Book Review: The Final Scene by Steph Nelson

“Favorite stories are full of friends to visit when you have nobody else.”

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Brooke was 30 years old when she was abducted on her way home from work. A decade later, she’s the longest-tenured captive sequestered in an inescapable Oregon coastline cabin. Adept at following her volatile kidnapper’s warped demands, Brooke knows that attention to detail is crucial and even slight deviation means death. Hardened by trauma, she’s determined to go along in order to survive and somehow, one day, return to her mother and daughter. But after a new prisoner joins the fray and upends her controlled existence, Brooke quickly realizes that time is running out, and she must decide whether she’s brave enough to finally break the rules.

Gripping and suspenseful right from the start, The Final Scene is an anxiety-inducing, page-turning, pulse-pounding journey that exudes foreboding and dread. Nightmarish in its realism, it offers an exploration of and view into how cautiously women walk through life, programmed to please and accommodate — smiling, acquiescing, apologizing, ignoring primal instincts, and constantly dealing with intense fear in seemingly mundane situations where male entitlement crosses the line.

The result is a layered, twisty, fast-paced collision course built upon believable characters, captivating backstories, merciless tension, and intoxicating thrills that this reader devoured in only two days — an edge-of-your-seat must-read for horror and thriller fans alike!

Thank you to NetGalley and Ticking Clock Press, LLC for sending this forthcoming release for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

❤Amanda