Shattering Dawn
by Jayne Ann Krentz
The Lost Night Files - Book 3
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Reviewed by PJ
Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her. Amelia suspects the stalker may be connected to the shadowy organization responsible for the night that she and her two friends lost to amnesia—a night that upended their lives and left them with paranormal talents.
Gideon suspects that Amelia is either paranoid or an outright con artist, but he can’t resist the chemistry between them. He takes the case despite his skepticism. For her part, Amelia has second thoughts about the wisdom of employing the mysterious Mr. Sweetwater. She is wary of the powerful attraction between them, and deeply uneasy about the nightmarish paintings on the walls of his home. She senses they were inspired by his own dreamscapes.
Amelia knows she doesn’t have time to find another investigator, and Gideon is forced to reckon with the truth when he disrupts what was intended to be Amelia’s kidnapping. Now the pair is on the run, with no choice but to return to the haunting ruins of the old hotel where Amelia’s lost night occurred. They are desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug that is designed to enhance psychic abilities. If they are to survive, they will have to trust each other and the passion that bonds them.
PJ's Thoughts:
The conclusion to Krentz's Lost Night Files trilogy is another high-intensity story brimming with danger, action, edge-of-the-seat suspense, and plenty of twists, psychic and otherwise.
This book pulled me into the story from the opening pages and held my interest right through to the end. I love Krentz's psychic world. While logically I can tell myself that many of the events and abilities that inhabit her fictional world are just that - fiction - I still find myself wondering, what if? She immerses me in her imagination and makes it all seem so real.
Her characters have depths that make them relatable and layers that slowly reveal themselves throughout the story, both to the reader as well as one another. I was fascinated by both Amelia and Gideon, especially as those layers fell away and I learned more about who they were at their core. The romance is not the heart of the book but it definitely is a facet.
You could enjoy Gideon and Amelia's story as a standalone but I'm happy I read the three books in order. There is an overarching mystery that runs through the trilogy, as well as twists in Shattering Dawn that had a greater impact because of things that happened in the first two books.
I don't know what Jayne Ann Krentz has planned for her next book but I'm already looking forward to it.
Have you read any of the books in The Lost Night Files trilogy?
Do you enjoy psychic elements in novels, suspense or otherwise?
Do you remember your dreams?
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I haven't read The Lost Night Files Trilogy but I will now. It sounds fascinating and I do enjoy Psychic elements in novels since they add great enjoyment to the experience. Sometimes I remember my dreams and other times they disappear.
ReplyDeleteI am a long time fan of Ms Krentz in all her various identities. This is a series I have not read yet. But, I will. This woman writes wonderful stories. Thanks for the review.
ReplyDeleteNo, I haven't read any of the books from this series, but I think it sounds exciting. I love psychic elements are included. I usually don't remember my dreams.
ReplyDeleteI have not read any of this series, but I have read other of her books (under all her pen names) in the past. She does an excellent job of seamlessly inserting paranormal and psychic elements into her writings. I do enjoy a touch of both in a story to add an extra element for the characters to deal with. I used to remember many of my dreams. I am not getting enough sleep now to be in that half sleep state that helps me remember what they are. Once in a while, I will remember a few bits of my dreams.
ReplyDeleteThank you for making me aware of this series.
I haven't read any of this series - yet. I do enjoy psychic elements in most books, when they make sense of course. As far as remembering dreams, I do sometimes but not always.
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