Anomaly, Tonya Kuper
Anomaly, Tonya Kuper
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Anomaly

Author: Tonya Kuper

Narrator: Alex Boyles, Erica Sullivan

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2021


Synopsis

Reality is only an illusion. Except for those who can control it …Worst. Birthday. Ever.My first boyfriend dumped me—happy birthday, Josie!—my dad is who knows where, I have some weird virus that makes me want to hurl, and now my ex is licking another girl’s tonsils. Oh, and I’m officially the same age as my brother was when he died. Yeah, today is about as fun-filled as the swamps of Dagobah. But then weird things start happening …Like I make something materialize just by thinking about it.When hottily-hot badass Reid Wentworth shows up on a motorcycle, everything changes. Like, everything. Who I am. My family. What really happened to my brother. Existence. I am Oculi, and I have the ability to change reality with my thoughts. Now Reid, in all his hotness, is charged with guiding and protecting me as I begin learning how to bend reality. And he’s the only thing standing between me and the secret organization that wants me dead …

About Tonya Kuper

Tonya Kuper writes young adult novels. She first fell in love with reading in elementary school, which eventually lead to earning a BA in elementary education and an MS in reading education, but she never thought she’d write a novel, let alone several. When Tonya isn’t writing, she teaches a Young Adult Literature Writing Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is on faculty for the University of Nebraska at Omaha MFA low-residency program. Tonya laughs as much as possible, loves music, and nerds-out over Star Wars and all things pop-culture. She lives in Omaha with her husband and two rad boys.

About Alex Boyles

Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!

About Erica Sullivan

Erica Sullivan is a professional actress of both stage and screen and holds her MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Currently a company member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, she has performed in New York and regionally with such companies as the Lincoln Center, Soho Repertory Theatre, and New Dramatists. She makes her home in Ashland, Oregon, with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter

If you read this story before June 2012, you should remove it from your Kindle and download a fresh copy as it has been completely re-edited and given an entirely different ending (which extends the story by 15K) Well worth having a read, but I might be a little biased in my opinion :)......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

A very solid first-contact novel that deservedly belongs on the shelf next to Contact, but I will be the first to admit it does some things better than Sagan and other things much weaker. HOWEVER, none of that changes the fundamentally good exploration of what it means to us to present ourselves bef......more

Goodreads review by Paul

“The United States … has rejected the notion of United Nations peacekeepers operating on American soil.” From first page to last, the description of the behaviour of people and governments around the world, and most particularly, the rabid, belligerent and bellicose reaction of the American peopl......more

Goodreads review by Kate

I wanted to like this book. I really did. But it ended up being a complete rip-off of Contact, which I can't stand, and I had to power through finishing it. Yes I understand he was inspired by it, I read the thing at the end. But the entire book the only thing I was thinking about was how much this......more


Quotes

“Debut author Kuper’s sleek prose—saturated with pop-culture references—invites both nerds and the uninitiated into the world of the Oculi…Great twists and the positive message that reality is ours to shape.” Kirkus Reviews

“Lightning-paced thrill-ride, with humor and soul on every page. I couldn’t put it down!” Cecily White, author of Prophecy Girl