Review: Brilliantly written
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 24, 2011
H. C. Elliston's novel is a page turner.  Written in the first person from protagonist Chelsea Denham's point of view, you are thrust into the nightmare her life has become.  Elliston words are fluid, sucking the reader in and wrapping the story around them.  Often, there were sentences that caused me to pause, re-read the sentence and hold the words in my mouth like a good wine, savoring the beauty of the words.Chelsea's dilemma all through the story is believable and maddening.  Each chapter it seems the mystery of who is sending her the death threat emails and why is only more complicated and will never be solved until Chelsea's life has ended.  Just when Chelsea feels she has found an ally to help solve the mystery, it appears the ally might be the one behind the death threats.  Throughout the story Chelsea is thwarted by help from others including her best friend.Elliston does a wonderful job of making the reader suspect one of the characters to only have that suspect's guilt questioned and a new suspect introduced.  All through the book this reviewer's suspicion kept changing to only come back to my original suspect, before my opinion changed again.Set aside some time to finish the book when nearing the end as your life will be frustrating until you get through the final scene.  Saying the ending is a page turner does not do it justice.  I found myself skimming the lines to get through the scene and find out what happens.  It was with effort I forced myself to slow down and enjoy the story.  I knew if I hurried through the ending to find out what happens I'd have missed enjoying a wonderful story.I anxiously await Elliston's next novel.