Chilling and so many twists. Loved the creepy atmosphere throughout the entire book. Only issue was formatting on my kindle but that did not detract from the story. Highly recommended and buying this at publication date.

Thanks to Netgalley, Taylor Adams and William Morrow & Custom House for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Available: 6/15/21

Wow, was Hairpin Bridge an absolute edge of your seat wild ride. From the very first pages until the end I was hooked. The number of twists was insane and I didn’t see any of them coming. I really enjoyed how this story was laid out and how we got multiple perspectives and were pieces together the clues to figure out what happened.

Lena Nguyen is on a mission to find out what happened to her twin sister in Montana. The only thing she knows is that Cambry Nguyen, her sister, jumped off Hairpin Bridge to her suicide, and right before she did she texted her sister a suicide note. Something feels off to Lena because she knows her twin and she would not commit suicide, and she wouldn’t make 16 calls to 911 right before she jumped either. Lena meets the officer who wrote the report after finding her sister dead. She finds out that this same cop pulled her sister over for a traffic violation only an hour before she killed herself. A lot of things just don’t seem to add up and Lena is going to prove that Cambry did not kill herself, something else happened on that bridge.

Hairpin Bridge made my heart start pounding and it never quit the entire time I was reading. I loved Lena as the main character, she is strong, determined, and is just a badass heroine. What really made this book stand out to me was how it was told. Lena’s perspective is current and what is happening in the moment, but we also get Lena’s perspective on what happened leading up to Cambry’s death. Another part we get sprinkled in, are Lena’s online blog entries that she is posting for her followers and what she thinks really happened to Cambry. I just thought it was a really unique take and made it an even faster paced book.

I loved No Exit which was the first Adam’s book that I read and this one was just as amazing. It was such a wild ride that had me second guessing everything I was reading. It was action packed and full of shocking twists. If you’re looking for a suspenseful thriller with an amazing cast of characters pick this book up!

I read this book in one sitting! Suspenseful, engaging and unpredictable. Taylor Adams does not disappoint.

One of the best thrillers I have read. I though Taylor Adams had a huge hit with No Exit but she completely outdid herself with her newest book, Hairpin Bridge. I love books where when I think I know exactly the direction it’s going it takes a hard left and this book did that.... multiple times. The book starts with Lena, on a mission to find out exactly what happened to her estranged twin sister Cambry. The book goes between Leena’s point for view and what she thinks Cambry went through. The book was brilliantly written and was so cleverly done.
Thank you to #netgalley and HarperCollins for allowing me to read an ARC of this amazing book.

QUICK TAKE: I fucking loved HAIRPIN BRIDGE. Fast-paced and propulsive, this might be the book of the summer. A young woman mysteriously jumps to her death from a secluded bridge in the middle of nowhere. Her sister refuses to believe the cause of death is suicide, and decides to meet with the police officer who discovered her body for answers. Oh yeah, and that police officer might actually be a killer. Cut to 200 pages of action-packed fun. I was already a fan of Adams after his previous book, NO EXIT (despite how many times people went in and out of a rest stop bathroom window), but he completely ups his game here, with the entire story essentially taking place over the course of several hours on a bridge. To give away anything else would spoil the fun, but I can't recommend this one enough. For sure to be one of my favorites of the year!

Before I start talking about this book, I have to say, I LOVED No Exit. Cancel plans to keep reading kind of love.
Needless to say, I had HIGH expectations for this one.

I liked it a lot. Really. It’s a page turner, crazy, captivating, and twisted. Everything I love in a thriller.

I tried to point out what exactly kept me from loving it as much as I loved No Exit, and I think I got it: the “messy” parts. Too much gun action that got a little confusing.

Other than that, I loved it.

The whole book happens in one night, which gave me Survive the Night feelings and of course, No Exit vibes.

Lena and Cambry Nguyen are twins.

