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A review by randikaye
Airborne by DiAnn Mills
5.0
Talk about a timely book release. Though written before Covid-19 was ever on our radar, the theme of this book really hits home with the current world events. In Airborne, we meet FBI agent Heather Lawrence as she is boarding a plane to Salzburg, alone on a trip that she'd planned to take with her now estranged husband, virologist Dr. Chad Lawrence. Hours into the flight, passengers start coming down with a mysterious and deadly virus...and it seems it wasn't released by accident.
Right from the start, this story had me in it's grasps. Sure, the world events as they are might have contributed a bit... but more than that it was the captivating writing. Have you ever watched the movie Final Destination (or any of it's sequels)? I know an odd reference for a Christian book review, but the most fitting one I can find. In these films, attention is paid to the every day ordinary occurrences in a way that has you on the edge of your seat, knowing something big is just about to happen. I could not help but feel that the opening of Airborne had this exact same feel. I found myself paying attention to these little detail in wait to see how it was going to play out. That fantastic suspense writing held me right through the very end. While I suspected quite early on who the bad guy would ultimately be, there were many twists and turns that I admit I certainly did not see coming. I truly could not put this one down.
Reading during our very own pandemic, I think that certainly brought about a realness to this story that perhaps would not have been there had I not had this Covid-19 experience to draw on. We have seen firsthand what the idea of a pandemic will do to people and how they react, and it's quite astonishing how true to life the book plays out...
Overall, this was a fantastic and timely read that fans of romantic suspense are most certainly going to want to check out. It's definitely one NOT to miss.
**I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley for consideration. All thoughts are 100% my own.
Right from the start, this story had me in it's grasps. Sure, the world events as they are might have contributed a bit... but more than that it was the captivating writing. Have you ever watched the movie Final Destination (or any of it's sequels)? I know an odd reference for a Christian book review, but the most fitting one I can find. In these films, attention is paid to the every day ordinary occurrences in a way that has you on the edge of your seat, knowing something big is just about to happen. I could not help but feel that the opening of Airborne had this exact same feel. I found myself paying attention to these little detail in wait to see how it was going to play out. That fantastic suspense writing held me right through the very end. While I suspected quite early on who the bad guy would ultimately be, there were many twists and turns that I admit I certainly did not see coming. I truly could not put this one down.
Reading during our very own pandemic, I think that certainly brought about a realness to this story that perhaps would not have been there had I not had this Covid-19 experience to draw on. We have seen firsthand what the idea of a pandemic will do to people and how they react, and it's quite astonishing how true to life the book plays out...
Overall, this was a fantastic and timely read that fans of romantic suspense are most certainly going to want to check out. It's definitely one NOT to miss.
**I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley for consideration. All thoughts are 100% my own.