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4 stars!

“Don't think or judge, just listen.��

Just Listen is the story of Annabel, a high school senior going through a rough time. After something happened at a party last spring, she no longer has all her friends and has alienated herself from everyone else. Surprisingly, she becomes friends with the school outcast, Owen, and the two bond through music.

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.��

This is the kind of “sweet�� book that I enjoy. I never had any intention of reading this book, but it came up on the Top 100 YA books on ŷ������ so I decided to suck it up and give it a chance. I am so glad I did.

I mostly devoured this book. The first five chapters I listened to on audio, but the narrator made Owen sound like a stuffed up seven-year-old and I couldn’t take it anymore! I went out and bought the paperback and from there I devoured this book in a matter of hours.

I thought this was a thoughtful novel on what it’s like to be a teenage girl, the expectations and pressures involved. I loved the story of Annabel and her family, it was so wonderfully done. And I like that the reformed “bad boy�� was actually a very sweet guy. More teen books need to have love interests like Owen.

“There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.��


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