Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams was SUCH a thrill! Action packed thrillers are not my usual pick, but wow, I am so glad I chose this book. It is something else! Definitely not for the faint hearted.
Huge thanks to @netgalley and @joffebooks for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

When the tragic death of her estranged twin sister is ruled a suïcide Lena Ngen instantly knows that that can't be true.
Cambry traveled the US in her old Toyota Corolla and was a free spirit, fierce and independent. Her taking her own life does not make any sense. On top of that there are tons of suspicious circumstances and loose ends to the story told by a highway patrol man Raymond Raycevic who was first at the scène.
Set to uncover what really happened at the remote Hairpin Bridge in Montana, Lena has a plan.
A plan that is vengeful, crazy, bold and more dangerous than Lena could have ever imagined.

If you are looking for an edge of your seat thriller, search no more! The story got me right from the start.
Lena' s quest for the truth is sending her down a horrible and a very dark path.
From the moment she meets officer Raymond Raycevic you feel something is very off. I admired Lena's resolve to get to the bottom of what happened to her sister even when that causes her to jeopardize
her own life.

There were times I wanted to slam this book shut so badly. The tension and horror were almost unbearable at times.
Yet I had to know what would happen next.
All in all an awesome ride and definitely one of my favourite reads this year!

#HAIRPINBRIDGE #NetGalley








This book was a roller coaster, intense, terrifying and at times disgusting.


Lena does not believe her twin sister Camby committed suicide. So she goes on a road trip to investigate.

There were times I could not put the book down, there were times when I literally got ill and put the book down, but since I decided to review it, I picked it back up again.

The story is told through Lena's perspective, and then Corporal Raymond Raycevic's perspective. Ray is the highway patrol officer who saw Cambry last. Interspersed also is Cambry's perspective.


I was really enjoying the book until chapter 15 and 16. This is where I would have stopped reading the book if I wasn't reviewing it.




So the book sat for a full 2 days and then I picked it up and continued reading.

One reason I wanted to read this book was I really liked NO EXIT and I thought i would enjoy this one as well. Like I said I DID until....................I've already mentioned when.


so I kept reading because I wanted to see how it would unfold until the end.



It was such a creepy book, and unrealistic but filled with suspense.


I think my review will be in the minority, since most people seem to have loved the book.

I will say if only humans were characters I would have rated this book far higher. I'm learning that the author just writes about creatures and critters in ways I can't stomach.



THANK YOU TAYLOR ADAMS, NETGALLEY AND WILLIAM MORROW BOOKS FOR THIS ARC COPY

Is there an author right now who is writing thrillers that are as cinematic as Taylor Adams?

Lena doesn't accept that her estranged sister, Cambry, committed suicide. Her plan is to visit the scene of her "suicide" and work through the events of what happened. Told through two timelines, you get to intimately know the sisters, and slowly piece the mystery together of what happened on that fateful day.

That's all you really need to know going in.

There is a slow building dread to this one, but the last quarter turns into a super fun shootout reminiscent of Ben Wheatley's Free Fire.

3.5 stars rounded up.

3.5

I did like the story and was fully invested when Lena busted her gun out but the timelines and different POVs really confused me. There were several times I was completely lost I did re read a lot of the chapters. I have no exit on my shelf and can't wait to read it!

What a thriller! I read many thrillers and can usually guess where the book is reading and what turns it will take. Not the case with this one. Thank you!!

Hairpin Bridge follows Lena Nguyen to middle of nowhere Montana after the death and suicide of her twin sister, Cambry. While she wasn’t close to her twin, Lena isn’t buying the fact that her sister leapt from the infamous Hairpin Bridge to her death. So she goes to interview the patrolman that found her body in order to get to the truth. Things quickly escalate and the story takes the reader on quite a ride.

I feel like this is a hard review for me to write. While I liked the author’s writing style and this book had plenty of twists and turns that kept you on the edge of your seat and flying through the pages; I really didn’t care for the storyline. It was pretty graphic and gory in places that I wasn’t expecting from this thriller. While I don’t expect a thriller to be a happy read, this one especially doesn’t leave you with any good feelings.

I’ve heard the author’s other book, No Exit, is fantastic and I definitely still plan to read it as I did really enjoy his writing style.

I did really enjoy this book. However, I felt that it was slightly over hyped. Often when a book is over hyper I don’t tend to enjoy it as much. I will revisit this title
The book was full of twist and turns and started off really good
However. It did lose the storyline half way through the book. The author did pull it back though and I was engrossed in the latter half of the book
Recommended

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this novel.

This was a crazy story and quite unbelievable in times but still enjoyed the story. There were times my anxiety was sky high and that is a great sign for a thriller novel. I did enjoy No Exit a bit more but will still read more from this author.

I have been looking forward to another Taylor Adams book since I read No Exit. If you are in the mood for a fast paced, full throttle, suspenseful mystery - this is your book! We follow a few storylines, twin sisters, Lena who committed suicide on Hairpin Bridge and Cambry who thinks there is more to the story. She returns to Hairpin Bridge to find answers.
I love the writing and the non stop action of this book! Go in with an open mind ready for anything and you will love this book as much as I do!

“I didn’t get fully invested until she pulled out a gun.”

