SPOILERDarby was shot at, with both a gun and nail gun, had two of her fingers smashed in a door hinge, was out in Snowmageddon for several hours, had been doused in gasoline, twisted or maybe broken her leg, and in general, been battered and hurt about a thousand times, yet she still survived? During the ending, it seems as though she died, however, if you read it twice, you can see that they are talking about her mother who also died on that day from cancer (that’s why she was driving in Snowmageddon anyway). *Implausible? At the end, there is a shocker, and if you’d like you can read a spoiler below, but I thought that the end was quite implausible. Quote: “Sometimes God puts people exactly where they need to be. I got through it in about two and a half hours and I still enjoyed it. This book is short, and that helped because I wouldn’t have been able to put it down had it been a long novel. Trust me, after this, you will be terrified of door hinges, rest stops, and nail guns for life. I felt the pain of the characters, and the agony that they were in, since it was described and it hurt. The amount of pain and torture shocked me and in a twisted way, added to my enjoyment of the story (no I’m not weird….or am I?). I loved the atmosphere and it really enhanced the story! Dark, cold, snowy, it all added to the level of despair and made Darby’s attempt to save the girl even harder.

If you are caught in a winter-storm, dubbed Snowmageddon, and you see a tiny hand moving in a crate in the back of a truck, what would you do? The setting of this story was amazing. I probably would have done the same thing and it made the story more “real”.

I kind of related to her, since she felt it her responsibility to save the girl herself. Her pain and suffering was immense and yet she still came back and fought to save her. I really liked reading about Darby’s struggle to save the kidnapped girl. I’d suggest you not read this before bed.

My heart was pounding through-out the story and it was so “edge of your seat” amazing that I went from my bed to the floor.

No Exit by Taylor Adams