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    Missing You
    Missing You
    Missing You
    Audiobook5 hours

    Missing You

    Written by Meg Cabot

    Narrated by Johanna Parker

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    About this audiobook

    A few years ago, Jessica Mastrani was struck by lightning, gaining a special ability to find missing persons. When the government found out, she went to work. Finding terrorists, reuniting soldiers with families, finding the lost kid down the street-you know, that sort of thing. Now, suddenly, Jessica's lost her powers. Not that she's complaining. But it's not so easy to become a normal teen again after seeing violent terrorist attacks in Iraq, being featured on newscasts across the country, and having a television series made about your life. And then there's the super-hot, kind of social delinquent ex-boyfriend Jess left behind. There's one benefit to actually having psychic powers-you know when he's going to show up. The 1-800-Where-R-You series, the basis for Lifetime's Missing, closes with Missing You. Meg Cabot is also the author of the popular Princess Diaries books and the Mediator series, available from Recorded Books
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 26, 2007
    ISBN9781428199415
    Missing You
    Author

    Meg Cabot

    MEG CABOT’s many books for both adults and teens have included numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers, with more than twenty-five million copies sold worldwide. Her Princess Diaries series was made into two hit films by Disney, with a third movie coming soon. Meg currently lives in Key West, Florida, with her husband and various cats.

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    • 2/5
      When I started reading this book I was like "WTF? No!" because it was years later, Jess was 19, and she was in New York with Ruth, Ruth's brother Skip, and Jess' brother Mikey, all of them on break from college. No Rob in sight.

      But then there's Rob. At the door. But not saying "I love you, I couldn't live if living was without you," no, he was asking Jess, who had spent a year working for the government in Afghanistan finding terrorists and was having some serious PTSD, to use her powers to find his half-sister. The one she never knew he had, the one he'd only recently discovered. Their reunion was not nice. Honestly, my heart broke for them both because, as Rob told her, Jess really had come back broken and he couldn't help her even if she would have let him.

      It turns out her powers aren't gone, as she'd been healing they'd returned, and she woke up the next morning knowing exactly where Rob's sister was. And as I've asked so similarly, where do you go from white supremacists? Teenage pornography and the mafia. Jess, as usual, saves the day with Rob's help. Only this time, in this last book, Jess and Rob get their happy ending, just like Doug, just like Ruth and Mikey.

      Rob waited for her. For all those years. He waited. ♥
    • 5/5
      I have loved this series from book one to five. Oh my gosh. Jessica is a genius. But I didn't like the fact that she was so used by the military. Like Rob said, she was broken because of it.

      ROB. I really adore Rob for making that scrapbook. Aw. Oh well, i would be certainly joyous if i find someone like him. oh yeah. I wish.

      Awesome book. Amazing series. :)
    • 3/5
      This book was a first for me. I read the entire book in one night. This is so monumental. I mean, it was ideal conditions (really cold, last book in a series, I'd had alot of caffeine and possibly a nap) and so I felt pretty good about it. Unfortunately, the book itself didn't leave a huge impression on me. It was difficult after reading the whole series in a matter of two weeks to pick up this fifth, and final, book of the series, and have the time line jump ahead a few years. Cabot took the time to fill the reader in on the changes that had happened in Jess's life, but it still left a sour taste in my mouth. Jess is no longer the silly 16 year old girl who rushes head first into dangerous situations without a thought; she has seen things now. And these things have scarred her, and made her lose her way. In this way, Cabot has created the perfect "rite of passage" book. She has been reckless.She has been invaluable.She has been lost.And now, she must find herself again. After her "recovery" period, Jess is able to put her life back into order, and see what matters, what doesn't, and who she wants to be. Jess still carries many of the same charming characteristics into her adult life, but she comes to understand the value in nonviolence, and that if you take your time, your plans might work out to be a little bit cleaner and easier. Overall, the story was...ok. I wasn't that impressed. It was a cookie cutter kind of book, to tie up the series in a pretty little bow. She delivered it to her fans and said "Here! Are you happy now?" And honestly, I'm not. Not badly written, not a bad story, but not one that I will tell all of my friends they have to run out and read.
    • 3/5
      Between the ending of Sanctuary and this book, I had really hoped for a better conclusion to 1800 Where R U altogether. There are some good points, but a lot of the book falls short.

      This another character-driven book, as the central mystery just serves to bring Rob back to Jess in order to find his sister. I like that it’s a callback to the first book, where Jess was finding kids who didn’t want to be found, although the circumstances are a lot different and more dangerous.

