Basically at this point, B.A. Paris is my new favorite author. I've read three of her books and I'm amazed at how masterful she is at telling a story so well that you not only don't see the twist and turns coming, you don't even have time to second guess the plot. As much as I loved Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown, I was completely blindsided and shocked by Bring Me Back. I was floored by the ending, and felt the urge to re-read it with the new knowledge of the story's ending.  Considering this book kept occupying so many of my thoughts, I still may do that. Mind you, I am not someone that tries to figure out a story. I read for the enjoyment of the process – it wasn't as though I was looking for the story to take any drastic rights or lefts. Even so, if I were someone who enjoys trying to figure out what is coming, I don't think I could've.  

As the story begins, we are immediately met with a shift in the timeline. The narrative begins 12 years before – but before what don't know yet. What we quickly learn is the there is a young couple, Finn and Layla, and then suddenly there is only Finn. Fast forward to "now," and we find Finn in a relationship with Layla's sister. Meanwhile, Layla's disappearance has, to our knowledge, never been solved. All this is merely at the opening of the story.  What follows is nothing short of a Lifetime movie – and not that I've ever seen one.

This is yet another book that I hesitate to divulge much about for fear I'd ruin it for potential readers. I will say that even with very few characters to follow, the character development is amazing. Paris does an incredible job of building a complete picture of who people are and how they previously were. The details she places and where she places them give you a mental picture to follow. For example, there is a continuous part that Russian dolls play in this tale, and they are continuously revisited in great detail so as to give you a hint they will play an integral role in the outcome of the story. Yet, somehow, they don't give away anything prematurely. Paris also writes this story in a before-and-now layout, as well as jumping from character to character. I've read other books that have not executed this well and I've ended up confused, having to re-read sections to figure out what's going on. This is not the case with this book. Paris writes in a manner that is easy to follow and that makes logical sense in the process of telling the story.

I can't say enough about how enjoyable this book was as well as any of Paris' other books. If you're looking for an edge-of-your-seat story that will not let you put it down, grab this book. You won't be disappointed.