As a thriller lover - this book missed the mark for me.

The beginning was promising with a chilling tone but it petered out as the dialogue kept dragging on.
This had a true or not true concept that I found repetitive without any interesting content that I was hooked onto. The huge mystery was still a bit of a mystery at the end and I never found any of the characters worth rooting for.

The little twists and mischief were interesting but it took a long time to get there and there were many times I wanted to stop reading. I know you are supposed to dislike the 'villain' but he was even more so unlikable, he must've called his wife fat 10x in the book.

Overall, this is a skippable read.

Thank you NetGalley and Joffe Books for the ARC copy.

I have seen this book all over the social media and couldn't wait to read it.

Lena and Cambry, twins look exactly same. Cambry has been on a year long trip with her boyfriend. While Lena is someone who would follow norms, Cambry takes decisions at the moment. The story starts with Cambry who has died by suicide on Hairpin Bridge. Her body was discovered by Corporal Raymond Raycevic. Lena is still not able to believe that her sister killed herself and after three months, approaches Corporal Raymond Raycevic, to know what happened at the fateful night. What follows are the shocking details as they unfold. There is a plot twist after every chapter.

This was my first book by Taylor Adams and also my first time reading a thriller like this one so it felt novel to read such a drama unfolding.

I will be up front and preface this review that I had high expectations of Taylor Adams' latest novel Hairpin Bridge due to my love of his previous thriller 'No Exit' that set the bar for action packed twists and turns with a satisfying ending.

Unfortunately Hairpin Bridge was not as effective for me, with a great setup that ultimately led to predictable twists and turns with a very so so ending.

In this case, the plot follows Lena who is the twin sister of Cambry and they have been estranged for some time when she is notified that Cambry has committed suicide off a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana. Of course Lena thinks she knows her sister best and doesn't trust the official police version of events and what follows is a confrontation between herself and Corporal Raymond Raycevic who found her twin sister's body that night. The entire plot takes place over a couple of hours on the very bridge that they call 'Hairpin Bridge' and is filled with dark characters and action packed violence until the bitter end.

For me this does not compare to 'No Exit' and perhaps this could have gone a different way however it was still fast paced easy thriller to get through even if I wasn't on the edge of my seat for this one!

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐

Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for the e-arc!

SUMMARY:
Lena's twin sister Cambry drove to an isolated bridge and jumped to her death, but Lena doesn't believe that's the whole truth and she's determined to prove it. Even though the sisters aren't close as twins should be, Lena takes Cambry's car to the last place her sister was alive to meet the state trooper who found her to find out what really happened. Danger surrounds the bridge, including Lena once she's on it.

MY THOUGHTS:
🌁 This book was ALL plot, which is ideal in my rating scale. I loved how it was exciting from the beginning and really hooked you right away.
🌁 This book was really gruesome and had lots of gory details, which doesn't bother me at all. Bring on the shock factor.
🌁 I did like the short time frame of the book- aside from flashbacks to Cambry, the entire story happens over the course of a few hours.
🌁 I am noticing a twin trend, and I feel like I've read so many twin books recently. It was slightly refreshing that these twins were never close and polar opposites, which broke the typical plot line.
🌁 I thought the ending was a bit of a mashed up craziness. There was a lot going on, so many parts that were a bit confusing, and a bit huh??

Side note, I just only now (writing this review) found out that Taylor Adams is a man. Being a Taylor myself, I guess I just assumed it was a girl. 😅

In short: Twin sisters, 1 cop and a bridge in the middle of nowhere Montana. Lena refuses to accept that her twin sister, Cambry, committed suicide on a remote bridge 3 months ago. She’s now in MT, on the same bridge, confronting the cop who supposedly found her sister.

My thoughts: I will pick up almost any book that is set in Montana and was not disappointed at all with this one. It was a quick, action packed, whirlwind read. This book kept me invested in what was going on, had me totally confused and constantly trying to figure out what happened or was happening.

What I liked:
That this was not a straightforward story at all, even though most of it took place over a matter of hours on the same bridge. The story was mostly told through Lena and Cambry’s points of view, as well as through blog posts Lena wrote prior to confronting the cop.
That this book keeps you guessing throughout.
Strong female characters

This one was HARD to put down friends! Each chapter was more addicting then the last!

Three months ago, Lena’s twin sister Cambry drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana and jumped to her death. At least that’s the official police version but Lena doesn't buy it. Now she’s come to that very bridge with the officer who found her sisters body. Armed with a cassette recorder and a gun, she’s determined to find out what really happened to her sister especially after her final text mentioned the officer by name… will Lena find the truth?

