I was hoping this book would capture me the same way No Exit did, but unfortunately my expectations were too high. This book was very good, but it seemed a little scattered at points for me & I found myself struggling to maintain focus at some parts.

The story follows Lena Nguyen, a girl in her 20s who recently lost her twin sister to an alleged suicide. Lena doesn’t believe her sister would ever kill herself, so she arranges a meeting with the officer who last saw Lena’s sister before her tragic death.

This was a fast-paced thriller that had me intrigued to find out what really happened to Lena’s twin.

Thanks to the publisher and author for an advanced ecopy of Hairpin Bridge in exchange for an honest review.

My review is 3.25 stars rounded . The book is a very violent story that felt like one long movie action sequence. I would have preferred this book to a bit shorter as page after page of action took me out of the actual story.

The story was good...a twin has died and her estranged sister doesn't believe the police officer's account of events, so she sets out to find the truth. The whole book takes place mostly in one long confrontation scene, interrupted by segments of the living twin's blog, as well as occasionally a peek inside another character's POV. Will she get the bad guy? Will she die trying? Is he actually even a bad guy? These questions kept me glued to the pages.

I read Taylor Adams last novel, No Exit, when it came out a couple years ago and really liked it, though I felt the violence was a bit over the top for the audience it seemed to be aiming for. Hairpin Bridge carries that same feel, so I am going to have to just accept that this is the author's style. Throughout the violence and tense circumstances, there are moments of humor, which help a lot. Adams writes in a way that makes it seem as though his books are already planning to be scripts, though I don't actually know if any of them have sold the movie rights yet.

There are plenty of triggers to warn readers about, suicide being the main one. However, there are others I won't spell out because it would be spoilery to do so. That being said, if a reader likes to avoid certain triggers, she might stay away from this novel.

I rushed to read this book because I loved Taylor Adams' previous book No Exit. This book was no different and certainly did not disappoint! Just another book to add to the collection of auto-read books from auto-read authors!

I was very intrigued by the premise of this one and was pretty interested at the start. Over time I felt the narrative became repetitive once the characters had been on the bridge for awhile. I also didn't think the dialogue and internal thoughts felt like those of a young woman. Some of the descriptions of the main characters made me uncomfortable as well.

I don't mind when books are unrealistic, but the plot combined with how the characters were written felt way too unbelievable for me to enjoy.

It's clear: not all identical twins think and act alike.

Sisters Lena and Cambry went in different directions. Lena loved to write; she lived in her mind. Cambry enjoyed drawing and was more of a day-to-day girl. However, when Lena heard that her twin was dead, she went into action to find answers. She was told "You'll never get over it. But someday you will get past it." She had doubts about the report of a suicide.

Lena went from her home in Seattle to meet with the Officer in Missoula and followed him to the sight where he said her twin sister jumped. Cambry had been on an extended road trip with her loser boyfriend who dumped her half way. She ended up in Montana alone with her old Toyota piled high with her belongings.

The first part drew me right into the suspenseful scene when the Officer talked about "The Suicide Bridge" and an emotional crisis with Cambry's Schizoid personality disorder. The images of the characters seemed realistic but part of the plot was stretching it - a tad unbelievable like it only happens in the movies.

My thanks to Taylor Adams, Joffe Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read this copy.

"Please forgive me. I couldn't live with it. Hopefully you can, Officer Raycevic." That was the last text Lena received before her sister, Cambry, died. She needed to find out what really happened that night. Why did the officer that found her stop her for speeding only an hour before she died? She convinces Officer Raycevic to meet her on the bridge where her sister died. She's armed with a cassette recorder and won't leave until she has answers. Will she find in her quest for the truth that she really didn't know Cambry at all?

This book was really hard for me. First, I am a twin and the fact that Lena and Cambry don't get along really bothered me. Then Lena's writing of Cambry's story plus what actually happened was confusing. Usually I like a good thriller bit this was just okay for me.

Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for the ARC.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

First off, I am doubly excited for this book because (1) it features a protagonist of Vietnamese descent, and (2) it's by Taylor Adams. As a reader of Asian descent, it's not often that I find myself reflected in the pages of books, particularly thrillers. Also, I really enjoyed reading Taylor Adams' action-packed No Exit, so I automatically put anything she writes into my TBR list. Thank you again to the publisher for this opportunity!

Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams is about Lena Nguyen, a 24 year-old who is searching for answers after her twin sister's mysterious death. Everyone, even the police, believes it was a suicide, but Lena thinks there's something deeper to her twin sister's death. She questions the policeman who found her sister's body, and ends up discovering something new that wasn't in the official records. So what really happened to her twin sister? Was it a suicide like everyone says, or was her sister murdered? And if she was murdered, what's to stop the murderer from trying to kill Lena now that she's digging around for the truth?

