Repeat After Me

I received this book for free from the publisher. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Repeat After Me by Jessica Warman
Narrator: Tina Wolstencroft, Matt Weisgerber
Published by Entagled Teen, Tantor Audio on September 3, 2024
Genres: Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Romance
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
Pages: 400
Format: Audiobook, Hardcover
Source: Publisher, Purchased
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She’s about to have a serious temporal tantrum.

In retrospect, I probably should have passed on the ceviche.

It was already a weird Friday. My class is stuck on an eerily remote island for our senior trip, I’m pretty sure Mr. D (“call me Max”) is hiding something from us, my ex–best friend turned nemesis keeps stealing my candy, and tonight’s plan for my boyfriend and me to finally lose our virginity to each other is going hellishly.

I mean, ceviche is delicious, don’t get me wrong. But a dish made from a supposedly immortal octopus should really come with a warning label.

Caution: consuming a telepathic sea creature of unknown origin may result in immortality, no consequences to any actions, and getting stuck in a time loop for all of eternity.

Now every morning I wake up, and it’s the same Friday all over again. Same annoying classmates. Same island suspended in time by an evil oyster farmer with a God complex. Same outrageous candy theft. The only person I can count on to keep me from losing my grip on this new reality is Louis, my best friend who knows me better than anyone else in this world.

This should be a cephalopod-induced nightmare but somehow—in some ridiculous way—I feel like I’m experiencing the extraordinary, the gift of endless opportunities to get things right. But when I wake up every morning and it’s Friday again, sometimes it feels more like a never-ending prison sentence.

They say some things are worse than death...

...guess I’m about to find out.

At Entangled Teen, we care about our readers' experience. Please be advised that this title is intended for ages 17+ and may not be suitable for all audiences.

I liked this book. It is a weird book, bizarre. I like weird stories so that worked out just fine for me but this may not be everyone’s cup of tea. I started reading a print copy of the book and reached a point where I was hooked and decided to grab a copy of the audiobook so that I could continue the story while at work. I guess you could say that I had a very hard time putting this one down.

One thing that I believe I should mention is the fact that there is a pretty big focus on sex in this book, especially for a book being targeted to a Young Adult audience. I think that this is probably appropriate for an older teen audience, but maybe not the younger crowd. I wouldn’t it is necessarily graphic but sex-related topics appear often, frequently in the most hilarious way imaginable.

Emma is going on a senior trip with some of her classmates, including her boyfriend, to a small island. The day that Emma loses her virginity ends up being repeated over and over, think Groundhog Day. After an encounter with an immortal octopus, she is stuck repeating the same, not-so-pleasant, day. As she tries to find her way out of the time loop, she learns that she isn’t alone in the world of repeat. In this story, almost anything can and does happen.

I believe this was the first time that I have listened to both Tina Wolstencroft and Matt Weisgerber’s narration. I thought they both did a fantastic job with this strange story and liked the fact that their voices complemented each other nicely. I feel that they did a great job with the various characters’ voices which helped to bring the story to life. I do believe that their performance added to my overall enjoyment.

I would recommend this book to others. This was a sometimes bizarre and often outrageous story that just seemed to work for me. I wouldn’t hesitate to read more of this author’s work in the future.

I received a review copy of this book from Entangled: Teen.

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