Eternal Bliss

Rating:
Summary: A good suspense novel about a kidnapping
Review: A good suspense novel about a man kidnapping a famous model.

(I'd like to give a more detailed review, but it's been too long since I read the book.)

The characterization of the kidnapper is particularly interesting.

On the downside, the author seemed to get stuck at times. Most of the story focuses on just two characters on a small island. Stephen King managed to write a great novel about a celebrity and his kidnapper ("Misery"). Fahy's novel isn't quite as well-paced.

Rating:
Summary: "She was a beautiful teen star--at the mercy of a madman..."
Review: Twenty-year-old actress Bliss Marshall is abducted one day by an obsessed fan, Alan Swan, and brought to his isolated home on Calico Island, Maine, in order for him to "save" her from her decadent Hollywood lifestyle and bring her "back to nature." During the long months, he tries to capture her transformation by making a film of them together, which he hopes will make him a star as well.

"Eternal Bliss" isn't as disturbing or violent as I had expected (it's about a PG-13 rating), but it's still a riveting horror novel with great characterization. I hope to read more by Fahy in the future. 4½