But Lizzie's not alone in her new calling - she has counsel from a fellow spirit guide, a very desirable one, who is torn between wanting Lizzie and warning her that.

With survival comes the responsibility to guide the restless spirits that walk our world, including one ghost with whom she shares a surprising personal connection. Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, the thrilling story of Lizzie, who wills her way into the afterworld to survive a deadly terrorist attack. all while dealing with the intoxicating, terrifying experience of falling in love - with another writer. It means sleepless nights rewriting her first draft and struggling to find the perfect ending. That means book tours, parties with her favorite authors, and finding a place to live that won't leave her penniless. Instead of heading to college, she's living in New York City, where she's welcomed into the dazzling world of YA publishing. But it's really happening - her teen novel is getting published. (Sept.Darcy Patel is afraid to believe all the hype. This intriguing and creative audiobook will have listeners invested in both stories, rooting for both protagonists and eager to find out what happens to them. Seth is equally adept at Lizzie, searching for the truth and trying to do what's right, as well as creating believable voices for Lizzie's anxious mother, her curious best friend, a child ghost, and Indian-accented Yamaraj. Lind conveys Darcy's youthful excitement, her passion for writing, her insecurity, and her na%C3%AFvet%C3%A9, as well as voicing jaded and British Imogen, Darcy's Indian-accented parents, and numerous other characters. Each book has a different narrator, which is helpful for keeping the two stories separate, and both narrators are excellent. She can subsequently see ghosts and visit the 'afterworld,' where she becomes romantically involved with spirit guide Yamaraj. The other book is Darcy's actual novel, told in full: the paranormal tale of Lizzie, who survives a terrorist attack by pretending to be dead. She puts off college, moves to New York, deals with the stress of deadlines and rewrites, feels the excitement of seeing her book in print, and falls in love for the first time, with another YA writer, named Imogen.

The first is a realistic fiction piece about Darcy, an 18-year-old whose novel is being published. This novel is really two books in one, told in alternating chapters.

Afterworlds by scott westerfeld