Voyage of the Defiance cover art

Voyage of the Defiance

Breaking Free, Book 1

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Voyage of the Defiance

By: S. E. Smith
Narrated by: Suzanne Elise Freeman
Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

From S. E. Smith, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, comes this emotionally charged coming-of-age story filled with action, adventure, and suspense for listeners of all ages.

An act of defiance will either kill her or change her life forever.

Sixteen-year-old Makayla Summerlin enjoyed one thing in her crazy, messed-up existence: hanging with her friends at school. But her life is uprooted when she suddenly finds herself forced to live with a grandfather she barely remembers. One act of defiance will change her life forever. Having trouble adjusting to her new home, she sets sail in her grandfather's old sailboat. On a journey that will challenge everything she has ever believed about herself, Makayla must overcome her fears if she, and a surprising stowaway, are to survive.

©2015 S. E. Smith (P)2015 S. E. Smith Action & Adventure Growing Up Growing Up & Facts of Life Peer Pressure Survival Stories Fiction Sailing

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Coming Home cover art
The Heartbreakers cover art
House of Guardians: Sons of the Olympian Gods cover art
Playing with Fire cover art
Losing Brave cover art
The Magic Shop cover art
Whatever It Takes cover art
Mind Waves cover art
32 Candles cover art
The Reverians Series Boxed Set cover art
The Lucidites Boxed Set cover art
My Life with the Walter Boys cover art
Trying to Live with the Dead cover art
A Different Blue cover art
The Power of One cover art
Runes cover art
All stars
Most relevant
I enjoyed listening to this audible, it was a pleasant story in the beginning and exciting when it was just past half way & the ending very touching.

A lovely story.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
"Voyage of the Defiance" starts with an interesting setup - teenager Makayla moves in with her grandfather to escape her mums drug problems, but then steals his sailboat when things get tough. Cool idea, shame about the delivery.
The biggest problem is the narration. Suzanne Elise Freeman reads everything in such a flat way that it's hard to care about what's happening. It's like having your GPS read you a story.
The actual story has issues too. Makayla keeps flip-flopping about what she wants - one minute she's happy to be away from her mums dangerous life, next she's running away because a boy she barely knows is going to college. It doesn't make much sense. The sailing part (which should be the main event) barely shows up until the very end.
The author tries to include diversity with Tyrell's character, but handles it pretty badly with lines like "Ten points for the black guy with a brain" from Makayla and Tyrell repeatedly saying things about "crazy white girls." It feels more like awkward stereotypes than real people.
If you're just looking for a basic teen adventure story and don't mind waiting a while for the action to start, you might enjoy this. But there are better options out there.

A Mixed Bag at Sea

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book was so very interesting I felt like I was on this boat with them . Fantastic even made me cry

Wow

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I loved this book, and once started wqs so reluctant to stop it, full of emotion, learning how to survive, pushing the boundaries and facing fears.
A journey of two young people so different but found a connection.
I cant recomend this book enough, please read/listen to it.

gripping, poignant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I was waiting all the way through the book for Tyrell and our heroine to get together for a hea ending. But, nothing. Not even a kiss and a very disappointing end. Br

Disappointing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story had promise but fell short with no consequences actioned. Her mums boyfriend- nothing came of it. Anything interesting was just mentioned in passing- like the old man teaching her to sail. Boring story- not my cup of tea & definitely not a thriller.

Disappointed

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.