This was highly anticipated for me because I LOVED Taylor Adams’ first book “No Exit”. I can say this did NOT disappoint! The twists and turns were perfect, just like “No Exit”, and I can say this may have been more gory! I was hooked as soon as a started reading it. And what a wonderful ending!

I was so excited to receive this one from @williammorrowbooks I absolutely LOVED No Exit so I was super excited to receive @taylor.adams.author newest book Hairpin Bridge.

This book is filled with action. If you like your books to play out like movies you should enjoy this one. It didn’t grab me immediately, but once it did it was able to keep my attention til the end. Check this out for a atmospheric, creepy, revenge filled tale.

No Exit still remains my favorite from Taylor Adams, but I am glad I picked this one up!

It took a little bit for me to get into this book, but about halfway through it became one of those books that you just can't put down. The last 25% of the book was the best part for me. The author describes things happening in a way that you can see it exactly in your mind. This is my first book by this author, but I already own No Exit and will be giving that one a chance as well.

Taylor Adams- author of No Exit has done it again with a hair raising ride. The action starts on the first page and doesn’t let up. Lena has her own podcast and is journaling the death of her sister Cambry. Cambry had left a suicide text but Lena doesn’t believe it and finds the state trooper that her pulled over her sister and then found her body. Corporal Raycevic tries
To comfort the grieving sister but she just keeps getting more suspicious about him. A cat and mouse game plays out and the ending is a complete twist.

Thank you Netgalley and William Morrow for a copy in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

Perfectly page turning! I love Taylor Adams’ ability to stretch a finite small amount of time and build the suspense. I think if I think too hard there are probably some plot holes in here somewhere, but I can’t be bothered to care because it was such a quick, fun thriller. I’ll definitely read whatever Taylor Adams comes up with next!

It started off pretty good. The twin sister, Lena, going to find answers about her twin, Cambry’s, “supposed” suicide and confronting the killer.
I did enjoy this writing style and the feeling of being in a dark creepy place. I didn’t enjoy the plot too much, it wasn’t entirely realistic.

Slow burner that wasn’t as good as No Exit. But still recommend

As a huge fan of No Exit, I was greatly looking forward to this book. Sadly, this one doesn’t meet the lofty expectations Adams created for himself resulting from his previous Action/Thriller masterpiece.

Much of what made No Exit so good was the incredible use of setting and atmosphere. I expected to see something similar here, but the bridge almost felt like a non-factor in the story. I forgot the characters were even on a bridge multiple times while reading, and the parts where it’s made obvious aren’t particularly interesting or well-rendered.

For a nonstop action book to work well it needs something going for it other than just action: Either the aforementioned great setting/atmosphere or a fantastic plot independent of the action itself. No Exit had both. Hairpin Bridge has neither. The story here is unsophisticated, not especially unique, and focuses on characters who are hard to care about.

Lena and Cambry aren’t unlikable, per se, but they’re both difficult to invest in. Neither one is an inspired protagonist. The villain is revealed far too early, and is the least interesting type of villain you can get in a thriller: The kind where there isn’t really a “why.”

I expected to love this because I loved No Exit and Eyeshot, so it really disappoints me to have to say this, but this is an uninspired action/thriller. Skip it and re-read No Exit or go backlist and try Eyeshot instead.

Hairpin Bridge is also know as Suicide Bridge, where several people have jumped to their death. In a remote location, and deemed unsafe, the bridge is still used as a fast route for truckers. Hairpin Bridge is where Cambry Nguyen spent her last hour on Earth.
Lena is Cambry's twin sister. She doesn't believe her sister would kill herself. Accompanied by the officer that found her body, Lena has gone to the Bridge to find closure. Officer Ray Raycevic has other plans for her.
Raycevic was with Cambry in her final moments. He was trying catch her, to stop her from telling his secrets. Now he has to stop Lena too..

This was a nail bitter all the way to the end. Like No Exit, Taylor Adams takes readers down a path that goes from bad to worse, and is never what it seems. Unexpected twists and characters pop up just as you think you see whats coming next. I loved this book and the anxiety it gave me!
Lena is badass, and so was her sister. Adams has a way with creating strong female protagonists that are not to be messed with. I was rooting for Lena, and Cambry, though the whole book. I even found myself punching the air at times when Lena was winning. I was all in on these characters.
Taylor Adams is a great thriller writer. He immediately sucks you in to the story and then messes with your head. If you're looking for the unexpected and unforgettable, Adams is your writer.