Here is an excerpt from an opening chapter when Lena describes her relationship with her twin sister:

"I even miss the bad things. I miss the way she used to call me Ratface (I have no idea why - our faces were exactly the same, according to science). I miss her nicotine breath. I miss the way she waited restless at every family event, like she was sitting on razor blades, lashed by the doubts and worries that her therapist called her chorus of furies. Even her flaws were operatic, like something from a Greek myth.
We were identical twins. But not copies, like people guess.
I'd describe us more like a mirror's reflection - where her right is my left, and vice versa. I went to college. She went regenade. I can write a novel. She can clean a rabbit. I live in my mind. She lives in the moment.
I'm just me. She's the badass I want to be.
And now she's gone."

Overall, Hairpin Bridge is an action-packed, terrifying thriller about a young woman's hunt for the truth behind her twin sister's death. I do not recommend reading it at night like I did, because I ended up scared out of my mind. This book was unputdownable. It caught me from the first chapter and didn't let go until I finished it a few hours later. I recommend it for all fans of Mirrorland, another thriller about twis, or No Exit, the author's previous book. If you're intrigued by the excerpt above, or if you're a fan of the thriller genre in general, you won't regret checking out this book, which was just released last week!

Thank you to Net Galley and Joffe Books for this ARC of Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams! I will try to keep my review as spoiler free as possible, but I would like to include a content/trigger warning for discussion of death of a loved one, particularly death by suicide.
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Hairpin Bridge follows Lena Nguyen as she investigates the mysterious death of her twin sister Cambry. According to the police and the official record, Cambry was a tortured soul who died by suicide at Hairpin Bridge, a remote and isolated bridge with a dark and grisly past. But something doesn’t add up, so Lena decides to take matters into her own hands. The reader follows along as Lena meets Corporal Raymond Raycevic, the officer who allegedly located Cambry’s body shortly after pulling her over for speeding, at the site of her sister’s final moments and searches for the truth in order to set the record straight.

As an avid fan of No Exit, Hairpin Bridge was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. I was ecstatic to get my hands on an ARC. I tried to go in with as few expectations as possible, as I knew that No Exit would be a tough act to follow. There were certainly elements of Hairpin Bridge that I really enjoyed, such as the incorporation of Lena’s blog posts to further the narrative, the fact that Lena was a smart and strong female protagonist, and some of the twists and turns that I did not see coming. However, I ultimately felt that this thriller overstayed its welcome in some ways. There were moments that the book moved slowly, and there were, in my opinion, some unnecessary twists that didn’t necessarily improve the story. It’s also hard for me to articulate, but something about the way suicide is handled in this book didn’t sit well with me. As a whole, I just didn’t love this book. It was an average thriller that I think could’ve used a bit more focus to really make it great.

**3.5-stars**

Lena Nguyen's twin sister, Cambry, is dead. The official story is that while on a cross-country solo road trip, she stopped 60-miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped from a bridge. That's the story, that she chose to end her own life. The problem is, Lena doesn't believe that's true. A number of things about the official version just do not add up for her.

There's the state trooper, Corporal Ray Raycevic. He found Cambry's body, but he had also pulled her over in a traffic stop just an hour before she died. After the traffic stop, there's the 16-attempted 911-calls from her cell; unfortunately, Cambry was in a dead zone at the time, so it's never been determined what sort of assistance she was seeking. Lastly, and most troubling to Lena, is the fact that Cambry mentioned Corporal Raycevic by name in her final, cryptic text message to her sister. This text is believed to be her suicide note.

Why would she mention the name of an officer she had only met once, in a reportedly brief, traffic stop? It just doesn't make any sense and Lena is going to get to the bottom of it. Driving her sister's old car, armed with a tape recorder, Lena heads off to Montana to confront Officer Raycevic.

This book kicks off with a bang and really never lets up. As Adams did with No Exit, he is able to steadily build and hold the level of intensity throughout. There's never a lull in his stories. You are in it, gripping your seat until the very end.

Taking place over the course of just a few hours, this narrative is quite focused in its scope. I think it would translate very well to the big screen. There are some fantastic stand-offs, chase scenes, fierce cat-and-mouse moments; it had a lot going for it.

But there were also some aspects of the story that didn't quite fit my tastes. I found the format to be a tad wonky and towards the end, as the pace increased, it became a little disjointed and I found it hard to follow at times. For example, I would have to keep looking back a little bit to give myself a reminder from what perspective I was currently reading from. Out of context, this comment probably won't make much sense to you, but if you read it, you may encounter the same issue.

