Velocity, Chris Wooding
Velocity, Chris Wooding
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Velocity

Author: Chris Wooding

Narrator: Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 13 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2017


Synopsis

The Fast and the Furious meets The Hunger Games in acclaimed author Chris Wooding's blistering vision of the future.Buckle up for a fast-paced, high-octane thrill ride!Cassica and Shiara are best friends. They couldn't be more different, but their differences work to their advantage -- especially when they're drag racing. Cassica is fearless and determined, making her the perfect driver for daring, photo-finish victories. Shiara is intelligent and creative, able to build cars out of scrap and formulate daring strategies from the passenger's seat.Now they've set their sights on the Widowmaker -- the biggest, most anticipated, and most dangerous race of the year. The winners get a pass to a life of luxury and fame. The losers, more often than not, die in fiery explosions. And even if Cassica and Shiara survive the deadly three-day challenge... their friendship might be roadkill.This breathless reimagining of extreme sports is perfect for fans of Mad Max: Fury Road and NASCAR.

About Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding is a full time, award-winning novelist, a YA novelist, and a professional script writer for film and TV. He has travelled extensively, plays bass and guitar (and has recorded several albums) and his novels have been published all over the world. He has penned the Braided Path trilogy, a standalone novel (The Fade) and the Tales of the Ketty Jay series for Gollancz, all of which were critical and commercial successes. Chris Wooding lives in Kent, and you can learn more at www.chriswooding.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jv on February 22, 2024

With an almost-manic-joy bubbling beneath the determined calm needed for navigation, Velocity takes off; tearing through teeth-rattling turns and bone-jarring twists. The tale of the unprecedented quick-track that takes Cassica and Shiara from racing the “unofficial boondocks circuit” to a qualifier......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on March 30, 2017

Passes the Bechdel test with flying colors!!!!......more

Goodreads review by Katya on August 18, 2015

Screw you, Wooding. Screw you real hard. For you have just given me a book with the two most believable characters I have had the fortune of meeting. The plot was predictable, and in a true Wooding style there was a nice twist at the end that, although not impossible, was a little hard to predict; t......more

Goodreads review by Kate on May 07, 2017

This would have been an amazing opportunity to for an awesome queer story and certainly seemed like it might be in the beginning but they didn't go for it. I spent half the book thinking one of the girls had a crush on the other before they pulled a random racer over to become her crush. Ugh. This i......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin on August 08, 2017

Not gonna lie, based on the cover of my edition I assumed it was going to be a much more queer story. Instead it was a perfectly acceptable dystopia with no mentions of race or sexuality. Not a bad story at all, engaging action, just come to expect better from stories I read.......more


Quotes

Praise for The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray :*"An imaginative tour de force." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review*"Eerie and exhilarating. -- School Library Journal, starred review*"Readers will get finger cramps from rapidly turning the pages of Wooding's gripping tale." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewPraise for Poison:*"A compelling read. -- Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Each scene of danger sings with tension. Lovers of adventure, horror, and suspense should keep an eye on this talented author." -- Horn Book MagazinePraise for Storm Thief:*"This stunning work of speculative fiction will appeal to Wooding's fans and earn him new ones." -- Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewPraise for Silver:*"Wooding has morphed a traditional English boarding school story... into a horror/survival story that would make William Golding and Gary Paulsen envious... Carve out enough time to read Silver in a single sitting. You'll need it." -- Booklist, starred review