Review - The Hidden

Title:  The Hidden

Author:  Kiersten Modglin 

Genre: Psychological Thriller 

Format: Audio ALC

Narrator:  Gail Shalan

Date of Publication:  October 1, 2024

Length:  5 hr 7 min

No. of Pages: 246

My Rating: 4 Stars 

DESCRIPTION:

When Sophie Thatcher wakes up in a room she doesn’t recognize after a night she can’t remember, she assumes she had too much to drink and went home with a date.

Except…the date is nowhere to be found.

No one is.

The space she finds herself in is completely nondescript—the walls bare, fridge empty.

And just when she thought things couldn’t get bleaker or more confusing, she realizes the doors are locked from the outside.

Trapped inside an unfamiliar place and faced with a clock counting down to a mysterious deadline, Sophie tries desperately to recall the hours missing from her memory and formulate a plan to escape, but each attempt proves more futile than the last.

Hidden away from the world and unable to contact the people who would care that she’s missing, Sophie has two questions ringing in her mind: Who would bring her to this place? And why?

When she’s joined in her personal prison by someone she never thought she’d see again, everything changes and the idea of her being a random target instantly vanishes.

Whoever brought Sophie to this place has plans for her and, if she can’t figure out a way to escape before time runs out, her fate may be to remain hidden forever.

Ominous, dark, and completely disturbing, this pulse-pounding thriller from the twisted mind of million-copy bestselling author Kiersten Modglin is unlike anything you’ve read before.

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MY THOUGHTS:

Sophie Thatcher wakes up in a strange room with no memory of the night before, not even who she was with. Her nightmare is just beginning. With a fuzzy head, she starts to look around the surprisingly empty house. All she wants to do is go home. So, she rushes to the door and she finds out she’s locked inside. Sophie is in for a nightmare that’s going to get way worse before it gets better.

Aside from all of that, there is an apparent countdown clock. Countdown to what? Sophie is determined to find a way to escape. In this dual timeline story, readers get to know a bit about Sophie and even her relationships. How that history is tied into the story is up to the reader to discover. 

Even with the dual timeline, this book had excellent pacing. Oh, and the narration! I am not familiar with this narrator, but she really brought this book to life. 

Many thanks to Kiersten Modglin and Libro.FM for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kiersten Modglin is an Amazon top-30 bestselling author of award-winning psychological thrillers and a member of International Thriller Writers. Kiersten lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, daughter, and their two Boston Terriers: Cedric and Georgie. She is best known for her unpredictable suspense and her readers have dubbed her 'The Queen of Twists.' A Netflix addict, Shonda Rhimes super-fan, psychology fanatic, and indoor enthusiast, Kiersten enjoys rainy days spent with her nose in a book.

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