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    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
    Audiobook18 hours

    Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

    Written by Martina McAtee

    Narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz

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    About this audiobook

    Seventeen year old Ember Denning has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie. Standing in the cemetery that's been her sanctuary, she's threatened by the most beautiful boy she's ever seen and rescued by two people who claim to be her family. They say she's special, that she has a supernatural gift like them . . . they just don't know exactly what it is.

    They take her to a small Florida town, where Ember's life takes a turn for the weird. She's living with her reaper cousins, an orphaned werewolf pack, a faery and a human genius. Ember's powers are growing stronger, morphing into something bigger than anything anybody anticipated. Ember has questions but nobody has answers. Nobody knows what she is. They only know her mysterious magical gift is trying to kill them and that beautiful dangerous boy from the cemetery may be the only thing standing between her and death.

    As Ember's talents are revealed so are the secrets her father hid and those in power who would seek to destroy her.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 20, 2018
    ISBN9781977375841
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    • 4/5
      Children Shouldn't Play with Dead ThingsDead Things Series, Book 1By: Martina McAteeNarrated by: Kristin Watson HeintzI liked how this started, mysteries unfolding slowly. The middle of the story has ups and downs, and the ending was good but a little rushed.I found the plot great! Families of reapers, witches, and shifters, and even a vampire is in here. Family secrets, powers, and intrigue all blend together with characters you hate or love! A good mix of emotions and paranormal override any negative issues. Enjoyable!
    • 5/5
      I have a really odd relationship with YA books. 9 times out of 10, I read them and dislike the book. But there's that 10th one, the one I read that makes me wonder why I say I dislike the genre. (Then I read the next one, which I dislike, and the whole cycle starts again.) But that occasional YA book that I so enjoy is what keeps me coming back hoping the next one will be the good one, even if it's usually not. Well, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is the unicorn, the random and rare YA book that I truly enjoy. It was witty and funny and diverse. Not all the characters are white and there are both het and gay romances (even a poly among some side characters). It's suspenseful and irreverent, playing with and making fun of YA characters and tropes, even as it used some of them. The book could use a tad more copy editing (though it's not too distracting, just the occasional double comma and such), it's a little too long and ends on a bit of a cliffhanger, or at least doesn't wrap up most of the threads. But it's definitely one I'd recommend picking up and I look forward to more.
    • 4/5
      I'm glad that Quinn's back since he's (and Donovan and Neoma) the only rational person in that whole set of characters; but I really don't like Tristin. Her actions before and after Quinn's death may be understandable but that does not mean that they're justifiable. How does my feelings toward Tristin and Quinn got to do with anything?Because I am team Ember/Mace. Why does Quinn get to come back at the expense of another? Ember's endured a lot - like a lot - and she lost Mace. Granted, Mace came back as little ball of light but come on.Ha. Kai and Rhys.