The Crash – Book Review

The nightmare she’s running from is nothing compared to where she’s headed.

Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn’t realize she’s heading straight into a blizzard.

She never arrives at her destination.

Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she’s made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.

But something isn’t right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn’t what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.

And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself—and her unborn child.

A gut-wrenching story of motherhood, survival, and twisted expectations, #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden delivers a snowbound thriller that will chill you to the bone.

I always make sure to read ALL Freida McFadden books. I still have some of her previously published books to read but The Crash is one of the latest books which is released this year.

Tegan Werner is eight months pregnant. When she realizes that the man with whom she had one night stand with possibly must have drugged her and raped her, Tegan refuses his money. Tegan then packs her suitcase up and decides to head over to the ski resort where her brother Denise is working. But Tegan left the house late and she soon get caught up in the snowstorm. But her car suddenly skids because of the storm and then crashes into the tree. Tegan is stuck in the car until a man rescues her and takes her to the home. The couple, Hank and Polly seemed to be nice couple but as Tegan is stranded in the basement of their house, she realizes that they might be having other intentions and Tegan must do anything to save her and her baby before it’s too late.

Usually, Freida McFadden’s characters are naive, but Tegan wasn’t naive. She was in fact a likable character, calling her unborn baby “Little Tuna” and feeling connection with her unborn baby. Polly on the other hand seemed delusional. I can understand the trauma she is suffering as she cannot have babies while all her friends are pregnant. Like most of Freida McFadden’s books, the story is fast paced, intriguing and definitely will not make you bored. And unputdownable as well. Although this book wasn’t as great as the Housemaid, this was a great thriller in my opinion, one which you will enjoy reading. Worth four stars.