Review: "Life Interrupted" by Yessi Smith

HOLY EPIC OH EM GEE 5 GOLD STARS

Imagine curtains opening; you are ready with popcorns and soda; all cozy for an exciting read. You feel you are prepared for the sight and sounds. BAM! Your every sense is bombarded with terror. Fear is like paralyzing snake holding you captive. Your breath hitches as you watch two tiny feet running. They are dirty, bruised and battered and BLEEDING. You hear the harsh breathing. Running. Running. Running. And then the screen goes blank!

Yep, that is what I saw and felt left me reeling and I just about had a heart attack. Yessi Smith has captivated my nerdy, geeky mind with the perfect thriller/suspense/mystery romance story and I was salivating for more. And boy did she deliver. Life Interrupted is a story of a young woman who was kidnapped for reasons that will boggle your mind. Holly Fisher rescues herself from captivity, she is safe from harm yet she doesn’t remember her ordeal or anyone for that matter. When she wakes up in a safe and quite place, she loses her mind when she realizes she knows nothing. Not one thing. She doesn’t remember her family, her friends, and her life.

The most heartbreaking scene in the beginning was when she opens her eyes and finds Poppa. Oh Lord have mercy! I felt like curling up into a ball and dying. Poppa was sweet and understanding and the epitome of what all grandfathers should be like. I fell in love with his character and about had another heart attack with what transpires in the end. As Holly is recovering, her therapist suggest that her daily routine should entail doing things that she used to be familiar with and used to love. Surprisingly, she remembered her passion from before the kidnapping. Painting! And to make my heart beat faster she had a painting partner, Derrick. I proceeded to swoon from this moment. Derrick was a police detective who was sent to Holly to try to make her remember what the perpetrator who had kidnapped her looked like. But their mutual love for painting forged their relationship into something unbreakable and strong. Der made her stronger, physically and mentally. He helped her build herself up as much as she was torn apart. Little did I know that the calm was going to be shattered with the utter devastation waiting to happen right around the corner! Mando, the evil spawn of satan, the diabolical psychopath who needed to get a life was stalking Holly. I felt my body turn cold at the inner musing of this psycho. His mind left me reeling from the utter malicious thoughts. And his LOGIC! Holy Jesus in heaven! I found his justifications hard to swallow, the things he did on that particular night that changed everything and got the balls rolling in the direction of total destruction was simply put INSANE. Mando gave me the creeps. He made my skin crawl with his insanity. I love, loved how Yessi Smith incorporated Mando’s inner monologues into the story. Holly may have escaped but she hasn’t been able to run far from her kidnapper. At this point, Holly has been fairly doing well but she feels guilty above everything else because she still doesn’t remember. So she convinces her Poppa to let her stay away and recuperate from prying and hopeful eyes. And thus enter Travis! The absolutely perfect significant other! He was exactly what the doctor ordered. Her first encounter with Holly made me laugh out loud because she was so feisty and he was so fearless. I loved how he relentlessly pursued her, brought down her walls and helped her heal. I was happy in a safe bubble, grinning and feeling all swoony. BAM. Yessi Smith decides to bash me with a two by four and render me speechless with what transpires. Something heinous waits for Holly back home and she decides to face it. Because not doing so is out of the question. Holly decides to head back home without Travis but little did Holly know how stubborn Trav can be. So the two head home to face the horror awaiting them. And thus starts the cat and mouse game that Mando has planned all along, waiting patiently for his prey to come to him. I could hardly believe what I was reading as I neared the crescendo. My heart hurt, my throat was clogged up and I was devastated. LIFE WAS OVER FOR ME. Life Interrupted was such a sheer pleasure to read that I don’t have enough adjective to describe the epicness of this story. If you’ve read my review so far, YOU KNOW. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE THIS BOOK. If you’re looking for a thrill that will give your shivers, that will make you swoon and go all gooey and then go awww, 1-click this bad boy. I swear on all things book, you WILL not be disappointed. This book was epic, it kept me on the edge all through. I would totally recommend it to everyone.