As Night Falls [electronic resource] :

Critique du Library Journal

The home invasion of the Tremont family's secluded mansion leaves no family member unscathed. The secret that Sandy has kept for two decades is revealed to her husband and teenage daughter, Ivy: she has a criminal brother they never knew about and he's the one holding a gun on them. Sandy struggles to rebuild relationships with her husband and child, even as she tries to save the lives of family and neighbors. Susie Berneis satisfactorily narrates both the first-person and third-person perspectives. This thriller will keep listeners guessing. Unfortunately, there really isn't a likable individual in the cast of characters, with the possible exception of the mentally challenged home invader. Listeners will be frustrated by Sandy's repetitive insistence to her family that "everything will be okay," and husband Ben's flat personality doesn't engender sympathy, either. Ivy comes across as shallow as she considers how her friends would see her every move as she tries to escape and run for help. -VERDICT Fans of the author may consider this work, and its Adirondack setting may stimulate demand in upstate New York and surrounding areas.-Ann Weber, Bellarmine Coll. Prep., San Jose, CA © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.