First of all., thanks to Net Galley and Scene of the Crime for an advanced copy of this book. This is my honest review. This author has a talent for painting a picture, keeping you turning the pages. and creating little cliff hangers throughout the book. The twins relationship between Lena and Cambry and the father-son relationship between Theo and Ray were well developed,. The question of how far you would go for your family is a running theme throughout the book as well as exploring the secrets we keep for people we care about. There is so much to love about this book. My only problem is I did not like any of these characters. I wanted justice to prevail and the truth to be revealed but not because any of these characters. I finished this book hoping I would find a connection. But unfortunately I did not. It confuses me why I feel this way and will not stop me from reading something else by this author.

I love this author's semi-closed-room mysteries. It was so cool that this whole story took place within a few hours in one location, and that Adams can weave such a tangled web out of just a few characters. I love how gory and violent they are--not for everyone for sure, but similar to Karin Slaughter, I love what he can do with the gruesomeness.

My only complaint about this #audiobook was that this narrator's Irish accent was not good! I had no idea whose story to believe as I listened to this one, but was hooked and turned it up to 3x speed to find out the truth about what happened to Cambry as quickly as possible.

Overall I think I enjoyed No Exit more, but this was still an entertaining thriller that I would certainly recommend.

This is a fast-paced, if somewhat disjointed, thriller full of action and grisly details.

Lena is determined to head to Montana and find out the truth of what happened to her twin on Hairpin Bridge. Lena doesn't believe the cop, Corporal Raymond Raycevic, as she can't imagine that Cambry would commit suicide.

I found much of this narrative to be hard to swallow and it tested my ability to suspend disbelief as Lena spends hours on the bridge talking to Ray. There are shifts in time and voice as the harrowing tale comes to light. There were a couple of twists but the outcome and conclusion were not unexpected. I found Lena very difficult to relate to and, sorry here, but I was sort of wishing for a different ending. It entertained me for a couple of hours but this story didn't wow me.

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for this e-book ARC to read and review.

Lena’s sister, Cambry, was found dead after allegedly jumping off of Hairpin Bridge. Lena has her suspicions of the incident, knowing her sister would not willingly attempt suicide. She texted her sister, Lena, prior to her death and named a highway patrol officer in the text. Because of this text, Lena has some suspicions, and somewhere to begin her own investigation into her sister’s death. When she meets Officer Ray at Hairpin Bridge, she is certain that he had something to do with her sister’s death, and attempts to get a confession on tape. After many twists and turns, the book ends in a most unexpected way.

This book is told in alternating view points, between Lena’s current view, and Cambry’s point of view, on the day of her death. I found this alternation jarring to start, but easily got used to it. It also helps that the font in the different points of view was different. I loved the story, and the twists and turns the story took. While the book was interesting, it was super unrealistic. It is not a story that was based on any sort, of true story, but it was highly entertaining nonetheless.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I felt like I was reading the same pages over and over again. Yes the book is fast paced but there is so much dialogue between the main characters that it got to be very boring. I set this book down quite a few times and really didn’t care to even finish. The story felt very far fetched as well. Shoot outs just didn’t seem realistic for this young women’s character! And honestly the stories Ray kept telling her changed way too much. I have no idea what the real story even is.

Hairpin:

“Sometimes all that matters is your voice in the dark.”

Y’all. What in the world did I just read? There’s so much going on such a little bridge. I honestly felt like Adams took their vision board and threw EVERY idea onto that bridge. Like, “and another thing reader! Oh, not done yet! Another!” I was basically laughing each time another reveal happened.

There’s waiting in anticipation, itching in anticipation, and bored with anticipation. I said a few times, “oh just shoot the man already, damn” clearly, I was not itching. I listened on audio thanks to Harper Audio as well and it made the honest difference. I thought the two readers who were Cambry and Lena were eerily similar, but still different, just like twins. It was so neat to hear them as twins and as separate people. I only got through this because of the amazing audio.

Also, I do love when there are familiar places in stories. Hearing the sites of Crater Lake and the town of Medford made my heart swell! That’s my family y’all! While I wasn’t a fan of the story in general, I did enjoy the ending, and felt that was the best “surprise”. The ending redeemed the rest of the book for me.

Just a side note, I did have an eARC as well, and wanted to let y’all know that the audio was a bit different than the eARC. Some of the wording was edited to (I’m guessing) not be as problematic, so if you did receive an eARC, the final copy may be different.

Thank you William Morrow and Harper Audio for the gifted copy. Hairpin Bridge is out now!

Who else was a huge fan of No Exit? 🙋🏻‍♀️ I loved that one and found it to be so atmospheric and gripping and I found Hairpin Bridge to be just as engaging. It’s a perfect summer thriller,fast paced and tense and it mostly takes place over just a few hours on a bridge during a grim standoff. Is this one on your summer TBR?

