The Missing Volume I- Illusions
A.M. Irvin (A. Meredith Walters)
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Release Date: July 8, 2015

Concrete floor…
Dirty windows…
Impenetrable shadows….

Where am I?

Days bleed into one another and I know that I’m trapped. A prisoner.

But why?

I have no answers and no one to give them to me. Only the silence and the dark.

Except for the song.
The words tell a story that I wish I could forget.

About a girl who didn’t run fast enough.

A forgotten girl…
A lost girl…
A girl no one would miss…

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Holy Canoli! Have you ever read a book and thought what in the world is happening and where are you taking me?! This book did just that. This short story, the first of three, introduces the reader to a thrilling ride that will leave you guessing what is next. Irvin (aka Walters) introduces us into the chaos first hand, seeing Nora, a young woman, and where she is in her present. It is slightly unnerving and terrifying, walking the road with her, knowing nothing and attempting to put the puzzle pieces together. The story takes us back and forth, allowing the reader to see the journey Nora took to get to where she is. It is a disturbing life she has been forced to live. A family without love or compassion. A mother who considers her only daughter to be a monster and a punishment. There is only one friend to Nora at school and he is a bit unhinged.

I have absolutely no idea where we are going with this tale. I started to read this book late at night and quickly stopped to read it in the daylight of tomorrow. My roommates door slammed at an unnerving part, scaring the bejezus out of me, and I decided to take a breather. ha! Irvin develops two realities, on in the present and one in the past, both so real and enveloping. It will leave you a bit terrified and a whole lot confused but in such a way that you know answers are coming. It almost feels too early to form a hypothesis about what is happening and who is behind it, but that definitely did not stop my brain from trying to figure it out. This story is a jumble of past and present, but a jumble that is well written and enticing. Every time I would attempt to put the puzzle pieces together there were holes, missing pieces and nothing seemed to fit. You feel the desperation and emotion along with Nora wondering what is going to happen to her.

This book could be the lure I needed to get into a new genre. It is exciting to read something, having no idea what could possibly come next and muddling through the confusion. It was refreshing to be surprised and that is something I look forward to in the next two installments.