A review by lezreadalot
40 Souls to Keep by Libby Drew

3.0

It gets points for style and a neat concept, but as a whole there are a lot of things that could have been done better. I couldn't believe that [redacted] being the villain was supposed to be a surprise; it was obvious from almost the beginning! And the big supposed twist was quite obvious, which is always a black mark again any kind of mystery book. I don't WANT to figure it out beforehand. This book also suffered from a serious case of No Kid Talks Like That-itis.

But it was cute, made me laugh out loud at times, and the narrator, Charles Carr, did a great job with the performance; a good voice can make okay writing feel amazing.