Camby committed suicide at Haipin Bridge, a place known for it’s creepy events. Lena is sure her sister was murdered.
She contacts the police officer who found Cambry, and asks him to meet her at the bridge. She starts with simple questions, but the deeper she goes, the more she’s convinced he is guilty.

You can try to guess the plot, but I assure you you’ll be wrong. Plot twist on top of plot twist.

It’s impossible to put the book down during the last chapters, so make sure you have plenty of free time when you get there.

4.5 stars

After reading No Exit, when I saw that Taylor Adams had a new book coming out, I had to read it. I knew going into it that there would be twists and turns, and I would have heart-pounding anxiety, but nothing could have prepared me for the second half of this book.

“Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty 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 doesn’t seem to add up. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding a full hour before she supposedly leapt 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. I couldn’t live with it. Hopefully you can, Officer Raycevic.

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....”

The first half of this book was only four stars for me- I felt like the initial build up took a little too long, but I knew what Adams was doing. I knew he was just setting up his chess pieces to move in for the kill, and boy, did he. The second half of the book is a solid five stars, with action that never stops and so many twists and turns, you’ll be dizzy. I was anxious when I was reading, and anxious when I wasn’t because I desperately needed to know what happened. I finished this book on a crazy turbulent plane, which probably lent to the anxiety for me, but I refused to stop reading.

Thriller fans, rejoice, because on June 15, Taylor Adams is throwing down the gauntlet.

**Many thanks to NetGalley and William Morrow for the free ARC in exchange for my honest review. My opinions are my own.**

Three months ago, Lena’s twin sister Cambry committed suicide on Hairpin Bridge. In Lena’s mind however, things don’t add up. The same officer that pulled her over an hour before she jumped also happened to be the one to find her body? His name is also in the final text Cambry sent to Lena, and her phone shows she tried to call 911 multiple times before she jumped? So Lena is going to meet office Raycevic at the bridge to get to the bottom of what really happened.

After loving No Exit, I knew I needed to get my hands on Taylor Adams newest book! All I gotta say is….what the heck is going on in Adams head? I have no idea how someone can come up with stories like this, but I am so glad that they exist! This book was so crazy. It had me on the edge of my seat wondering what was going to happen. I totally loved how badass Lena was. She did not back down and I freaking loved it. If you enjoyed No Exit, run, don’t walk to preorder this one!

3.8
A fast-paced thriller with a tantalizing build in suspense but without a surprise ending. With my adrenaline flowing, I'm not sure what I expected. It kept me interested and held me enough to want to finish it.
Lena's sister, Cambry, was found dead after jumping from Hairpin Bridge. Even with a suicide note found nearby and an incomplete text never sent from Camby's phone, incriminating someone. Lena vowed to find justice while writing about it in her blog. Her thoughts and every move in her investigation are displayed for everyone to read that a police officer who found her sister was to blame for her death. He was the last person to see her on that quiet abandoned road.
Officer Raycevic agreed to meet Lena at Hairpin Bridge to interview him about her death. Events begin to spiral out of control becoming a mind bending day of terror for Lena.
Thank you NetGalley and HarperCollins publishers for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you to the publisher for a free eCopy of this book.
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Taylor Adams came out of nowhere a couple years ago with No Exit, a fast paced thriller that had action on every page. I remember casting that movie after telling my husband the plot. However, Hairpin Bridge just missed the mark for me.

Much like Namesake, Hairpin Bridge deserves two separate review.

From percentage 1-65%, I would give this book 3 stars. It felt very slow. And while No Exit was a fun far fetched story, this one just felt a bit ridiculous. Our heroine literally puts herself in a dangerous situation and it was kind of laughable to be honest. The narration of the current moment, blog post, and Cambry's "point of view" did not always flow very well, which is probably why I felt it was kind of silly.. It felt jumpy and I honestly got a little frustrated.

As for the last 35% of the book, once our fourth character was introduced did the story start picking up. It finally fell into a great rhythm and I found myself enjoying this part of the book. The few twists I really enjoyed and thought they made the book better. I would easily give this part of the book 4 stars

Did I love this one? Nope. Will I continue to read any book Taylor Adams writes? Yes..