Additionally, while there were a few interesting revelations, there were also some that toed the line of eye roll territory for me. A very hard territory to work your way out from. With this being said, this is an entertaining story. I have a feeling there will be mixed reviews, but as always, it all comes down to personal taste. It's subjective; certain tropes work better for some Readers than others.

There's a book for every Reader and a Reader for every book. While I won't be marking Hairpin Bridge down as a new personal favorite, I still had fun with it and am glad I gave it a shot!

Thank you so much to the publisher, William Morrow, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I certainly appreciate the opportunity to provide my opinion and look forward to picking up more from Taylor Adams!!

WOW!

Hairpin Bridge is the story of twin sisters. One twin (Cambry) committed suicide by jumping off a bridge, and the other twin (Lena) refuses to believe this. Lena travels from Washington state to Montana to confront the cop that found her sisters body because she thinks he was involved somehow. The whole story follows Lena's meet up with the cop on the bridge that her sister jumped from. The story also alternates to Cambry's story leading up to her death.

I've never read Taylor Adams before, but after reading this I'm adding No Exit to the top of my TBR. This story was SO HARD to put down! It seemed predictable because it was telling Camby's story at the same time Lena was asking questions to the cop... but it wasn't AT ALL. Please go read this story, you won't regret it.

When Lena’s twin sister Cambry dies in an apparent suicide, her family and those in the police force believe that she was a troubled girl with a troubled past that met an unfortunate end. Lena knows better. And she decides that the only way she can truly know what happened to her sister is to go to Hairpin Bridge, where Cambry died, and meet with the officer who found her.
This starts a gripping, psychological story of murder, and twists and turns you won’t be expecting.
I recommend this book to anyone who likes murder, mystery, and psychological thriller novels! It’s definitely a page turner’
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

This book is a highly anticipated read this year by many readers. This, unfortunately, fell a little flat for me. Multiple point-of-view stories are a bit tough for me to get into, and this was one was rough around the edges. It was hard to differentiate which story line was true or in Lena's head. I just couldn't invest myself into the story beca

Lena Nguyen has showed up to the same bridge where her twin sister has committed suicide. She's there to meet the highway patrolman that pulled her sister over one hour before the same highway patrolman supposedly found her body.

No Exit had so many twists and turns, so I was really excited for this one! While Hairpin Bridge was a fun read, it wasn't as thrilling as No Exit. I wish we had gotten more surprising twists! It also took a bit to get a hang of the different points of view, but after I got the hang of what was going on, the story did draw me in. I couldn't put it down until I found out what happened at the end, although I was underwhelmed with the ending.

I think you'll have a better reading experience with this book if you don't go into it expecting the twists and turns that No Exit had. I still recommend reading this especially if you're looking for a fast-paced summer read!

Cambry committed suicide deep in the mountains by jumping to her death from the notorious Hairpin Bridge. Cambry had a twin sister Lena, who has spent the last 3 months trying to figure out why Cambry would have jumped. The story isn't adding up ever since Lena recieved a text from Cambry the night she died.

Lena has travelled to Montana to meet with the police officer who was the last person to see her alive and get answers for Cambry's death. Only she has chosen to meet him alone at Hairpin Bridge.

From here Taylor Adams takes us on an incredible psychological game of cat and mouse. There were very few characters in this book which I really enjoyed, as all of my attention was on the story behind the 2 main characters! This was a great page turner with chapters evolving quickly! I would definitely recommend reading this book and gave it 4.5 stars!

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s twin sister Cambry committed suicide in the middle of nowhere Montana, on Hairpin Bridge, also known as Suicide Bridge. Lena does not believe her sister actually committed suicide so she drives from Washington to meet with the state trooper, Corporal Raymond Raycevic, who supposedly found Cambry’s body. Lena is determined to find out what really happened to her sister that night on Hairpin Bridge.

I loved No Exit by Taylor Adams. That book had all the makings of a great thriller so I was extremely excited when I won an advanced copy of Hairpin Bridge from a Goodreads giveaway. Sadly, this one did not live up to my expectations though.

The story is told from a few different perspectives/timelines. Present day where Lena is confronting Ray, blog posts written by Lena the day prior to her meeting him, and what we think is Cambry’s story which were my favorite parts at first, but then it became unclear to me if it was really her story or Lena’s idea of Cambry’s story. This does become clear later on. The book has three sections, and I really loved the first section. It was a complete page-turner for me with some parts that had my heart racing. I had to know what was going to happen next. When I got to part two, I was still very invested, but then things started to get weird. I cannot say more than that without giving away spoilers.