      I really wanted to see more done with Jess’s post-traumatic stress. It’s mentioned throughout the book, after her experiences in the Middle East, but it never plays a huge role in the story. She talks about having nightmares, except that they’ve conveniently stopped right around the book’s beginning, and I would think that she would have a hard time adjusting. Instead, the character plot is driven around what Jess really wants to do with her life. Her big character moment isn’t with the creep-of-the-book or rescuing kids, but instead, telling off her mother. Rob’s plotline is pretty much lifted from Michael’s in The Princess Diaries: he spends the time he and Jess are broken trying to prove himself worthy. Granted, I think Rob’s way is more believable, but there’s really not much to him aside from “Oh, btw, I have a sister now.”

      Surprisingly, Douglas had the most interesting character development in between books 4 and 5. When we last saw him, he was starting to move on with his life and dealing with his schizophrenia. In Missing You, he’s transformed himself into a confident speaker with a goal. I liked Douglas throughout the entire series, so seeing him get a happy ending made me smile.

      I do wish this book could have been better, there were a lot of interesting plot threads that never really go anywhere. It’s pretty much summed up by Jess about “The one person I could never find was myself,” but given all of the things she’s been through in the course of the books, it didn’t feel like as if she lost her way in life. Instead, the book feels like it’s just wrapping up loose ends and calling it a conclusion.
    • 4/5
      I am so glad the author decided to write this book to finish the series without leaving us hanging on story lines. I really enjoyed the series and the TV show that was on Lifetime a few years ago. It was nice how the series was mentioned in this last book too. I loved how Jess was such a spitfire and wise beyond her years. This series was so good I couldn't keep the books to myself so decided to donate my books to a school library.
    • 4/5
      Several years after the events of the last book in this series, this is the story of what happens when Jessica Mastriani has a TV show based on her and goes to Afghanistan for the government. She comes back burnt out and with nightmares, goes to Julliard to play flute and hates it and teaches underprivelidged kids and likes it.Her ex-boyfriend Rob Wilkins (who she hasn't forgiven for kissing a blonde) turns up at her door, begging for help and she decides that she needs to , if only to prove that her talent is dormant or gone and to provide closure for herself. She finds that although things have changed some things have stayed the same. She also finds healing, but not in ways that she really thought she would.I liked it, the characters are more adult and behave in quite adult ways, it's a fun read, light and enjoyable and provides closure for the original series while also providing an opening to continue it.
    • 5/5
      The 1-800-Where-R-You series by Meg Cabot is one of my favorites. One day walking home from school Jess was hit by lightning, after that whenever she slept she saw where missing children where. I love Jess’s attitude, and Rob is one of my favorite characters.
    • 5/5
      So the engagement, MAJOR AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW moment! I was never quite a fan of Jess/Rob, I thought Rob was a bit bad for her, but...wow! That was just *too* sweeet!!! And the SCRAPBOOK! Tears galore, I tell you! And Jess's mom was being a major , if i may say. Seriously. I think that this book skipped years because that's what was *supposed* to happen in books 5-8, but the stupid publishing ppl only let her write one more, sadness, but she most definitely pulled it off.AND THEY"RE ENGAGED! I can't get over that!Also, I think Mike/Ruth was really rushed, but I have nooo problem with that, because, once again, the limit on this being the last book. It's sweet though. And I still love Douglas! Still kinda waiting for the ENGAGEMENT shock to wear off. I mean...THEY'RE FREAKIN' ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHOOO!And I'm so glad Rob wasn't on probation for anything that serious! That was actually rather sweet, the swimming thing.
    • 4/5
      After a year of working for the U.S. government in their war against terror, things for Jess have finally returned to some semblance of normal. Normal if you consider that Jess returned suffering from night terrors, post-traumatic stress and the loss of her lightning girl ability to find people simply by looking at a picture of them. Jess is now working hard to put the past behind her until her former boyfriend, Rob, shows up at her front door needing her help. Seeing Rob again brings many old feelings and memories back to Jess, but will it be enough to pull her all the way back to herself?I read the first four books of the 1-800-Where-R-You series this past summer and loved them. This last book, while being much, much different, was not a disappointment. I got the impression that the author was feeling driven to write about something on the serious side of the current events without being preachy and this was her outlet. I enjoyed the story and although I was sad to see the series end, it was a satisfying resolution.