I can’t help but compare this to NO EXIT because now that I’m writing this review (a month after I read it) I’m noticing A LOT of similarities.

Same good guy who turns out to be bad, a familial relationship, small cast of characters, similar plot (well kinda) and a strong female lead- which leads me to my opening line.

I was bored with the story then Lena pulls out a gun and shows her total badassary (bad-assery? Bad ass-ness? SHE’S A BAD ASS, OKAY!?)

So the first half (it might’ve been less...) was definitely heavy character development then BOOM.

*cue This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris*

Mashups: No Exit, that scene in Die Another Day where the food girl turns out to be bad and road trips.

Description:
Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version.

But Lena isn’t buying it.

Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister’s body.

Corporal Raymond Raycevic has agreed to meet Lena at the scene. He is sympathetic, forthright, and professional. But his story still seems a bit off. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding just an hour before she supposedly leaped to her death. Then there are the sixteen attempted 911 calls from her cell phone, made in what was unfortunately a dead zone.

But perhaps most troubling of all, the state trooper is referred to by name in Cambry’s final enigmatic text to her sister: Please Forgive Me. Lena will do anything to uncover the truth. But as her twin’s final hours come into focus, Lena’s search turns into a harrowing tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival—one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself...

I LOVED NO EXIT BY TAYLOR ADAMS, it was one of my favorite books of the entire year so far and when I saw there was another book out I knew I had to read it.
I loved this book as well. Taylor Adam’s does an amazing job with thrillers, the adrenaline shoots straight from your heart the entire time. I could not put this book down. I read it all in one night and have been in a slump ever since.

Read this!!

THANK YOU TAYLOR ADAMS, NETGALLEY AND WILLIAM MORROW BOOKS FOR THIS ARC COPY ❤️❤️

This book was a roller coaster ride of all emotions. Fear for the sisters, heartbreak and loss. Told in the eyes of all the characters this book keep me guessing, right to the end.

This book was such a happy surprise! A month later and I can’t stop thinking about that ending. I was a little worried since it’s starts off featuring a police detective. I’m usually not a fan of detective thrillers. But I binged 75% of it in one night and every twist and turn was a big surprise! I can’t really review without giving spoilers, but just know that you will not be able to guess the climatic moments!

I will be the first to admit I was not a huge fan of Taylor Adams’ first book No Exit. This was before I started my bookstagram, but I gave it a 2/5 ⭐️ - mostly for the unnecessary graphic nature of the book in general. I fully appreciate that my personal preference for types mysteries and thrillers didn’t align with No Exit but I was still excited to read the follow up, Hairpin Bridge.

Lena’s sister Cambry commits suicide by jumping off Hairpin Bridge in Montana a few months ago. Although estranged, Lena does not believe her sister would take her own life. She travels to the bridge and sets up an interview with the police officer who found Lena‘s body. But with more digging and investigating, more questions arise. Did Cambry commit suicide? Does the police officer know more than what he’s telling Lena? What was Cambry up to those last few months of her life?

I was able to obtain a copy of this for Kindle thanks to @netgalley and read it right around its pub day a few weeks back. I am very glad I didn’t spend any money on this book as I found it pretty lackluster, unbelievable and bland. The story is told over just a few hours and could’ve easily been 70 pages shorter. I don’t mind slow burn thrillers but I felt like the story never really took off. When there was any suspense, it was quite unrealistic and hard to comprehend. I think my first words upon closing the book after finishing were “what did I just read?” 😵‍💫 Needless to say, I will not be jumping on future books from this author and give it a…

This was a complex back and forth thriller. Yes I enjoyed it but I was a little underwhelmed. It was still a great read and I recommend. I think I just loved Taylors debut No exit so much that this didn’t feel as good

Ooooh! This was good! Just as fast paced and violent as No Exit, which was the first Taylor Adams book I read and prompted me to immediately request this advanced reader’s copy of Hairpin Bridge. I feel like the suspense was more ratcheted up in Hairpin Bridge, giving it an almost a frenetic energy.

This is a story of a twin sister trying to get to the bottom of her sister’s death. Is Raycevic good or bad? What were his motives and intentions? What are Lena’s? I really felt like I was out on the road with them with the fire fast approaching. I love the way Adams can write a scene and suck me in.

The relationship between the sisters seemed lacking for the majority of the book, so you depend on the implied twin bond as motivation for Lena’s actions. I think the relationship becomes clearer and more solidified at the end.

Overall, a great thriller! Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for this advanced reader’s eCopy.

I really enjoyed hairpin bridge. Super entertaining and equally as messed up, ha! Good for thriller fans. Would make another great movie

This book is fast paced and very entertaining throughout. It all takes place within a couple of hours with occasional flashback scenes. I had a lot of fun reading it, and overall recommend it for a popcorn movie horror/thriller experience. However, I do think certain twists and plot points were very convenient and not realistic. This is the type of book that you don’t think too hard about but have a great time while reading.

I absolutely loved it! Great book, great character development and intriguing story line. I would definitely recommend people this this one up!

No Exit was one of my favorite books of last year, so I was thrilled to be offered an advanced copy of Hairpin Bridge! What starts as a supposedly innocent confrontation leads to a life and death battle on an abandoned highway bridge. With new twists and turns I really didn’t see where it was going to end up, but overall I enjoyed it. Warning: very gory