#AudiobookReview ~ North of Nowhere by Allison Brennan

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

New York Times bestseller Allison Brennan’s latest standalone is a binge-worthy race to the dramatic finish.

After five years in hiding from their murderous father, the day Kristen and Ryan McIntyre have been dreading has arrived: Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has at last tracked his kids to a small Montana town and is minutes away from kidnapping them. They barely escape in a small plane, but gunfire hits the fuel line. The pilot, a man who has been raising them as his own, manages to crash land in the middle of the Montana wilderness. The siblings hike deep into the woods, searching desperately for safety—unaware of the severity of the approaching storm.  

Boyd’s sister Ruby left Los Angeles for the Army years ago, cutting off contact in order to help keep her niece and nephew safe and free from the horrors of the McIntyre clan. So when she gets an emergency call that the plane has gone down with the kids inside, she drops everything to try save them.

As the storm builds, Ruby isn’t the only person looking for them. Boyd has hired an expert tracker to find and bring them home. And rancher Nick Lorenzo, who knows these mountains better than anyone and doesn’t understand why the kids are running, is on their trail too. 

But there is a greater threat to Kristen and Ryan out there. More volatile than the incoming blizzard, more dangerous than the family they ran from or the natural predators they could encounter. Who finds them first could determine if they live or die. . .

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books.

Boyd McIntyre, head of a Los Angeles crime family, has located his two children and one-time friend, who according to McIntryre, kidnapped the kids.

But, we quickly learn that the children love the man they are currently living with, and even choose to call him dad. But with their biological father on their trail, the three immediately put into place their escape plan. But will it be in time?

North of Nowhere kept me interested with its cat-and-mouse chase that included organized crime, a plane crash, surviving the wilderness, and much more. While the narration felt jerky and overexaggerated, I began to get used to it and attempted to zero in on the unraveling story, which was told through various POVs.

My Concerns

The audiobook took me a while to feel comfortable with since the narration didn’t quite work for me. Ir felt jerky, over-exaggerated, and not the quality that typically enhances a story.

Though I don’t know how many times a long minute was used, it was often enough to start jumping out at me. And, honestly is there such a thing as a minute that is longer than a minute?

There were places where the dialog felt unnatural and almost childish in nature, and I wondered why it was inserted in places that seemed to interrupt the growing suspense.

Final Thoughts

I liked the fact that one of the children needed to use sign language to communicate and how that affected the story.

In short, there was plenty to enjoy about this book, yet at times I struggled to connect.

If you like adventure and action, I’m going to suggest you give it a try.

My thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for providing me with an audiobook ARC.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALLISON BRENNAN is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over forty novels, including the Lucy Kincaid and Max Revere series. She was nominated for Best Paperback Original Thriller by the International Thriller Writers and is a two-time winner of the Daphne du Maurier Award by Kiss of Death. Married for more than a quarter of a century, Allison and her husband Dan raised five children, and currently live in Arizona where they enjoy baseball’s spring training and exploring the Grand Canyon.

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