I really love the heart pounding, breakneck speed pace of Taylor Adams writing where everything takes place within the span of a few hours. It makes you feel right there and makes it impossible to put down! And in this story there were two timelines so the Adrenaline was going full force.

I also love that it follows only a few characters and you get snippets from each of their perspectives. Somehow, you STILL never know who to trust and twists still surprise you!

Overall it was action packed and I was very into it! Safe to say I’m a big Taylor Adams fan now after loving Hairpin Bridge and No Exit!

First of all, this is my first Taylor Adams book. Second, I got it from Joffe Books via NetGalley not William Morrow and Custom House publishing. But that is neither here nor there. This book was GREAT. I will request more from this author.

This is a real, true, page turning, heart stopping, heart pounding, book. One that could easily be a tv series. If you took each case and made a weekly show about that one it would fill your night with enough to last a while. This book is about two sisters but there is so much more involved.

It basically takes place in one day. Three hours and so many minutes plus whatever time was not recorded. To understand that you will have to read this book. It's what happens after a young woman commits suicide and her sister refuses to accept that she really took her own life. They are twins. Identical. They share the same DNA identical. But they are as different as night and day in every other way. Though I suppose after reading I do think maybe they share the same will to live. Have the same fight in them.

Twins, Lena Nguyen and Cambry Nguyen are identical twins. Like looking in a mirror identical. Yet they were so different. Lena was more closed off. More into books and school and family. Cambry was not. She lived for adventure. For the open road. For the thrill of life. That thrill came to a screeching halt in September of 2019 in Howard County, Montana, when she supposedly jumped to her death on Hairpin Bridge. Three months later, Lena, is there to find the truth. She never believes that her sister jumped willingly. She does not believe that Cambry committed suicide. She intends to find out what happened even it if costs her her own life. And it may do just that.

Lena meets Raymond Raycevic at a small diner and he has her follow him to the bridge. He is the one who found her sister's body. He is the one who called her parents with the news of their daughter's suicide. There is something about him that Lena does not think is right. She feels as if things are a bit off. But what can she do. Maybe try to get him to explain the things that are bothering her. Try to get to the full truth. From here Lena's life will never be the same. Finding out the truth is the most painful thing she will ever confront. The battle that rages inside of her is strong. The will to live is strong. The will to find out what happened is even stronger.

This book has so many twists and turns you will not know what to believe. Until the end when it all comes out. When all the gory details are displayed. Very graphic and realistic. You will feel the pain that these sisters feel. You will root for Lena to win and come out with the whole truth and for someone to be held accountable. You will be surprised in parts as to what has been happening. There are secrets revealed also.

This book takes you down a dark and emotional rollercoaster of a ride. One that you can not get off of until that very last sentence is read. You will hold your breath. You will cringe and you will feel pain. It's so realistically written. It makes you feel like you are right there on that bridge. Both the night of Cambry's death and the day Lena learns the complete truth. All the bends in the road will feel so realistic and all the twists will feel like a knives being pushed. This book is a very dark and thrilling ride for sure. Can you handle it is the question?

Told from each twins POV and in each one's voice you will learn many things. Some you may not believe but that is how things happen. I found one thing that didn't add up or was forgotten in this book but I won't mention that. It's not relevant at all.

Two quotes in this book that I liked: "Sometimes all that matters is your voice in the dark." and ""My sister helped me find you.""

Thank you to #NetGalley, #tayloradams, #joffebooks for this ARC. This is my own true feelings about this book.

I gave it 5/5 stars and recommend it. Just be warned it has parts that will truly make you cringe. But it's good.

After loving No Exit, I was curious to see what Taylor Adams came up with next and Hairpin Bridge did not disappoint. The story only takes place over maybe 12 hours, but the intensity and tension lasts from beginning to end. I really liked how the story was told, through one main perspective with bits of alternate perspectives peppered in. This along with the unique format gave me a chance to really follow the emotions and motivation of Lena through her situation. There’s a lot of action, unexpected twists, and a story I couldn’t predict until the last pages. I’m definitely going to be adding this one to my collection and keeping an eye out for more from this author.

Dazed, confused and utterly dumbfounded. I just didn’t grasp it. I’m not sure what I just read, and even though I couldn’t put it down. I just didn’t get it.

