Audiobook Review: The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson + Signed Audio Book Giveaway

The Fox Inheritance
Jenna Fox Chronicles #2
Author: Mary E. Pearson
Reader: Matthew Brown
Reading Level: YA
Run-Time: 9.5 Hours
Published: August 30th 2011
Review SOurce: Macmillan Audio
Available: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Indiebound

Summary: (from goodreads) Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries.

Two-hundred-and-sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead.

Everyone except Jenna Fox.

My thought on the audio portion first: This was my first audio book with a male reader. I was hoping or expecting with the male voice, I would hear more in the sense of different sounds and pitches. I actually heard the complete opposite. The male reader read in the same pattern throughout the full book. it felt a bit uniformed for me. His voice actually reminded me of a old psychology professor I had in college. Now the fact that its felt uniform might just be because most of the story is the main character's thoughts. I will say if you were going to get this book, I would probably go with the audio version. Its does help with the main character's dialogue. 

Now my review for the actual book and its story: I was nervous going in to this book without having read the first book. I thought I might be missing out critical information. SO I asked a few some notes about the first and got a outline which prepared me for this book. Just like I felt listening to the book, I felt about the book itself. The story line was OK, I didn't hate it or love it. What threw me off a bit was all the internal dialogue from the main character. Its a great portion of the book. At times I didn't know if he was talking to himself or someone. It just felt the same. The main character for being a male was a bit weak for me, I like my male POV to be strong and in charge. The story did have a few interesting surprises that kept me in the game. I think the young YA audience would enjoy the story more since its not so complexed. A character I did enjoy was Dot. She is a robot that helps Locke (the main character) out. So overall this story or series will be read by those that read the first book and loved it and need to know what happen to Jenna.