The National Examiner made CRITICAL CONDITION their book of the week!
Here’s their review:
Book of the week: Critical Condition by CJ Lyons
Eugene Lonesco said, “A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.” A common misconception in most minds is that daring escapades go hand in hand with risk. Sky-divers, mountain climbers, and lion tamers are clichéd adventurers. They risk their lives for the thrill of a moment, and then claim the fame for being daring, and heroic. But what about the champions who tirelessly battle the clock, who wield razor sharp instruments in the great quest of taming death?
CJ Lyons has crafted her own work of art with her series, Angels of Mercy. At the center of the quartet are four extraordinary women who fight to save lives, transform into champions for one another and grapple with making astounding circumstance into day-to-day reality. Amanda, Gina, Lydia and Nora are four members of the Mercy hospital staff, spinning wheels, falling in love, defending lives, and fighting to save them.
In Critical Condition, the last in the series, readers are swept into the eye of a blizzard, on New Year’s Eve. Gina fights to keep it together while her fiancé struggles to recover from a gunshot to the head, even as armed gunman flank the hospital, with Gina set as their target. Lydia’s past, and secrets trapped within, has set the events tumbling forth. The four friends have to protect the lives of their patients, while trying to save their own.
Lyons doesn’t falter as she ensnares readers in the world of Mercy. The interweaving storylines are as hypnotic as the characters are magnetic. With the end of each chapter, brings the beginning of the next cliffhanger. Pace and plot move swiftly, as authentic prose elevates the characters dialogue from engaging to riveting. From start to finish, Critical Condition delights and satisfies – and proves show that great adventure lurks around every corner.
