Book Review: Over the Edge by Brandilyn Collins

B&H Publishing
Publication Date: May 1, 2011

Product Description

Janessa McNeil’s husband, Dr. Brock McNeil, a researcher and professor at Stanford University's Department of Medicine, specializes in tick-borne diseases—especially Lyme. For years he has insisted that Chronic Lyme Disease doesn't exist. Even as patients across the country are getting sicker, the committee Brock chairs is about to announce its latest findings—which will further seal the door shut for Lyme treatment.

One embittered man sets out to prove Dr. McNeil wrong by giving him a close-up view of the very disease he denies. The man infects Janessa with Lyme, then states his demand: convince her husband to publicly reverse his stand on Lyme—or their young daughter will be next.

But Janessa's marriage is already rocky. She's so sick she can hardly move or think. And her husband denies she has Lyme at all.

Welcome to the Lyme wars, Janessa.

MY REVIEW

A fantastic new novel from one of my favorite authors, Over the Edge was simply amazing. This is one of my favourite Brandilyn Collins books so far! The plot raced along, the dialogue was crisp, the writing is stellar. I can't think of a single thing I would want to improve about this book. Most interesting of all was the information about Lyme disease and the emotions the author was able to bring out in Janessa due to the author's own experience of having Lyme disease. As I imagined no one believing there was anything wrong with you, I couldn't help feeling sympathy for the real sufferers of Lyme disease out in the world.

I highly recommend this book and give it 5 out of 5 stars.