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Facing the Fear Factor, Juil 14 2009
Kaycee Raye thinks she has forever rid herself of the paralyzing fear that someone is watching her. But then, after spinning out dozens of therapeutic and fear-conquering "Who's There" columns, her best friend's biggest nightmare comes true. That's all it takes to bring her own anxieties back to malevolent life. Now it seems that even the walls of her once-snug home have sprouted eyes. It doesn't help that other creepy things are happening too - cameras flashing pictures of her when no one is around, mysterious images appearing on her computer...
But before this heroine of Brandilyn Collins' latest suspense thriller Exposure can enlist the help of the police, Hannah, her dead friend's nine-year-old daughter, goes missing. Could the danger she feels be linked with Hannah's disappearance? Or maybe, as everyone seems to think, her mind is just playing tricks on her.
Interspersed between the chapters about stalker-obsessed Kaycee and the search for Hannah is the tale of Martin Giordano, his wife Lorraine and their daughter Tammy. The eventual weaving together of these two story threads is a feat of plotting that does Collins proud in the clever department.
Though plot is the story's strength, Kaycee is a nicely developed character with whom it is easy to identify and sympathize. Martin and Lorraine are also interesting. I especially enjoyed the bit characters Nico and Bear for their pure villainy.
The book is written with true suspense finesse, has lots of nasty surprises, and contains an abundance of pounding heartbeat, sweaty palm and adrenaline-producing passages. (Poor Kaycee - what she has to endure to give us these vicarious thrills and shivers!) I found Collins' writing style so suited this genre, I lost all awareness of it as I was swept along by the story.
The theme of fear dominates this tale, fleshing out how its presence tricks, debilitates, paralyzes, poisons and spreads. Kaycee's faith in God often helps to calm her inner frenzy, but it doesn't provide any kind of miraculous cure.
For a swift read of seatbelt suspense, air-bagged by comforting and eternal truths, Brandilyn Collins' Exposure is a good choice.
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High Octane Seatbelt Suspense, Jui 4 2009
Brandilyn Collins proves what a master of suspense she is in this new novel EXPOSURE. She not only handles the plot in an innovative treatment, she forces us to face our deepest fears. At one point, when I dozed off as I couldn't put the book down, I had a nightmare (which I can't remember now) that woke me up and I kept reading to the end. The pace never relents, only intensifies as the dangers escalate.
Kaycee Raye writes a syndicated newspaper column that ridicules her own fears, while exploring them. Until she starts seeing things that disappear and the police can't believe her. And then the young runaway daughter of a friend disappears and the child's note indicates she wanted to stay with Kaycee. Are all these incidents related? The fear that she is responsible for young Hannah's possible abduction drives Kaycee to fight her fears and help look for her. I agree with the first reviewer. To go further with the plot is to give away the stunning ending.
Even though EXPOSURE is produced by a Christian publisher, this novel could have been mainstream. Kaycee's experience with God is organic to the story. She prays in "short-tongue" style--according to her quick observation or urgent appeal, more in keeping with how most people pray--and only at the end of her ordeal does she analyze the part God plays in what has happened to her and in the healing process. That too is how most of us experience our relationship with God, whatever our religious belief.
Brandilyn deserves to stand at the top of the podium. This is an outstanding novel that rates five stars PLUS.
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Exposure - what secret needs to be discovered?, Jui 3 2009
Exposure - what does it mean? According to the Webster dictionary it can be exposing a fact or a condition or disclosing something from the past.
The book is quite interesting actually. For about three quarter of the book, I thought that I was following various people who would meet each other at some point. But the more I read, the less they were crossing each other.
In a way, this is what the author did... Brandilyn was able to keep me interested during the whole book. I love suspense book and this was different than the other books I have read so far. There is lots of suspense and action going from the main character to other characters at every chapters of the book. Back and forth, from one chapter to the other, you wonder what will happen to all these character to finally arrive to the conclusion. I won't tell you what is happening but I was surprised and captivated by the conclusion. The epilogue also keeps us wanting for more... and makes me wonder if some day we will see a sequel of this novel.
Also, the author used the town where her own mother lives as a background for the novel. Still in this town you could find Tastebuds with their brick-oven pizzas and old-fashioned soda fountain. If I even go to Wilmore, Kentucky, I'll make sure to visit this place. Sounds delicious don't you think?
In conclusion, this novel is well written and will keep you wondering at every page what will happen and who has done it. I strongly recommend it if you like suspense.
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