Excellent narration by Adenrele Ojo brought this wonderful book to life. Thoroughly enjoyable, edge of your seat ride. Highly recommended.

A fast paced political thriller set in the halls of the US supreme Court.

Although I am not 100% familiar with the US judicial system I still found this novel utterly compelling. It was exciting, complicated, fast paced and thrilling.

I listened to this audio book with the narrator Adenrele Ojo, who brought the book to life.
Justice Howard Wynn has a young law clerk, Avery Keen, who, when he falls into a coma, is tasked with being his legal guardian. She doesn’t understand why she has been given this unexpected responsibility but it soon becomes clear that both of them are in danger. Can she unravel everything before it’s too late?
I found some of the jargon in this intense and compelling political/ legal thriller complicated but still enjoyed the story. Thank you to Stacey Abrams, Harper Collins UK Audio and Net Galley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Now, I won't go into what the story is (basically, a Supreme Court Judge falls into a coma and his legal guardian is a legal clerk who works with him and knew nothing about it) but the idea that set this off: the fact that a Supreme Court Judge can not be removed unless they resign, are impeached (which has only ever happened once, apparently, in 1805) or died. But coma...

You can tell Stacey Abrams can write! The writing is strong and multi-layered, the plot is complex and it feels like something fans of The Pelican Brief, Digital Fortress or The Lincoln Lawyer would devour this.

However, this book isn't perfect. Political legal thrillers aren't my bag, but I found certain details didn't work. The first is that, while Stacey Abrams is a solid writer, the level of detail can slow the plot down and, at times, the level of repetition can, also, slow the pacing down.

Another thing is some subplots felt... really out of place. A good example is Avery (our lead's) mother. I couldn't see the plot of Avery's drug addict mother being involved. Everything she came up, I would just go "Why?"

I think, while it didn't work for me, I think fan of legal, political thrillers that go all the way to the top will devour this!

Fast paced plot set in modern day america, if you like homeland, law and politics you will love this book. Took me to about 25% of the book before i understood who was who, who worked for who and what was the storyline, then it all fell into place. Lots of twists and 'who do I trust' moments as expected in a thriller, legal and politics is american but could easily be UK. Humanity is universal. I have never read this author before will definitely look at her work. Thank you #NetGalley for the audiobook to review.

I listened to the audio narrated by Adenrele Ojo, who did a great job of breathing life into all the characters. Stacey Abrams delivered a character driven novel, filled with intrigue, conspiracies and the corruption that power can facilitate. I was not particularly knowledgeable about the judicial system in the United States of America and for this reason I think I thoroughly enjoyed the novel. It was interesting and fascinating to get a tiny glimpse of the legal system and the intricacies of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice Howard Wynn is a commanding presence in the judicial system with powerful enemies and a reputation for ethical behavior that is only rivaled by his abrupt manner of dealing with people. He falls into a coma a leaves behind a surprising set of instructions that positions his legal clerk, Avery Keene as his legal guardian. The novel hits hard with a fast paced start as Avery is pushed into the spotlight and caught in a dangerous political game. The conspirators are numerous and there are several subplots that add to the intrigue.

A good legal thriller, that maintains the edge throughout and even with a few moments that test the border of believable outcomes, it delivers on entertainment.

While I was excited to read this one, I wasn't sure what to expect. Stacey Abrams is a feisty well known woman. And while she’s written previously under a pseudonym, I haven’t read any of those romances.

I don’t think this is a bad start as her first thriller. Avery Keene clerks for the larger than life Supreme Court Justice, Howard Wynn. When he ends up in a coma in the hospital, Avery, is tasked with solving his clues to unwind the truth about a previous case and a healthcare conglomerate merger.

This is a very entertaining book, but the pace is a little uneven. It starts off a little slow and then builds and wanes through the book. At almost 15 hours, the pace issue would have probably been solved with a little less detail. Ms. Abrams probably didn’t have to do a lot of research on the political aspects of the book and that probably accounts for the extra details.

But all in all I liked the book. It is a legal, political and medical thriller, all wrapped together. Avery is a very likable character and the plot is well thought out. In the forward she mentions that she wrote the book years ago and was unable to sell it and just recently dusted it off with revisions. In those revisions, you can see her political slant shine through in the beginning of the book, so if you don’t like her politics, you most likely won’t love the book. But those ideals are only in the beginning.

Adenrele Ojo narrates the audiobook and I think this is my first time listening to her narration. She is excellent. She brings a lot to her performance and does a fantastic job.

I think anyone that can see beyond her politics and loves a good thriller will enjoy this book. I can’t wait to see what her next thriller is like.

I expected a lot from this, and I struggled.
It was a slow start, which usually doesn't seem to draw me in, and the political jargon lost me pretty quickly after that. I read a lot of legal thrillers so was able to follow most of the Supreme Court scenes, but by then I was pretty sure I had no idea what was going on!
As this was the audiobook, I would like to try the ebook as I think the quality of the audio also affected my experience.

Unfortunately this one wasn’t for me so was unable to finish it. Tried it as an audiobook and couldn’t get on with the narrator.

Stacey Abrams is a formidable woman and I was thrilled to get a copy of the audiobook of While Justice Sleeps. It is a solid and well conceived thriller.

Avery is a Law Clerk to a Justice of the Supreme Court. When the Justice falls into a coma, Avery is bemused to find that matters of importance have been left for her to resolve. This is part political thriller, part legal thriller and part Dan Brown with riddles, cyphers and codes.

The book gets off to a slightly sluggish start but once the pace picks up, it really gets shifting. The plotting is clever but felt unduly complicated. The latter part of the story is also a little slow and podgy. Overall a good read, excellent narration and 3.5*.

Thanks to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the ARC.

DNF at 20% - I just could not get into this book.

On a technical note, the audiobook had this weird, robotic quality to the narrator's voice that made it extremely difficult to listen to at any speed. But for me, the writing just wasn't brilliant. Certain scenes went on for far too long and, whilst I understand it's supposed to be densely plotted and complex, it got to a point where I had no idea what was going on or what it was supposed to mean. I suspect that the reading experience is probably richer if you read a physical or ebook copy, but as an audiobook - it wasn't good. It's not to say the story is bad, it just wasn't for me.

A brilliantly written, gripping thriller. The story is fast paced, multi layered and is thoroughly enjoyable. It works great as an audiobook.