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Fabulous Things

By: Kelly Braffet
Narrated by: Edwina Wren
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Beautiful and brilliant, Josie and Jack Raeburn are closer than they should be, and run riot in their father's isolated house. But as his behaviour becomes more unpredictable, they are forced to leave, and face a world for which they are utterly unprepared. Jack's love for Josie has always been her safety-net. However, as his world grows wilder and more dangerous, she finds herself struggling: should she escape his control, or help him? It is only when they are united again, in the company of Jack's astoundingly rich girlfriend Lily that she understands what she must do.©2005 Kelly Braffet (P)2006 Bolinda Publishing Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction

Editorial reviews

Kelly Braffet begins her novel Fabulous Things (published in the U.S. as Josie and Jack) with a quote from Hansel and Gretel. What follows is a contemporary fable with traces of Gone Girl and the character studies of Bret Easton Ellis.

Performed by Edwina Wren in gently modulating, almost accusatory tones, Fabulous Things follows Josie and Jack, an unsupervised teenage brother and sister who are wild, beautiful, and unprepared for the world they must enter. Raging with hangovers and coursing libidos, Josie and Jack must fight their way through the metaphoric oven that life has heated for them.

Critic reviews

'A creepy, captivating debut ... darkly gothic and supremely readable' ( Publishers Weekly)
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Well this one was a let down. I'm not sure when/how this book was recommended to me, but I jumped at the chance to get it. It was just too tame for me. Even though it had some fairly mature themes, it still came off as middle grade, or young adult at the very least. All of the sexy times were off page, to the point that I wasn't even sure they were happening at all. And honestly, even after the ending, I'm not sure that they happened. And speaking of that ending, it left a lot to be desired. I definitely wouldn't classify this book as a romance, and honestly, not even a love story, which is what I was expecting. That ending made me seriously dislike the heroine telling the story, and I'll be happy to forget that I ever read this book.

Such a disappointment

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