Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
The Missing Half: A Novel
Ashley Flowers · 2025
🎙 Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld, with Ashley Flowers (Random House Audio, released May 6, 2025)
71/100
👍 Worth It
Two grieving sisters chasing their missing 'other halves' makes for a solid, twisty small-town mystery, even with a middle stretch that drags a bit. Saskia Maarleveld's narration is genuinely fantastic and is credited by more than one reviewer with carrying the book through its slower patches. A satisfying pick for thriller and true-crime fans.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Saskia Maarleveld's narration is repeatedly singled out as fantastic and a major draw of the audiobook.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety68
Substance / usefulness66
Craft & writing74
Originality55
Evidence & accuracy70
Hype vs delivers68
Age-fit65
Human-eye read76
Penny’s verdict71
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