Betting Blind

Name: Betting Blind
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephanie Guerra
ISBN: 9781491533826

Author: Stephanie Guerra

Series: Betting Blind #1

Narrator: Stephanie Guerra

Unabridged: 5 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 11/04/2014

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Social Themes, Boys & Men

Synopsis

Some risks are worth taking...The cards are stacking up against Gabriel James: first there’s Phil, the guy paying the bills for Gabe’s mom (but not leaving his wife). Then there’s Gabe’s new school, filled with kids competing for the Ivies, Silicon Valley, and Wall Street—while Gabe’s just trying to swing enough Cs to graduate.Gabe’s luck seems ready to change when he meets Irina Petrova: a hot violinist who is home-schooled by her strict Russian parents. When Gabe gets her number, he impresses the top guys at his school. When he becomes the drug connection for parties, his reputation is solidified. How else is he going to afford hanging with his new crew and impressing Irina? Anyway, it’s not really dealing if you’re just hooking up friends...right?Gabe’s never been loyal to a girl before, but he finds himself falling for Irina hard. As the stakes are raised, Gabe will have to decide how high he’s willing to bet on school, on friends, on Irina—but most of all, on himself.Mature content, ages 14 and up.

About Stephanie Guerra

Stephanie Guerra is also the author of the young adult novel Torn and the middle-grade novel Billy the Kid Is Not Crazy. Stephanie teaches children’s literature in the College of Education at Seattle University. She serves as the Seattle host for the teen fiction blog Readergirlz. In 2013 she was awarded the Virginia Hamilton Essay Award for her writing on multicultural literary experiences for youth. Her research focuses on literacy instruction for incarcerated and at-risk teens. Stephanie lives in Seattle, Washington, with her husband and children. Learn more: www.stephanieguerra.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Terri on November 01, 2014

Review also found at [URL not allowed] I received an advanced copy of this book from the publisher Skyscape via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. The expected publication date is November 4th, 2014. Oh boy I struggled with this story. On the one hand it was an easy YA......more

Goodreads review by Wanda on September 06, 2015

Now i have no idea how I came by this audiobook. I may have received it for review or bought it on sale or something but it is NOT something I would ever have picked up if I read the blurb. This is a contemporary YA Book. Our hero makes so many bad choices and then redeems himself again by being a r......more

Goodreads review by Abbie on October 08, 2014

(I received a copy from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.) Actual rating - 2.25 Betting Blind wasn't a book that i enjoyed. Gabe wasn't a likeable character at all. Dealing drugs - Especially to people he knows he shouldn't be dealing too, is bad enough, but he had a serious attitude proble......more

Goodreads review by Krazybooklady on November 02, 2014

Gabe has always had a hard life, growing up poor in an area full of gamblers, drug dealers and drug addicts. It's not much better now, even though he is living with his mom in a nice place and is in a nice school. His mom is the mistress of a married man who is paying all of their bills, but if they......more