NERVE, Jeanne Ryan
NERVE, Jeanne Ryan
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NERVE

Author: Jeanne Ryan

Narrator: Caitlin Davies

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/15/2015

Synopsis

A high-stakes online game of dares turns deadly …When Vee is picked to be a player in NERVE, an anonymous game of dares broadcast live online, she discovers that the game knows her. They tempt her with prizes taken from her ThisIsMe page and team her up with the perfect boy: sizzling-hot Ian. At first it's exhilarating—Vee and Ian's fans cheer them on to riskier dares with higher stakes. But the game takes a twisted turn when they're directed to a secret location with five other players for the grand prize round. Suddenly they're playing all-or-nothing—with their lives on the line. Just how far will Vee go before she loses NERVE?With NERVE, debut author Jeanne Ryan delivers an intensely gripping suspense thriller perfect for fans of The Hunger Games.

About Jeanne Ryan

Jeanne Ryan, raised in a family with eleven brothers and sisters, has lived all over the world. She spent her early childhood in Hawaii and the rest of her youth trying to figure out a way to get back there, with stops in South Korea, Michigan, and Germany along the way. Before writing fiction, she tried her hand at many things, including war-game simulation and youth-development research, but she decided it was much more fun to work on stories than on statistics. These days, she still loves Hawaii but has found her home under the moody skies of the Pacific Northwest.

About Caitlin Davies

Caitlin Davies is a New York City–based actor and audiobook narrator who studied acting at the Eugene O’Neill National Institute, the British American Drama Academy, and the Barrow Group. She specializes in audiobooks for teens and young adults.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alejandro on September 20, 2016

Not as good as its movie adaptation. DARES AND NERVES I went to the cinema theater and watch the Nerve movie, due Emma Roberts (which I love) was starring. I enjoyed a lot the film, and it was until the final credits I found out that the movie was based on a novel. So, I went to check for it, t......more

Goodreads review by Dannii on May 12, 2017

Well, this was one crazy, intense journey from start to finish! Why is it always so much harder to write a review for a book you absolutely adored? Without waffling or being an over-excited mess, I'll just write the basics. The writing was stellar! The plot was intense! The characters were relatable!......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on January 17, 2018

Entertaining, but sooooooooo cheesy! I would put this in its own genre of “Young Adult Fan Fiction”. It reminded of when I was in middle school or high school and I would write stories in my head about how I was badass even though in real life I was awkward and nerdy. I was always too afraid to go to......more

Goodreads review by Isa on August 09, 2016

Nerve me dejó un poco traumatizada y con una rayada mental nivel épico. Dicho eso, este libro nos cuenta la historia de Vee, una chica que siempre ha estado un poco tras bambalinas y no toma muchos riesgos. Eventualmente, uno de sus amigos la anima a participar en un reto de Nerve, una aplicación/pr......more

Goodreads review by kate on August 13, 2016

3.75* I think I'm definitely in the minority for this opinion, but I actually really enjoyed this book. :') I'm not sure whether it was because I went into it with pretty low expectations (due to it's fairly low average star rating on Goodreads) but I liked it a lot more than I expected too! It was......more

Quotes

“Ryan’s story is thought-provoking and unsettling…The ending goes off with a bang and a twist.”

Publishers Weekly

“Teens will find themselves drawn in by the story’s possibilities, and unNERVEd by its outcome. Give this to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games fans.”

School Library Journal

“Ryan has created a credible game, as well as a realistic character and narrator in Vee…Readers will likely remain tightly keyed into questions about what is going to happen to Vee herself, who is reminiscent of Eoin Colfer’s Artemis Fowl translated into an American high-school girl.”

Booklist

“The commentary on today’s life-as-public-spectacle society is…sound. The pacing is relentless, and readers will find themselves flipping madly to the very last page.”

Kirkus Reviews

“An original, page-turning novel that offers a slice of pop culture that gives a whole new meaning to the trendy, reality-television genre.”

VOYA

Awards

  • PopSugar Pick
  • Refinery29 Pick
  • Barnes & Noble Teen Blog Pick
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