"What could be worse than losing part of your life? Losing the capacity for passion and hope, being left alive but with emotions other than bitterness and despair."

Bibi Blair is only 22 when her doctor tells her she has a rare form of cancer and doesn't have long to live. However, two days later she is mysteriously cured. She becomes obsessed with the fact that she was spared in order to save someone else, someone by the name of Ashley Bell. Her life becomes a dangerous path as she faces a world of crime and conspiracy in a race to save Ashley.

It's been a couple years since I last read a Koontz as the last few books I read were total duds. I truly believe I read a lot of his better books when I first started reading him which is why I've been coming across the not so great ones 😅 I still have a handful of his books on my tbr so it was time to get back into him. 

Ashley Bell was an enjoyable thriller with an interesting premise. The chapters were short so I found myself flipping through the pages pretty quickly despite being a chunky book. There were some twists and turns that I did not see coming which held my attention in order to figure out what was going on and who this mysterious Ashley Bell was. There were also some spooky, supernatural elements that were added to make it more enticing.

As intriguing as the storyline was, I did not care for any of the characters and the ending was lackluster. I also found the book to be unnecessarily long that easily could have been 200 pages shorter. I was originally going to rate it lower, and maybe I'm still being generous with my rating, however, because of the twists and supernatural elements, it was enjoyable enough 😅