Book Review - No Exit by Taylor Adams

Title: No Exit
Series: -
Author: Taylor Adams
 
Description: On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.

Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?

Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.
Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.
Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?
There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?
Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.
Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.
Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?
There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?
Trapped in an increasingly dangerous situation, with a child’s life and her own on the line, Darby must find a way to break the girl out of the van and escape.
 
Review: Darby is on her way to visit her dying mother in Utah, when she gets caught up in a blizzard. With the roads impassable, she has to wait out the storm at a remote rest stop. Four strangers are also stranded there. When Darby is trying to make a call outside, she discovers a parked van that has a little girl locked in a cage inside.
 
Location and atmosphere are very important in this book and you can feel both constantly. They both add to the constant tension you feel, while trying to figure out what’s going on.
 
The beginning of the book is much stronger than the end. The further the story progresses, the more action. “No Exit” is not a thriller with so much trying to find out who is the culprit or with surprising twists and reveals, it is an action-packed, intense thriller. I liked the build-up and you’re constantly on the edge of your seat. This remains throughout the entire book. Even though author Taylor Adams reveals an important part fairly quickly, is does not lessen the tension.
 
This story is all gas, no breaks. Which I didn’t mind. And although the book had one great reveal/ twist, the overall story was quite predictable. Which is okay in this case, because there is only so much you can do in a remote location with only six characters. Managing to still make it exciting for the entire duration, is well-done.
 
“No Exit” is a wild ride, a book I would recommend to people who are looking for an exciting, fast-paced and action-packed thriller. It’s all fairly straightforward, but I had a great time reading it.
 
Rating: 4/ 5