Review: A fast-paced suspenseful thriller
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2013
After reading The Trunk Key, a taut, suspenseful Kindle Single, and Love is Strong as Death, a spooky supernatural serial novel, I was sold on Carolyn Nash's writing, so when she invited me to review her latest work, Phoenix Heart, I gladly accepted. It's a marvelous romantic thriller about graduate biology student Melanie Brenner and her heartthrob professor, Dr. Andrew Richards, a rising star in the field of developmental biology. Accused of blowing up his own laboratory in order to cover up his failings, Dr. Richards and Melanie are soon running for their lives from professional killers, trying to stay alive and to find the evidence to prove who really planted the bomb in the biology lab. Building up to the dramatic climax, Melanie's loyalty to Richards is tested as the killers who are after them close in, and her feelings for Richards intensify. Is it love or just a student's crush on her professor, and will the two survive to find out?I liked the author's breezy writing style, with likeable characters who could be funny in serious - often deadly - situations. It was also fun to watch their feelings for each other blossom into a full-blown romance during the story. Phoenix Heart was an enjoyable, heart-pounding suspense thriller with a very satisfying ending.