I found the ending drawn out and disappointing. There was a lot going on, and I did not find it believable. I wanted to love Hairpin Bridge as much as No Exit, but it just was not for me.

Thank you Goodreads, NetGalley, and Joffe Books for my advanced copies in exchange for my honest review.

Wow! Hairpin Bridge is a fast-paced, suspenseful novel that will leave your heart pounding! This book and his first book No Exit stresses me out, but in a good way! Read this if you want a suspenseful, dark thriller, with a badass female character!

This is going to be a difficult review to write. I am not even sure what rating to give it, but for now, I will leave it at 3 stars. While completely addicting, I was left with so many unanswered questions, and more importantly criticism. I rarely ponder a book this much, nor do I ever struggle to find the words to express my thoughts. It was absolutely a page-turner, but if I am being honest (and I don't want to speak for the author), I just felt like he had to create something that would live up to the hype of 'No Exit' which is hard to do. My biggest gripes:

1 - Why would anyone lie 7 different times about the same experience!? Let me share this one tidbit with you --- wait, that was a lie. Here is the truth. Wait - that was not it either. Let me tell you what happened.... No, this time I will tell you the whole truth. HUH!? That just would not happen in real life. But, I am sure to keep the intensity up, the author had to do that -- but I just feel like there had to be a better way.

2 - Maybe I need to go back and read all of Cambry's excerpts because, um, we got her experience and it just feels like it was a lie? It is one thing if you find out someone wakes up from a dream and everything you were told was not true - cheap, but at least it makes sense. This felt like author lied to us the entire time, but again, maybe I need to re-read it again. Maybe it was factual and they just omitted certain parts of her perspective to keep us guessing.

3 - Wasnt there a fire? Wouldnt those 4 piles be burned up?

4 - I did not get all of the reveals. The author stopped a thought or a sentence in the middle - that is fine, if it's obvious where they were going with it. And the only time I thought it was obvious was the vest (being vague to avoid spoilers). There were so many things that were vague and I am not sure I picked up on the details. Even the sock part -- was it the snake? WHAT? The author spells it out for you, but it's still unclear to me.

This reminded me of The Silent Patient - where instead of a big reveal or plot twist that was intended, it just seemed like a lie.

I know it sounds like I hated this book, but I didn't. It was really entertaining but I think it was just a giant mess, but maybe it was me. Maybe it was just reader-error! :)

I will still continue to read Taylor Adams in the future because at least I know I will get a fast paced page-turning experience.

After staying up late into the night to read No Exit last year, I was really excited to get my hands on Taylor Adam's latest book. However, I was quickly disappointed.

Hairpin Bridge did not meet my expectations. Despite being set mostly all in one day with flashbacks into the past, this book did not feel fast paced to me. It was supposed to be, I think. It was meant to leave you hanging onto the edge of your seat, desperate to read on, as Lena found herself in a dangerous situation. However, I found myself putting the book down for days without picking it up. I couldn't help but feel like the majority of the book could have played out as a 5 minute scene in a movie...but instead felt like it took forever to actually play out. The pacing was definitely off for this one. By the time I got to the end, I couldn't help but feel the ending was anticlimactic.

I also found the different viewpoints confusing. I didn't feel attached to Cambry at all as her parts were told from Lena writing her story. Lena seemed to tell about her and Cambry's relationship rather than the book showing you what their relationship was like. I wasn't emotionally invested in the story or the characters at all, which I feel made it hard to care what happened to them.

I have heard mixed reviews on this book and have not yet picked up No Exit (although I own a copy!). However I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Maybe I did not have preconceived notions from his previous novel or low expectations - unsure. I loved how the book takes place primarily on two different days 3 months apart. My favorite plot is uncovering the mystery in real time by the narrator flipping point of views from Cambry to Lena. Also, the addition of the unreliable narrator on what truly happened keeps you on your toes on determining what really occurred versus what Lena believes happened.

Fabulous read!!!

This was my first time reading a Taylor Adams book & what a treat! While the story initially started off slow for me it quickly got my attention in just a few chapters. Lena, Cambry’s twin sister is on a mission to uncover the truth about her sister’s death/divide. What ensues are many twists and turns that leave you not knowing what to think. While I enjoyed most of the twists… some seemed a bit far-fetched. Twists aside… the author’s style & ability to make the reader feel present in the story is phenomenal. I definitely look forward to reading more from Taylor Adams. Highly recommended to those that enjoy a great mystery/thriller!
Thank you #NetGalley & #JoffeBooks for the opportunity for the ARC of #HAIRPINBRIDGE. My review is strictly voluntary.