Inked Crown Publishing Audiobooks

Teen Sense: a short confidence and identity listen written for younger ears

1 audiobook reviewed

About Inked Crown Publishing

Inked Crown Publishing arrives on this page as a name on a spine rather than as a life story, and there is no honest way to dress that up. What the catalogue does give us is a clear sense of purpose: the byline sits on the teen and young adult shelf, working the corner of it where advice matters more than plot.

The framing is unambiguous. Teen Sense: Confidence and Identity is listed within a wider run of self-help written for pre-teens and teenagers, which places it firmly in the practical tradition rather than the literary one. Work of this kind is judged by whether a fourteen year old will actually finish it, and the answer usually turns on tone: too stern and it gets switched off, too matey and it does not get believed.

Under two and a half hours suggests an approach that respects a young listener’s patience. That is a choice worth noting before anything else.

Inked Crown Publishing in audiobooks

Teen Sense: Confidence and Identity runs to a little under two and a half hours and is read by Jeff Scozzafava, a length that fits comfortably inside a couple of school runs or one quiet afternoon. For material aimed at younger listeners, brevity is a feature rather than a compromise.

It is a recent addition, so listener verdicts have not yet gathered in any number and there is nothing in the score column to lean on either way. Judge it instead on fit. If the teenager in question responds better to a voice in their ears than to a paperback left pointedly on a table, this is the format with a chance of being finished.

Have a look at what is listed below and see whether the tone suits.