HAIRPIN BRIDGE By Taylor Adams
Suspense fiction
320 pages

In Taylor Adams newest book we have twins Cambry & Lena. One commits suicide, one goes on an insane mission to avenge her sisters death. Cambry is the reckless adrift twin, the one who goes on an around the world adventure.  Lena is the stick in the mud stays at home Sister. Until Cambry commits suicide.  Lena never believes that her charismatic twin would ever commit suicide.  She sets out on a mission to prove someone killed her sister. Even if that mission kills her.

Wow Taylor Adams newest book Hairpin Bridge is an insane novel that takes on a whirlwind ride you will never forget.  Once you think you've got it figured out wham another twists gets thrown into the mix. Hairpin Bridge is one you cannot figure out and won't see coming.  I highly recommend this book.

HAIRPIN BRIDGE is about a woman named Lena confronting the man she believes killed her twin sister, Cambry, and staged it as a suicide three months earlier. The man is a cop, Ray Raycevic, who supposedly discovered Cambry's body, and they meet at the isolated spot where Cambry died: Hairpin Bridge. The story is told through Lena's perspective as she confronts Ray, a blog post she's written the day prior to the confrontation, and Lena's theory of how Cambry's final hours went.

This book has shining moments when the tension really works, and the reader can be invested in the story. It also has a few brilliant twists and reveals. The most successful parts of the book are the beginning of Cambry's story and the first few twists and turns of Lena's confrontation with Ray. Unfortunately, everything else falls apart.

Neither Lena nor Cambry have enough of an interior life to feel connected with them. Of course, this is a thriller, and both sisters are in tense, life-threatening situations throughout the book. The immediacy is apparent, but they don't have enough character to garner much empathy. Additionally, both of their stories push the boundaries of plausibility too far for me. Not to mention, the situations become repetitive and are described in so much detail, the tension dies and turns to tedium.

The three main perspectives, along with a few brief interludes through the eyes of the antagonists, feel unnecessary, especially as one of them ends in a major disappointment that made me question why I even read it. For being a book of few characters, it has a lot of plot strands, and most of them don't amount to much. Vague spoiler: One of the strangest twists was tying in an apparently famous serial killer (who has a nickname and everything) out of the blue with no foreshadowing and no explanation until long after the introduction, as if the reader was supposed to already know who it was.

HAIRPIN BRIDGE did not work for me overall, mostly at the plot level, but I think Taylor Adams has talent as a writer. I hope to have better luck with NO EXIT or whatever he does next!

TW: gun violence, physical violence, gore, suicide, violence against a child, death of an animal

Thanks to Taylor Adams, William Morrow, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read “Hairpin Turn”!
Yes… No Exit, we have read it, it is awesome, if you haven’t read it, do so! Hairpin Turn is not No Exit, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that Hairpin Turn is not a thrilling book. I respect the author for not writing No Exit II. Much like a hit album or movie, I think there would be pressure to recreate the success of the artist’s last work.
Hairpin Turn once again has a strong female character interjected into a dangerous situation as she investigates her sister’s suicide. The author uses alternate perspectives of Lena and Cambry (the sister that committed suicide) to build the tension, but it also allows us to understand the sister’s backstory and development of the characters. There are plenty of thrills along the way, car chases and gunplay! Woo hoo! Overall I did enjoy the story, even though I still like No Exit better. Again, not a knock against Hairpin Turn. Hard to improve on Sgt. Pepper! Again, thanks to all, and happy reading everyone! Thanks!

I just love thrillers that read like blockbuster movies, and Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams is one such book.
It tells the story of Lena Nguyen, who has been left bereft after her twin Cambry apparently committed suicide by jumping off the titular bridge in Montana. Even though Lena and Cambry have been somewhat estranged in recent years, Lena is convinced that Cambry wouldn’t have done this.

The only thing she has to go on is a cryptic ‘suicide text’ that Cambry allegedly sent to Lena in which she mentions by name the highway patrol officer who later found her body: Corporal Raymond Reycevic.

Lena becomes convinced ‘Ray’ had something to do with Cambry’s death and decides to drive from her home in Seattle to the town of Magma Springs to prove it, armed with only a pistol and a clunky old tape recorder on which she hopes to capture a confession.

What follows is twist after twist as Lena tries to draw the truth out of Ray and gets deeper and deeper into trouble. We also read parallel narratives from Cambry’s point of view as Lena speculates what might have happened that fateful night.

This book is so suspenseful it left me breathless and reading as fast as I could to find out what really happened — the car chases in particular are fantastic set pieces in which every detail had me reading from behind a sofa cushion.

