First things first, I have to preface this review with the fact that I listened to Sadie as an audiobook. Let me tell you, though, I was not disappointed. For those of you who haven’t read (or listened to) Sadie, I highly recommend that you enjoy this novel as an audiobook. The production is absolutely amazing and completely immerses you in the story.

Okay, now for the review. Courtney Summers has always been an author who tackles dark subjects and with Sadie, it’s no different. I would love to say that things like that never happen, that young girls never get killed, but they do, which is why it is that much more important to talk about it. Summers writes with emotion so strong that I often had to put the book down. Sadie’s complex character takes twists and turns that I couldn’t have imagined. All the while, I could just tell that all Sadie wanted was to be a normal teenage girl with her sister back.

As the book comes to an end, I know some readers will be left unsatisfied, but I definitely wasn’t. To me, it was the perfect ending for a book like this. If you’ve listened to audiobooks you know that they take around eight hours to finish. I put the speed on 1.5 and finished it in four. It was that good.