I apologize that it took me so long to review this book and I appreciate being given the opportunity. This was a very quick read for me (wish I read it sooner). The premise interested me in that there were two people (Evan and Shannon) connected to one another through such unusual circumstances. I did feel that it would have been helpful to have a little backstory as to what had happened to Evan prior to his visions (other than the mention that he was in an accident). I will most definitely be reading the second book in this series.

This book is a show of unprofessionalism on the psychiatrist's side. When a new patient walks in who has been having strange visions after a bike accident, she only very mildly tries to put him off helping her solve the case of her missing daughter. Very mildly, and she risks the patient's life because he is certainly not doing well during these episodes.

This aside, it was a quick and easy read which didn't require a lot of thinking to stay with the story, which is sometimes nice for a change. The first half I liked better, since the conclusion I thought was rather too hurried and it was all too neatly fitting.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I received an eARC of this book from the publisher. Here is my honest review.

At 145 pages, this is a short and fast-paced book. I thought the premise of the book was intriguing and could have really been a great story. However, it was poorly executed: shallow character development and plot gaps are the big issues for me. The writing style was fine, I just feel like it needed more to make it a great book.

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Two weeks after his eighteenth birthday, everything changes for Evan Nash. When he injures his head after being run down on his bicycle, he begins having strange, harrowing visions whenever he tries to sleep. He turns to psychiatrist Shannon Mayer for help. Mayer has troubles of her own: her daughter has been kidnapped, and she’s desperate for answers. Though she’s at first skeptical of Evan’s accounts, it quickly becomes clear that his mysterious ailment may be the key to finding her child. Soon Evan’s visions prove essential to the case but at a terrible cost. Evan and Shannon face an agonizing decision: Should he risk himself to save the girl?

Uggghhhh...so frustrating! That's all I can think to say. Let me tell you why:

1) What starts as an interesting mystery/thriller, dissipates into nothing at about the halfway mark...and the book is only 175 pages long. So about 90 pages of interest. I am sorry, but that is nowhere near good enough.

2) A personal bug-bear of mine is this trend of writing novellas and passing them off as novels. There is a second book in this "series" - why not just add them together to give this story some more depth and character. Surely there wasn't a deadline for a novella like this.

3) I have no interest in reading the follow-up story. This book has done the opposite effect for me than what it was hoping to achieve - if the author could only hold my attention for 90 pages...


Paul
ARH