Thank you so much to Harper Collins Canada & NetGalley for a free electronic ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This will be a short review (for now), but I’ve just, just, just finished this book and I have some thoughts. I’ll try to have a full and more coherent review up on my blog sometime tomorrow.

But for now, here it goes:

I’ll start off by saying that I was extremely hesitant to start Hairpin Bridge because I had seen A LOT of mixed reviews for it. However, I actually really enjoyed it (and this is why I like to go into books completely blind!!). Yes, as other readers have said, the first 40-45% of the book is a bit repetitive, but around the halfway mark the storyline shifts a bit and I found that I was super invested in seeing how it would all play out. I also found that it was a quick read for a book that is as repetitive as it is.

Hairpin Bridge is about twin sisters: Cambry, who has supposedly committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, and Lena, who doesn’t believe that Cambry would kill herself and is dead set on finding out the truth behind her sister’s death.

This book is action-packed and filled with so many twists and curveballs that I couldn’t even keep track of them all. I’d no sooner react to one and another twist would come out of nowhere. It definitely makes for a thrilling read and would make for an even better movie!

⚠️ If you want to avoid spoilers, skip this part:

I’ve also noticed that Taylor Adams likes to use the same trope (or maybe not a trope—but a “something”) in a book over and over again. In No Exit it was definitely that bathroom window… in Hairpin Bridge it is definitely people surviving by the skin of their teeth, over and over and over again. I don’t really know how I feel about that.

I’m sure I’ll have some more thoughts to add tomorrow, but overall, I did really enjoy it!

What in the world did I just read? The first half is a jumbled up crazy mess of very unreliable characters. It starts to make sense around the half way point. But the surprises never stop and I was invested until the end.

I’m not saying there is a serial killer and O.K. Corral gunfights and a raging forest fire and an 18’ python and two sets of twins… but I just might be saying that.

I got Big Sky vibes from this and it also reminded me of that 1997 Kurt Russell movie, Breakdown (that movie scared the bejeebies out of me, but I loved it). And if you add a super cool soundtrack you have a Micheal Bay movie. If you like all those things, you’ll like this book! It’s a crazy ride!

I liked it! Don’t take it too seriously and just enjoy the ride.

This one was too action packed for me, not a lot happened (a lot of gunshots and lies, otherwise nothing). I really liked the ending because FINALLY we got some answers but the whole first 80% of the story? Not thrilling, not interesting even.

I liked the idea of twins knowing each other so well that you “know she didn’t kill herself.” But that line fell flat because it turned out Lena didn’t actually know her sister that well. Also the different POVs really didn’t work for me as most of it was speculation on Lena’s part. I see WHY the author did that but it got kind of exhausting trying to figure out what was real and what was just what Lena thought was happening to her sister.

I think some people will enjoy this one was much as they did No Exit but it was just not for me.

When people ask for a thriller recommendation, the number one book I recommend is No Exit by Taylor Adams. It is arguably my favorite thriller. When I saw that Hairpin Bridge was coming out this year, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on it!

Lena Nguyen doesn’t believe that her sister took her own life by jumping off of Hairpin Bridge three months ago. She drives to Hairpin Bridge for a meeting with the patrolman who allegedly found her sister, Cambry’s, body. With a cassette recorder, Lena is determined that the truth will come out.

Taylor Adams writes thrillers that keep you on the edge of your seat, and this one is no different. The creepy descriptions were so vivid that I could picture myself out on Hairpin Bridge with Lena and Officer Raycevic. There were so many things that made me agree with Lena that something happened to her sister out on that bridge — but I could not have predicted where the ending would go. I loved the aspect that Lena is a blogger and some of her posts were included in the book. This book reminded me of the TV show Big Sky, with the Montana backdrop and weird occurrences. Hairpin Bridge is a psychological thriller that will send shivers up your spine and leave you in suspense at every turn.

Since her twin sister Cambry's suicide three months ago, Lena is on a mission to find out the truth about her death. Driving Cambry's vehicle, she sets out to meet with the responding officer who found her body. Upon meeting Officer Raycevic, Lena records his answers as she bombards him with questions, wanting specific details. She thinks she has the upper hand, but little does Lena know that Officer Ray has an agenda of his own.

The meeting between these two characters has many twists and surprises when secrets and confessions are revealed. Told from various POV's, from past to present to scenarios of what really happened, there were times I was confused as to what was the truth. The book has graphic, play by play scenes that are so detailed, you will literally see it in your mind. Overall this is an interesting, page-turning book for me and I look forward to reading more from this author.

Thank you Netgalley and William Morrow and Custom House for the opportunity to read this book.