Audiobook Review: Flashout by Alexis Soloski, Narrated by Mia Barron

Flashout by Alexis Soloski,

Narrated by Mia Barron

Blurb from Goodreads:

A thrill-seeking young woman joins a radical theater troupe in this taut, suspenseful novel of art, seduction, and the deadly limits of liberation.

New York, 1972. A cloistered college student slips out of the dorms to attend a performance by a legendary experimental performance troupe. Within months, she has left campus life behind and joined the company, infatuated by its charismatic leader and his promises of absolute freedom.

California, 1997. A theater teacher at an exclusive private school receives an unsettling letter. With her job at risk and her past clawing at her carefully constructed present, what will she do to protect the life she has made?

Riveting and atmospheric, Flashout is a coruscating coming-of-age story and an immersive thriller exploring the enchantments and perils of art.

My Review:

This book will hook you from the beginning -- it's dark but paints such a vivid picture I felt like I was in both 1972 and 1997 with Allie/Alice/Alison.  Definitely took turns I was not expecting and a lot of ick but written so well and with such purpose.  I didn't love the ending but enjoyed getting there.  Give this a try!

Flashout comes out next week on August 5, 2025, and you can purchase HERE!  

"But I guess there's no going back to how it was ." He flicked his cigarette out over the cliff.

"No, and you shouldn't want to." 

She thought of how good it had been and how terrible. All those shining boys and girls, gone to flowers.  The lucky ones.