Lena knows that her twin sister Cambry didn’t commit suicide - or does she? Cambry has always been the bad twin: doing drugs, jumping from bad boyfriend to the next, driving aimlessly across America in search of something, which her responsible twin can never understand.

Determined to confront Officer Raycevic, mentioned in Cambry’s last text, Lena drives to Montana and retraces her twin’s last moments with the officer in question in tow. The situation quickly spirals out of control with Lena entering into a gun fight with Officer Raycevic and a truck driver, who supposedly is in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Told in the alternating voices of Lena and Cambry, Adams brings his own twist to the unreliable narrator that is a fresh take on a very over used trope. Like a book version of a Tarantino film, Hairpin Bridge has a little bit of everything (including a serial killer) and a whole lot of action. Taylor Adams does not disappoint in Hairpin Bridge and I recommend this book.

Hairpin Bridge is an action packed thriller. It tells you the who and the what but it slowly reveals the why of Cambry's death at the bottom of the bridge. It keeps you on the edge of your seat because you have no idea what is going to happen next of how Lena is going to get out of her dangerous situation. It was very enjoyable.
Thanks to Netgalley and the Scence of the Crime Early Reads for the advanced copy of the book. The opinions are my own.

I don't recall the last time I have read something that had me so on edge from beginning to end. The tension starts high and continues to build. Constant twists and turns, and rarely a chance to catch your breath. The female protagonist is strong and intelligent, but at the same time you can feel the pain and remorse that are driving her to find out what really happened to her twin sister. I haven't read this author's previous book that so many clearly seemed to love, but will be adding it to my list.

Thank you to William Morrow for an advanced copy of this book. Also posted on Goodreads.

This is a powerful, scary, violent and deep story. A twin goes to find the truth about her sister's death, told in the imagined past, the real past, the present and in dreams. It was well written and smart and also very hard to read, the tension of the extended confrontation between the possible killer and the two sisters separately, as it speed towards what seemed like an inevitable finish

There is an energy to this book starting with the cover and title. The bridge gets its name from the shape of the turn towards the end of a stretch of road. This bridge has a haunted history as a suicide jump spot. It makes for the perfect spot for Lena Nguyen to meet with the officer on record that found her twin sister's body 200 feet below the bridge. Another suicide. But Lena doesn't think her sister died in that manner. There is also an unusual writing style of Lena thinking her sister's thoughts, writing in the moment, and blog entries. Throw in a detailed car chase and the momentum throbs with that energy. The drive for high-octane story telling is also it's downfall. So many things are thrown into the mix that it all becomes too unbelievable. There are great moments of facing off with suspected bad guys and women empowerment that shows a woman can hold her own against a man or two. Entertaining but could have been even better had it not jumped the shark.

Thank you to William Morrow, Netgalley, and the Scene of the Crime for my early e-galley in exchange for a honest review.

Unpopular opinion alert.

Hairpin Bridge was one of my most anticipated books of 2021. As soon as I found out about it, my mission was to get an ARC. I am so grateful to the publisher for providing me with an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

No Exit is on a high pedestal for me, and I had high hopes for Hairpin Bridge. But it just didn’t work for me.

There were way too many repetitive passages. No Exit was special because it was an action packed thriller set at a rest stop over a few hours. Hairpin Bridge is also set at one location (the bridge), but the two main characters just stand around and talk for a majority of that time. There was more slow burn suspense and less plot twists, which I was not expecting.

The flashback chapters are a mix of blog entries and what Lena thought happened to her sister, Cambry. I’m going to be honest-I was confused by the Cambry’s Story chapters because I didn’t realize they were Lena’s theory. I’m sure that was my fault.

This book has one of my least favorite tropes/twists because it is so overdone. I will say that I didn’t put the entire ending together, but there also weren’t many pieces to work with since most of the book is Lena’s POV.

