Her Last Breath
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—BookPageFrom the bestselling author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a heart-pounding thriller that plunges readers into the suffocating darkness of a cave—and the even darker secrets that lie within.When Tess reluctantly joins her adventurous best friend Allie on a caving expedition, she expects to confront her claustrophobia—not a stranger who traps her in a fight for her life. A man who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them at the cave's entrance. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy—and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive.Hours later, Tess emerges alive—but the nightmare is far from over.As Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn't so random after all. In the hospital, as Tess pieces together the events with a detective, she learns shocking truths about Allie's past that reframe everything. Was the attack truly random? Who was Allie beneath her dazzling interior? And most chilling of all—has Tess really escaped the danger, or is it still closing in?
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The book started off really strong. The beginning pulled me in immediately, and I especially liked the setting because I've never read a thriller about caving before. The middle, though, just dragged. There are some good twists in between, but it still felt like it went on for too long and lost a lot of the momentum from the start. I also really didn’t like the pregnancy subplot. It felt unnecessary and honestly just annoying. First Allie wants to abort the baby, then after everything that happens she suddenly decides to keep it? That didn’t feel convincing at all. And the whole "sesame seed" thing, plus her talking to it… yeah, that just wasn’t for me. The twist with Tess being the one who wanted to kill Allie was good in theory, but not that surprising. There were moments where it felt obvious, especially because she somehow knew things she couldn’t have known inside the cave. Same with Ethan. Him surviving is was mentioned pretty early, so that didn’t really land as a big reveal either. Overall, a strong start and a really unique setting, but the pacing and some plot choices made it a bit boring.
Description
—BookPageFrom the bestselling author of No Exit and The Last Word comes a heart-pounding thriller that plunges readers into the suffocating darkness of a cave—and the even darker secrets that lie within.When Tess reluctantly joins her adventurous best friend Allie on a caving expedition, she expects to confront her claustrophobia—not a stranger who traps her in a fight for her life. A man who claims to be a fellow caver harasses them at the cave's entrance. Confident, take-no-shit Allie insults the guy—and he retaliates. Soon, Tess is trapped inside a narrow crawl space hundreds of feet underground, fighting to stay alive.Hours later, Tess emerges alive—but the nightmare is far from over.As Tess recounts her harrowing story of survival, the detective interviewing her shares new and shocking secrets about Allie's true past. Together, they begin to suspect the brutal attack wasn't so random after all. In the hospital, as Tess pieces together the events with a detective, she learns shocking truths about Allie's past that reframe everything. Was the attack truly random? Who was Allie beneath her dazzling interior? And most chilling of all—has Tess really escaped the danger, or is it still closing in?
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The book started off really strong. The beginning pulled me in immediately, and I especially liked the setting because I've never read a thriller about caving before. The middle, though, just dragged. There are some good twists in between, but it still felt like it went on for too long and lost a lot of the momentum from the start. I also really didn’t like the pregnancy subplot. It felt unnecessary and honestly just annoying. First Allie wants to abort the baby, then after everything that happens she suddenly decides to keep it? That didn’t feel convincing at all. And the whole "sesame seed" thing, plus her talking to it… yeah, that just wasn’t for me. The twist with Tess being the one who wanted to kill Allie was good in theory, but not that surprising. There were moments where it felt obvious, especially because she somehow knew things she couldn’t have known inside the cave. Same with Ethan. Him surviving is was mentioned pretty early, so that didn’t really land as a big reveal either. Overall, a strong start and a really unique setting, but the pacing and some plot choices made it a bit boring.