mother would never go: New Jersey.My reactionsI read this only because I needed to fulfill a challenge for a paranormal read, and this YA novel was readily available at the library. Not a genre I gravitate towards. Basically it’s a “woo-woo” teen horror flick book. I rolled my eyes so often I made myself dizzy. Didn’t find anything scary about it. Dialogue was stilted. And basic premise was terrible. At least on audio I could double the speed and get through it more quickly.The text version is a sort of combination of traditional text novel and graphic novel, being illustrated by David Ostow. Some of these drawings are very detailed and I found them interesting. Jessica Almasy did a credible job of narrating the audio, but she had mediocre material to work with. Not her fault. 3*** for her narration.
    • 3/5
      The Devil and Winnie Flynn is more an homage to scary movies and reality t.v. than an actual horror novel, so readers looking for a fright won't find it here. Rather, those who enjoy paranormal/horror pop-cultural references and a behind-the-scenes look at the "reality" of reality t.v., will enjoy this romp through New Jersey's haunted landmarks. After the recent suicide of her mother, Winnie is spending her summer vacation as a production assistant for her aunt's supernatural reality show, Fantastic, Fearsome. Despite being a big horror movie buff, Winnie is not a "believer", though she's surrounded by plenty of people who are. As she travels with the cast and crew to film New Jersey's famously haunted spots, she quickly realizes that while there's a lot of staging going on, there's also something odd that's connecting her mother's death to her aunt's search for the New Jersey Devil.Written as Winnie's journal entries to her best friend back home, the novel also includes location illustrations, scripted interview footage, and more from the show's production that makes the setting feel authentic and keeps the plot well-paced. Winnie's voice is cynical but self-deprecating and she throws around such popular references to paranormal television shows and scary movie tropes that even non-fans will have fun recognizing them. A suspenseful, supernatural mystery with a touch of humor, romance, and girl power. Recommended for ages 13-up. JF
    • 4/5
      Winnie is spending the summer after her mother's suicide with her Aunt Maggie, the producer of a reality urban myth series. Winnie does not believe in the paranormal and her aunt hopes spending the time working on the show will change her mind about the paranormal.I loved the way this is written in first person as a letter/journal to a best friend. I enjoyed the drawings and scripts interspersed throughout the story. Great characters, good story, good urban myth. The build-up for the scare was great but the scare was not there. I was ready for it, lights on, curled in a blanket then the last chapter and a half happened. I was like, "Is That All There Is?" What a letdown!I did enjoy the book enough that I will read more of this brother/sister team.