From the very first words of A Whisper to a Scream by Elissa Gabrielle, I was unable to stop reading. The violence of the opening scene caught my attention and made my skin prickle. However, I wanted to know what was going to happen. It took me a couple chapters to get the feel for the author’s very vivid, first person writing style, but once I felt it the story moved at a rapid pace and I was mesmerized.

The heroine of the story, Attorney Queen Thomas does not fit any stereotypical profile of what many think an abused woman is like. She is beautiful, educated and accomplished, but, she is still a victim of abuse. Most astonishing is the fact that she is so reticent in getting her abuser, Derrick, placed behind bars. Her reasoning does not at first make sense, but as the story develops the reader realizes the `victim mentality’ is much the same as any other kind of addiction. And though most will wonder why, the reader is allowed to at a minimum see how it could happen.

Ms. Gabrielle also provides the reader with an `Anti-Derrick,’ in the form of Dr. Quincy Hughes. He is a successful doctor who at first sight is smitten with Queen. An interesting twist is Quincy’s ethnicity and how that plays out in the storyline. The three characters add such an across the board dynamic that the reader is immersed in the story from start to finish.

I applaud the author for taking on the hard subject matters of domestic violence and mental illness and doing it in a way that is also readable. I recommend A Whisper to A Scream to all readers who enjoy riveting storytelling.

Angelia Vernon Menchan
APOOO BookClub

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