Hairpin Bridge doesn’t pull any punches in terms of violence and is like one of those horror films in which you’re screaming at the TV for the heroine to just triumph, already so you can finally relax.

I really enjoyed this book and will definitely look for more by the same author in future. Definitely read this if you enjoyed Stephen King’s Desperation and the Kurt Russell film Breakdown, along with shades of The Hitcher.

Hairpin Bridge is a great summer blockbuster and I’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys the thriller genre.
Thanks to Netgalley for an advance copy of this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! What a nail biting story. I was hooked and could not put it down! Lena travels to Montana to search for answers regarding her twin sister Cambry's suicide off of Hairpin Bridge. Told between alternating voices of present day Lena and Cambry's last day 3 months prior, the author gives us a play by play of the events that took place on both days.
Lena meets up with the policeman who investigated the death and insists on every detail of that dreadful day. What she doesn't bargain for is an unexpected twist. A very fast paced novel that has the reader wanting more information with every page turned. A fantastic thriller with a few creepy "ick" moments. This is one you won't put down until the mystery is solved.

Thank you to #netgalley and #williammorrowpublishers for this advanced copy. Title is due out on June 15, 2021.

3.5
First read with this author, will read more. Strong female lead and alternative POV were done well. I really didn't like Cambry very much. It is creepy and dark, perfect setting, very gruesome.

"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻."

After her estranged twin sister, Cambry jumped off Hairpin Bridge three months earlier, Lena Nguyen refuses that her sister commited suicide. Armed with a recording camera, Lena decides to go on a suicide mission returning to where it all happened to investigate what went on on the so-called Suicide Bridge. Corporal Raycevic, who stopped Cambry ostensibly for exceeding the speeding limit and who conveniently discovered her body under the bridge a few hours later and whose name was in Cambry's last text message to her sister, met with Lena to take her to Hairpin Bridge and tell her the whole story. A series of mind games ensues with more-than-anyone-can-handle shocking revelations.

This has been a wild ride for me. With this tantalisingly unputdownable, action-packed thriller, you'll need to fasten your seatbelt and brace yourself cuz it's going to keep you at the edge of your seat unable to keep up with the twists coming your way out of no where. This is my first book by Taylor Adams and won't be the last. Heard some people say that his debut "No Exit" was even better than this one which made me so eager to get my hands on his other three books adding them to my immediate TBR list.

I recommend this book for lovers of thrillers, crime mysteries and easy fast-paced reads.
Thank you @netgalley and @joffebooks for the opportunity to read this.

This book was a fun thriller! The author always writes and engaging story with lots of twists and turns and this do not let me down. Although, the books somewhat have the vibe of silly horror movie, I thoroughly enjoy reading them and trying to figure out the plots.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a copy to honestly review.

I was super excited for this book because Taylor Adam’s did not disappoint with No Exit but if I am being honest I gave up on this book about halfway through.

WAYYY too much was happening for it to even remotely make sense.

I am so sorry for whoever finished because honestly WTF did I read

Lena is desperate to figure out what happened to her sister, Cambry. Despite receiving a suicide note via text from her estranged sister, Lena doesn't believe Cambry took her own life. But, Lena is ready to confront the person that she thinks murdered her sister.

I wasn't prepared for all of the twists and turns of <I>Hairpin Bridge</i>. There's no point in even trying to guess what happens in this psychological thriller. This book is one where you want to enjoy the wild ride! I loved how this story weaves in a mix of Lena's assumptions of how Cambry died, Cambry's actual final hours, and Lena's blog posts with current day events on Hairpin Bridge.

I did have a couple of minor complaints about the book -- there's some unnecessary repetition, and it is a little bit unbelievable in some parts. However, the book is so entertaining that I put those issues aside and just enjoyed this crazy, intense story. I didn't want to put this book with its action-packed, sinister cat and mouse game down. Those that love thrillers will enjoy the suspense and fast pace of <I>Hairpin Bridge</i>.

Thank you to NetGalley and Joffe Books for a copy of this book to read and enjoy. This voluntary review reflects my honest, unbiased opinion.

If your looking for a fast-paced thriller laced with violence and unbelievable characters this is for you. I read the entire book in two sittings while telling myself I didn't like the storyline or the setting. Lena and Cambry, the twin sisters, as well as the state trooper were no one I'd want to ever, ever meet. That being said - I couldn't put the book down and desperately wanted to finish it. I love a good murder mystery but this wasn't my cup of tea. Those of you who don't mind a lot of blood and revenge violence will find this a worthwhile read.