Around the 60% mark, I just didn’t care what had happened to Cambry anymore because she seemed like a horrible person. The action did pick up slightly around this point, but I had checked out of the story by then.

Once again, Adams has written a thriller that would translate well to the screen. I think I would have loved this story if it had been a 90 minute movie instead of a 320 page novel. I am definitely the unpopular opinion though, and I think most people will love this book!

The follow up book to No Exit, Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams, did not disappoint! From page one, you are sucked in to the story and continue on a wild ride until the very last page. I found myself totally engrossed. The characters of Lena, Cambry, Ray, and Theo are well constructed and have great character development. Taking place on a stretch of highway and a bridge kept me on the edge of my seat the entire book. I really enjoyed this book!

Hairpin Bridge, or the “Suicide Bridge”, is located on an abandoned stretch of highway in Montana. Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s twin sister killed herself by jumping off the bridge. Or did she? Lena doesn’t believe this conclusion for a second. There is no way her sister killed herself, it’s impossible. How does she know this? It’s “twin-tuition”. There is also that measly text her sister sent her right before she died. So Lena goes to Montana to confront the man she believes killed her sister. These actions insert Lena into a dangerous cat and mouse game that she may not survive. But it would be worth it, right?

Taylor Adams’ book No Exit is one of my favorite thrillers of all-time, so I was so excited when I received a free ARC of Hairpin Bridge. First off, the cover is gorgeous. If I didn’t know anything about the author or his past works, I still would have picked this book up for that alone. Then the description would have sold me on it even more.

This book was written in a mix of different formats – the assumed movements of Cambry on her last day interspersed with Lena’s and other characters’ present day narratives as well as a blog post of Lena’s. At the beginning, this made it a little hard to follow along with the plot, but I quickly adjusted after a few chapters. Sometimes it took me a moment to realize if I was reading Lena or Cambry’s perspective, but I think this was due to some formatting issues in the ARC.

Lena was a badass. Was she completely likeable? No. Was she deeply flawed? Yes. However, as a reader you still can’t help but like her. Lena was just so compelling and dynamic, as a reader you just want to see her win. She is just so human and so believable as a character. One of Adams’ traits is writing strong female characters and he did not disappoint with Lena.

There were twists and turns throughout Hairpin Bridge. This book is a dangerous cat and mouse game that will leave readers on the edge of their seat. While the book started slow, the last half of the book was heart pounding. Fans of No Exit will not be disappointed by its follow-up, and I can’t wait to see what Taylor Adams does next. 4.5 stars.

I received a free digital ARC from NetGalley and William Morrow in exchange for an honest review.

This story had so many twists and turns that kept me reading to find out what would happen. It's told in flashbacks as well as blog posts that fill in details. It's a dark story with many psychological elements. The ending was a surprise.

Thank you NetGalley for this book!

I LOVED No Exit. One of the best, most suspenseful thrillers I’ve read in a long time. So when I saw that another Taylor Adams book was coming and was available on NetGalley, I jumped at the chance to get it. Thankfully, my request was approved because this one was fantastic. I’m happy to share a fantastic review of this one. And I cannot wait to go through Adams’ back catalog to uncover some other gems of his.

From Goodreads: Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty 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 doesn’t seem to add up. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding a full hour before she supposedly leapt 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. I couldn’t live with it. Hopefully you can, Officer Raycevic.

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 this book. It was just a notch below No Exit, because that one just floored me, but this one is great and absolutely worth reading. The bulk of the story takes place in just a few hours, which was really interesting. Lena is full of fun surprises, as is Cambry’s story, which is also told, but only from Lena’s guess as to what happened. This duality creates a great unreliable narrator perspective. Is Lena’s idea of what happened to Cambry the truth? Or wishful thinking taking suicide off the table? If you liked No Exit, this one definitely needs to be on your to read list when it comes out. Another great one from Taylor Adams.